NANTA deepens capacity to navigate demanding nature of travel trade business

Barely a few weeks after its successful 49th non-elective Annual General Meeting in Lagos, the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) and its members across Nigeria, will head out to Banjul, Gambia for critical training on travel trade and refresher courses on other related concerns.

Yinka Folami, President of Nanta, who is leading the team, had stated during the Lagos confab that the members of the association must take advantage of training opportunities and exposure to help them navigate through the ever demanding and dynamic nature of travel trade business and related concerns not just as expected of serious trade professionals but also to generate other streams of income to keep ahead of competition.

“Our Banjul training expedition is not a jamboree but our strategic growth plan for our members, which began two years ago and was given breath by our immediate past president, Susan Akporiaye, who inaugurated the first training exposure with the University of Johannesburg in collaboration with South Africa Tourism and Ghana Tour Operators Association.

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“So, the Banjul training exposure is to deepen that process, open doors of many untapped opportunities for our members, particularly on the various value chain of intra-Africa travel and tourism, which again, NANTA headlined in recent times,” the NANTA president stated further

Folami whose leadership took NANTA back to the protective umbrella of United Federation of Travel Agencies Association (UFTAA), the global industry trade body, stressed that NANTA members must make continuous training and retraining expectations as key pillar of their survival and growth, adding that the association has never considered acts of frivolities and wasteful lifestyle as part of its strategic growth development plan and would always take steps that would benefit the rank and file of the association.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.