Tag: PATA

PATA Provides Revival Strategy for SriLanka Tourism Post COVID-19

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) one of the apex bodies in Global Tourism, teamed up with GIZ has organized a virtual training program via Zoom for Sri Lanka Tourism on four days including 12, 13, 24, and 25 November 2020. Sri Lanka’s long-standing proud membership induced PATA’s collaboration with GIZ to sponsor two global experts Tourism Crisis Management Expert John Bailey and Global Tourism Marketing Guru Damian Cook, in training Sri Lanka’s Tourism’s key personnel from Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Sri Lank Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management and Sri Lanka Convention Bureau, entirely ... Read more

Kerala Tourism Minister receives three PATA Gold Awards

Kerala Tourism was bestowed three prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold awards, including the one for an ethnic food restaurant run by women at Kumarakom under its Responsible Tourism Mission, at a glittering function at Nur-Sultan (Astana) in Kazakhstan last evening. The awards were received by Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran and Tourism Director, P Bala Kiran from Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director, Macau Government Tourism office and Dr Mario Hardy, CEO, PATA, during the PATA Travel Mart 2019. The two other gold awards were for an advertisement campaign of Kerala Tourism — Come Out and Play — and ... Read more

PATA India’s ‘Tourism Powerhouse 2018’ to be held in Delhi

PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) India Chapter has announced that it will organize its inaugural ‘The Tourism Powerhouse’ from August 5-6, 2018 at The Park in New Delhi. The event will feature interactive sessions for PATA India members on the tourism industry-related subjects. Rashmi Verma, Secretary – Tourism, Government of India and Chairperson, PATA India Chapter has unveiled the logo for Tourism Powerhouse 2018 at the 7th Update & Outlook Meeting hosted by PATA India Chapter & Ministry of Tourism (MoT), Government of India at The Claridges, New Delhi. Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and MP Mall, Chairman and ... Read more

Baku to host AITF 2018

Azerbaijan International Travel and Tourism Fair (AITF) is all set to begin from 5th April at Baku Expo Centre in Azerbaijan. The 17th version of the three-day expo features all the ingredients a country can offer, in terms of tourism and associated destination marketing. AITF 2018, will be supported strongly by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism, UNWTO and PATA, with its prominence to increase the country’s GDP through tourism. The expo further aims to unite the associates in the field of tourism agencies, organisations under one umbrella. Azerbaijan, for a long extend, has been promoting tourism with useful services ... Read more