The Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA)  announces that Spiros Alysandratos will be stepping down from the Board on Wednesday, June 19, concluding 16 years as a Director. Commencing his role in July 2008, Spiros has helped shepherd the organisation and its member travel businesses through times of tremendous change, both to the organisation itself and the wider travel industry.

Spiros was made a Life Member of the organisation in 2019 to acknowledge the impact of his longstanding commitment to uniting the Australian travel industry. ATIA Director Spiros Alysandratos said: “I’m incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to serve on the Board and advocate for a united voice for travel to advance the interests of our member businesses for 16 years.”

“It’s always been important that Director changes are strategic, and after 16 years of service, it is now time to enable the next generation of industry leaders to contribute their ideas to ATIA’s Board.”

“As I reflect on challenges we have met, how we innovated, and what we’ve achieved, having a peak industry body to represent the Australian travel industry is still as important now as it was in 2008.”