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CONTACT US: communications@PATA.org |
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PATA New Tourism Frontiers Forum 2015 in Legazpi, Albay, Philippines
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PATAcademy-HCD December 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand
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PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2016 in Chiang Rai, Thailand
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PATA Annual Summit 2016 in Guam, USA
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Albay, Philippines and Thekkady, Kerala, India Named PATA CEO Challenge 2015 Top Destinations
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| Meet the Speaker |
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Al Linsangan III, Executive Director of The Coron Initiative Director, Society for Sustainable Tourism & Development Inc. will be speaking at Breakout 2 – The Power of Ecotourism: Best Practices & Models for Implementation.
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| Former Delegate Speaks |
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“I learned a lot. All this one week, I think it worth every minute of my investment.” - Katherine Elizabeth Chan Marketing Manager, MSL Travel SDN. BHD. Malaysia Katherine Elizabeth Chan
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| Meet the Keynote Speaker |
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Shannon Stowell, President of Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) will share his guidelines on how to increase the competitiveness of Adventure Tourism.
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International Arrivals into Asia Pacific Continue Strong Growth Momentum Through Early 2015
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| PATA NEWS UPDATES |
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| International arrivals into the Asia Pacific region continued the strong growth momentum of previous years with a gain of 5.4% during the first half-year of 2015, resulting in close to 12.5 million additional arrivals year-on-year. This continues the full year growth of 6.1% during calendar year 2014, which culminated in a total foreign inbound volume of more than 550 million. |
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PATA Pushes to Make New Global Insights Conference an Annual Event
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| PGIC 2015 could become an annual fixture in the international events calendar. That is the view of Mario Hardy, the PATA CEO, who described last week’s event in Auckland as a ‘remarkable success for the city and for the nation’s tourism industry’. |
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PGIC 2015 Downloadable Materials: Presentations, Photos and Delegate Roster
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| Speaker's presentation slides and photos are available for download. Tag familiar faces on our Facebook page and share this great news! |
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PATA WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
Swisscontact SE Asia
 Swisscontact SE Asia promotes economic, social and environmental development by successfully integrating people into local commercial life. Swisscontact creates opportunities for people to improve their living conditions as a result of their own efforts.
The Ultimate Travelling Camp
 The Ultimate Travelling Camp (TUTC) is a niche player in the top-end luxury adventure travel market, focused on experiential travel, delivering 5-star hotel-quality service and amenities in exotic and remote locales across the most scenic destinations within India.
Connect World Tours LLC.
 Connect World Tours LLC. is a well-respected and highly experienced Destination ManagementCompany headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We are one of the foremost DMC presenting Dubai to the Rest of The world in the most luxurious approach. Our key business activities include handling MICE Groups, Event Management, Golf & Spa, on site logistics, and creating & planning tailor made luxury experiences in Dubai. We specialize in inbound tours and offer a host of tourism related services to inbound tourists to Dubai and neighbouring Emirates. Connect World has the aptitude and skill to act as a single point of contact from quotation to service delivery in Dubai. |
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| HIGHLIGHT FROM PATA MEMBERS |
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Call for Entries: WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2016
Are you an inspiring, responsible business deserving recognition for your work in tourism? Then WTTC wants to hear from YOU! There's still time left to submit your entry for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2016.
If you want to watch a revealing insight into what it means to win these awards, have a look at the recently released video from the 2015 Awards Ceremony (especially the celebrations in Mumbai’s slum Dharavi following Reality Tours & Travel victory), and listen to the winners in each of the categories share their thoughts.
Applicants can enter in one of the five award categories: Community, Destination, Environment, Innovation and People.
All applications must be received by no later than 16 November 2015. It’s completely free to apply using easy online application tool which can be found here.
Bangkok Airways Launches New Direct Route between Phuket and Hat Yai
Recently, Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited led by Mr. Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, President (4th from left) organized the inauguration celebration of airline’s new service connecting between Phuket and Hat Yai. The celebration was held at the Theptaro Ballroom of Burisriphu Hotel Hat Yai and was attended by many VIPs, travel agency representatives and local media. Read More.
Open Destinations Connects Directly with Major Hotel Chains
Open Destinations has further expanded their range of supplier integrations to include a new direct connection with Hilton Hotels. Through the company’s reservation software, Travel Studio, the Open Destinations client base will now have seamless access to more than 4,400 Hilton Hotels in 97 countries worldwide. Read More.
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