UTEN started as a whatsapp group in march 2018 for travel agents grew in numbers and it just kept adding to the numbers as days passed by. Today it has 1500 agents in its group
In April 2019, UTEN got registered as an travel event LLP (Limited Liability Partner) company with GST compliance and now it is a regulated body
It has 3 partners who are also heading their own travel company, each having experience of more than 15 years in this travel field. The details of the 3 partners/founders are mentioned at the end of the profile
The core agenda of UTEN is to guide new, upcoming agents to connect, interact and network with the reputed suppliers of our industry
Apart from this, we also keep events like presentations and trainings through Tourism board, Cruise companies, Visa suppliers, Airlines, GDS etc, and we also conduct educational Fam trips to various destinations
We have successfully exhibited our pavilion with at least 10 to 12 suppliers in each exhibitions like OTM and IITT and also had exhibitions outside MUMBAI
Basically we help the travel fraternity especially the start ups to sustain and grow in this competitive world of travels by conducting all the above events
We have so far conducted 50 events in a span of 18 months which is approx 3 per month.
During the present scenario when the world is going through tough times and especially our tourism sector because of Corono virus we have been forefront in arranging the below
1) conducting online educational webinar’s through travel experts
2) inviting more agents to network with their counterparts
3) exploring second/alternate business/income option for agents apart from tourism
4) trying to gather help/support for those who lost their job/income
FOUNDER’S PROFILE
UTEN has 3 below partners who are also heading their own travel company, each having experience of more than 15 years in this travel field