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Pacific Asia Travel Association reveals ’2024 PATA Patterns Travel Trends Report

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) UK & Ireland has revealed their latest PATA Patterns, a roundup of trends predicted to shape travel to the region in 2024 and beyond, providing insight into what is set to be popular and inspire agents on what to sell.


Asia

Is China driving Pacific Asia’s return to tourism?

According to recent research, travel from London’s busiest airport to Pacific Asia saw a significant increase of over 50% last month compared to October 2022 with a total of 851,000 passengers departing Heathrow alone.


Appointments

PATA welcomes Noor Ahmad Hamid as the new CEO

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Noor Ahmad Hamid as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2023.


Associations

PATA New Executive Board Members

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eTurboNews:

he Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) re-appointment Ms Noredah Othman, CEO, of Sabah Tourism Board, Malaysia, and Dr. Gerald Perez, Vice President, Guam Visitors Bureau, USA to the PATA Executive Board for a two-year term beginning June 27, 2023.


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500 Bali and Jakarta Tourism Workers Complete PATA Training

500 Bali and Jakarta Tourism Workers Complete PATA Training

eTurboNews:

In Bali and Jakarta, PATA needs analysis showed that informal workers required new skills to better manage their businesses.


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Associations

Booking boom for Japan as 54% of agents report increased enquiries: PATA

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) UK & Ireland is pleased to share results of their latest ‘PATA Polls’ – a series of short surveys where they ask their travel agent network to provide expert knowledge and valuable insight into a variety of topics and issues throughout the year.


Associations

PATA gears up for its Annual Summit in UAE

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the programme for its 2022 Annual Summit set to take place from 25-27 October 2022 in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.


Features

IWTA speaks with Liz Ortiguera – CEO of PATA

Liz is from a Philippine heritage and grew up in the states. Early in her career she wanted to be a scientist but quickly learnt she was more passionate about people than molecules.


Asia

PATA launches food and plastic waste reduction measures for tourism businesses

PATA is collaborating with members of the Thai-EU tourism supply chain to develop a series of capacity-building initiatives that promote best practices for sustainable tourism growth


Asia

PATA and GBTA gear up to host APAC Travel Summit in Bangkok

The joint event will address sustainability and best practices in tourism, MICE, and corporate travel


Global

PATA’s 2022 summit goes to Ras Al Khaimah

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will host the next PATA Annual Summit, 22 to 25 March 2022, in Ras Al Khaimah


Global

IWTA speaks with Surayyal Hizmi – PATA 2021 Face of the Future

Meet Surrayyal Hizmi, Surayyal is a lecturer at the Lombok Tourism Polytechnic, under the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Republic of Indonesia and the PATA 2021 Face of the Future


Asia

Good To Go! Tailored, actionable plans to help rebuild travel flows with new recovery platform

Asia Pacific hospitality companies, hotels and resorts, destinations and tourism businesses can now access a platform designed to help plan and manage their recovery from the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Developed by the Delivering Group, the Good to Go platform offers a wide range of customised services, including planning, marketing, AI and chatbot […]


Asia

PATA Dream to Travel Festival opens with focus on Thailand

With over 1,000 attendees registered, the PATA Dream to Travel Festival officially began on 22 June 2020. The online event brings together travel trade businesses worldwide to learn, network and celebrate the power of travel during these challenging times. Working with Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the first week of the festival under the theme […]


Asia

PATA Nepal chapter CEO is ‘Face of the Future’

Suresh Singh Budal, chief executive office of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter, has been named as the 2020 PATA Face of the Future. This is the most prestigious honour open to young tourism professionals in the Asia Pacific region. “On behalf of everyone at PATA, I would like to congratulate Suresh on […]


Asia

PATA Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020 announces final line-up of speakers

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has gathered a diverse line-up of international experts at the forefront of the adventure travel industry to explore the nuances, trends and dynamics of one of the fastest-growing tourism sectors at the upcoming PATA Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020 (ATCM 2020) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in Malaysia. The […]


Asia

One billion international visitor arrivals into APAC on the horizon: PATA

Asia Pacific remains solidly on the path to welcome close to one billion international visitor arrivals (IVAs) over the next five years. This is one of the key predictions from the Executive Summary of the Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2020-24, released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Covering the years 2019 to 2024 and […]


Associations

PATA Travel Mart 2020 heads to Leshan in Sichuan, China

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is set to organise PATA Travel Mart (PTM) 2020 in Leshan, Sichuan, China from 3-6 September. The event will be hosted by the Leshan Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau. “We are returning to Leshan, Sichuan, China for PTM 2020, having previously worked closely with our various partners to […]


Asia

Azerbaijan joins PATA

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has welcomed the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan as its newest government member. It is the executive authority carrying out and regulating the state policy in the field of tourism. “The agency of Azerbaijan understands the importance of the tremendous growth and influence of the Asia Pacific region and, […]


Asia

Battle of the best: 2019 Mekong innovative start-ups in tourism finalists announced

The Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office has announced that 10 innovative start-ups from across the Mekong Region will compete in the Mekong Innovative Start-ups in Tourism (MIST) competition on 9 October 2019. This year, MIST will be held in Bangkok together with the new Travel Start-ups Asia Forum. MIST finalists represent two categories: travel tech ventures […]