{"id":18385,"date":"2022-12-19T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/andrew-wood-resigned-as-skal-asia-president\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T12:18:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:18:22","slug":"andrew-wood-resigned-as-skal-asia-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/andrew-wood-resigned-as-skal-asia-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Wood resigned as SKAL Asia President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-3084702\">\n<div class=\"entry-headline\">\n<p>As the oldest and largest world tourism affiliation, SKAL is a really \u201cpolitical \u201d \u201cnon political\u201d group doing enterprise amongst buddies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"playht-iframe-player\" id=\"playht-iframe-player\" height=\"90px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"max-height: 90px; height: 90px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/play.ht\/embed\/?article_url=https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/?p=3084702&amp;voice=en-US-Standard-D&amp;appId=MjmFoGoWdJhUu3c&amp;trans_id=-NJboLlX2qXjOniyyXq6\" data-voice=\"en-US-Standard-D\" article-url=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/?p=3084702\" data-appid=\"MjmFoGoWdJhUu3c\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>When many SKAL members world wide take into consideration SKAL, <a href=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/andrew-j-wood-president-skal-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Wood usually comes into their minds<\/a> as Mr. SKAL.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0devoted SKAL member since 1992, a previous board member and Director of Sk\u00e5l International (SI), a former National President of SKAL International Thailand, and a two-time previous President of the Bangkok Club, Andrew devotes most of his waking hours to this world group selling tourism amongst buddies.<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded the \u201cSk\u00e5l Order of Merit\u201d in 2013, the coveted highest award in SKAL \u201cMembre D\u2019Honneur\u201d title in 2019, and the \u201cSk\u00e5l President\u2019s Award\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Participated within the profitable SKAL International General Meeting in Croatia earlier this 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>For a few years <a href=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/author\/andrew-j-wood-etn-thailand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Wood is a frequent contributor<\/a> to eTurboNews.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore it comes as a shock Andrew knowledgeable the SKAL board that he shall be stepping down from his put up as President with quick impact. <\/p>\n<p>Andrew shall be changed by probably the most senior VP on the Board, Keethi Jayaweera from Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Keethi Jayaweera\" class=\"wp-image-3084704\" width=\"536\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi.jpg?ssl=1 715w, https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Keethi-145x100.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Keethi Jayaweera, SKAL President ASIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Keethi is at present, Vice President of West Asia, and can serve the rest of the present President\u2019s time period. <\/p>\n<p>Keethi is from Sk\u00e5l International Colombo and joined Sk\u00e5l in 2006. He has been on the Asia Board since 2013 serving as Auditor, Treasurer (2 phrases), and Vice President (2 phrases).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sk\u00e5l Asia <\/em><\/strong><em>encompasses a large space from Guam, USA within the East to Mauritius within the West and at present has approx. 2800 members in 40 golf equipment in 15 nations accounting for over that 20% of the worldwide <a href=\"https:\/\/skal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SKAL membership<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/spain-launches-digital-nomad-visa-for-remote-foreign-workers\/\" title=\"Spain launches Digital Nomad Visa for remote foreign workers\u00a0 (December 8, 2022)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain launches Digital Nomad Visa for distant international staff\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/breaking-travel-news\/\" title=\"29370 topics\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking Travel 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When many SKAL members world wide take into consideration SKAL, Andrew Wood usually comes into their minds as Mr. SKAL. A\u00a0devoted SKAL member since 1992, a previous board member and Director of Sk\u00e5l [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/eturbonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}