Re: The legal battles of the Association

[Travel Agent]

Dear Latikaji:

One gets the impression that neither TAAI nor TAFI are interested in solving the problems of common Travel Agents. One may be excused for inferring that the court cases for Weekly / Commission etc are only an eyewash to fool the Agents. A reading of the Prayers in these cases and the order makes it very clear that the cases were not seriously filed to get the desired results but only to ensure that the weekly is re-enforced via the court order.

The only real fight now is between the vested interests themselves,  who brought in the ZERO, WEEKLY, TAP etc who are trying to WREST the control of the huge funds of these Associations  and pocket the freebies that  the Airlines toss at them.

Unless all the  ordinary Travel Agents stop supporting such vested interests, nothing is going to change. 

Rgds

A4A

On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Latika Khurana <latikakh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello   ,

Why are the main issues of  our Commission , weekly payment and fare parity being sidelined , what is any association doing for us  you have to see all websites and they are all undercutting us , airlines hotels everyone where does this leave us  . All these offers of Flash sales leave us nothing to do , is there anyone who care's  ? 

Should TAAI not let us know what happened to the legal case on Weekly is their any further action , what is this order all about against the President ate least some information should be shared .

 This way there is no use of being an Travel agent or even a member of any association , it is  looking quite hopeless .

Latika 

 

From: Asha Bhatia

Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 7:24 PM

To: Rajji Rai

Subject: Let us do what is right for the Industry

 

Dear Mr Rai ,

 

I wish you the  very best for your  health and hope that you stay completely fit for a  long time  and it was very kind of you  to write to me . As I mentioned in my mail I appreciate that you did take Mr Iqbal Mulla to task and got this order from the court , to right a wrong and that is commendable . Working as a  honorary  industry leader  is not for everyone and those who do must be appreciated , and I recognise that  .

 

When you stood against a Mr Iqbal Mulla and Mr Sanjay Narula this time one felt that it was sad to see that many good people got left out  who could have served TAAI a lot better then this current Managing Committee . The  court order proves that the  Managing Committee and  the current OB's have been wrong  and they should not have been there in the first place .

 

I must say that sometimes going through the subject matter of issues brought forward by this young Lad  Sanjay  Narula   did get to me and I felt he has  meant well  for our industry , it was pity to see that he had to be up against his very own from his region .His silence for the past few months  is quite conspicuous if I may say so , as he brought a fair amount of positive energy with his enthusiasm  .

 

Pardon my saying so was it not  daft ( As a grandmother I hope I am excused   )   on the part of Mr Narula and yourself  to have allowed Mr Iqbal  Mulla and his team to win and  get away when you two together could have easily ensured a stable TAAI .

 

Is not working as a team the general idea of an association , is it not a fact that for a large part   Sanjay Narula  and  yourself  have worked in TAAI together and have done exceptional work .My friend from Chennai  a TAAI veteran tells me that as a  team the two of you were brilliant  and besides fighting several  travel  industry issues   I believe you two  did good work   even for Tsunami Relief and actively participated  , so what happened now  ! 

 

Leaders  such as yourself  have to have in them the ability to recognise strengths of their colleagues and put what is right beyond self interest to serve a larger good and I would perhaps encourage each one of you to be more inclusive . 

 

Well I do interact with Aleem Bhai once in a while and vent when I can ,  and I now work for  a Boss unlike many of you and I  cannot and should not be really getting involved in the politics of the industry  . 

 

However  I want to see the industry prosper for a greater good and on that note I  would sign of by saying , stay healthy , stay fighting fit and get  a good  team which can resurrect TAAI .

 

Wish you the very best  , have a  great weekend , and do excuse me if my what I said was excessive,

 

Good Night ,

 

Asha 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Rajji Rai

Sent: 03/21/14 04:39 PM

To: Asha Bhatia

Subject: Re: Mr Rajji Rai V/S Mr Iqbal Mulla v/s the welfare of the Agents and our Industry

 

 

21^st March, 2014

Dear Ms. Asha,

I have seen the mails  exchanged between you and Aleem Bhai, which are pro-active & constructive.

Aleem Bhai has explained to you why I contested.  This is the truth. Inspite of my failing health, I  had  contested to take up this challenge.

I  felt that  if my friends needed my assistance, it was my duty to try & help. Also, it is my true intention that if I am given this opportunity I shall use all the resources at my disposal to do what I can for the travel industry.

I really appreciate the trust shown in me by Aleem Bhai and all others, which I shall not betray forever and by God's help, will never let you all down.

Please do feel free to communicate with me in case  I can be of any assistance.

With warm regards.

Rajji Rai

 
 

 

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Asha Bhatia <leisuretou...@mail.com> wrote:

Dear Aleem Bhai ,

By the way there is no attachment to your letter but one can get the sense form all the mails doing the rounds that Mr Rajji Rai has managed to get the  President Mr Iqbal Mulla  to restrain from its normal function albeit temporarly  .

I have to ask you what is in it for the General Members like you and all of us .  Do you really believe that TAAI will be left with any respect  when this is over  will it be able to command any status in  the industry ?

Do you really believe that all that ails us from the  problems with Weekly payment  to Bank Gaurantees  , insurance ,  to Passport office  etc  will be taken care of . If anyone has done some selfless work one has seen it only from Mr Biji Eapen so far .

TAAI is now gone beyond repair ,and I am  surprised that someone of your intelligence is still very much with the same thought and same people .While I must  say that being a President of TAAI or any association for that matter is a thankless job and though one does criticize but you have to recognize that all those who led TAAI till today have spent time and effort and hard work to keep it going . Now why are we getting to this ? what for !

While I am glad that Mr Rajji Rai has challanged Mr Iqbal Mulla and hopefully TAAI can see a re-election . It is time that  TAAI is given a complete makeover and a change of Gaurd at the Top for  all the important positions ? 

As an optimistic person I do hope that will happen , in fact I strongly reccomend to both Mr Iqbal Mulla and Mr Rajji Rai do not drag TAAI to a long protracted legal battle where it is completely ruined .

Be generous  Sir's  its is time you both gave up and let TAAI be born again under a new leadership and a fresh new team  , in fact it is time that you yourselves  choose and  allow  young  blood and new leadership to take over and guide the new team to again bring TAAI  back to its glory  be there for them to make the right choices. I am sure TAAI is  that important enough to you and  want to see it right at the top in every segment of travel . Today why do we need so many associations when it was TAAI which showed the way in the ticketing business , in Outbound business and also to promote India and solve all related issues.

That change Aleem Bhai will be the  biggest contribution of all the Seniors to  TAAI and the Industry  .

Wish you the very best have a nice day.

Asha 

From: mohd <aal...@hotmail.com>

Date: 18 March 2014 11:13:08 am IST

Subject: FW: Rajinder Rai v. TAAI & Ors-Suit No. 186 of 2014 [IWOV-WORKSITE.FID88197]

18 Mar. 2014
 
Dear Friends,
 
For your information.  Please take a look at the attached letter,
it is very important.
 
Does this mean that, until a verdict is given by the court in this
case, the TAAI MC has to remain inactive?  Can someone
please enlighten us.
 
Thanks and regards.
 
Aleem
 

> From: rajj...@swiftravel.com
> Subject: Re: Rajinder Rai v. TAAI & Ors-Suit No. 186 of 2014 [IWOV-WORKSITE.FID88197]
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:24:43 +0530
> To: aal...@hotmail.com
> 
> Please, Aleem Bhai.
> 
> It's public news now.
> I get the official order on 19th march.
> 
> Kind regards 
> Rajji
> 
> Rajji Rai's iPad 

 

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[Travel Agent]

Sir:

Agents4Agents (A4A) represents all those small and medium Travel Agents, whose voice is stifled by the STRONG and Mighty power brokers and vested interests, who want to eliminate them. As our signature says, we all - you included - shall fight for fair business practices within the industry. 

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On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:07 PM, krishna rao <rao.kri...@gmail.com> wrote:

DEAR MS LATIKA

I dont know who represents A4A but they have put it rightly...........100%

one more shocking news I want to share with: till date mind you till date I have always valued Bijis knowledge

of the travel industry and have discussed at length sometimes about the future of the industry and so on and so forth:

This has been seconded by other associations as well no doubt:

the so called kingmakers in the association/s have not spared BIJI eapen!!! can you imagine:

they recently cornered him for no reason or rhyme and after coaxing other members to rebel against Biji they

went unnoticed -  this is the meaning of king makers: they dont have 1% of bijis knowledge but created ruckuss in

the IAAI meeting,made another hard working IAAI member a fool of himself by getting intoxicated with these rebel

talks and finally spoke againts his own mentor....... this is what is happening in the industry.......... great:

regards

krishna md rkworld