Mauricio Vila meets with Travel Leaders Group CEO Ninan Chacko in NYC

Mauricio Vila Dosal, governor of Yucatán, participated in the Forum of Leaders of North America, organized by that Council in the city of New York. The Governor held meetings with top executives of renowned cruise, travel and tour operator companies.

New York City NY, United States.- In order to continue with the promotion of Yucatan on an international level, which results in the arrival of a greater number of visitors and foreign investment, Governor Mauricio Vila Dosal participated in the Forum of Leaders of North America, organized in the city of New York by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC, for its acronym in English).

During this meeting, Vila Dosal continues to promote the state through different channels with world tourism leaders, including Ninan Chacko, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Travel Leaders Group, one of the largest retail, corporate and entertainment travel companies in North America and the UK with sales of over $20 billion and more than 4,000 employees.

Travel Leaders Group brings together 50,000 travel agencies, and it is consolidated as one of the largest companies of its kind in North America, covering almost a third of all travel agents and generates sales of about 21 billion dollars per year.

Mr. Chacko’s vision is to expand the retail travel sector with a focus on providing vacation and business travelers with personal service and high-quality travel experiences. His vision encompasses an aggressive growth strategy employing cutting-edge marketing, technology and lead generation to match consumers with expert travel counselors.

Under his leadership, Travel Leaders Group has risen in the rankings by two leading travel trade publications. The company ranked 8th on Travel Weekly’s 2018 Power List of the largest and most successful retailers and ranked 8th among the top 50 travel management companies in the UK by Buying Business Travel.

As an industry thought leader and a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council, Mr. Chacko works to expand partnerships with destinations and travel suppliers to enhance the customer experience and provide a greater variety of options for travel advisors to offer their customers.

ABOUT Travel Leaders Group

Travel Leaders Group is comprised of more than 6,000 travel agency locations and over 52,000 travel advisors in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico and a variety of other international locations. In the past three years, the company has acquired more than 20 travel firms to become a leading force in the travel industry.

The Yucatan Times Newsroom with information from Travel Leaders Group