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Liz Ortiguera will now become next chief executive officer effective 17 May 2021 for PATA succeeding Dr. Mario Hardy who will finish his term at the end of May

PATA's three-day virtual event, in collaboration with Ras Al Khaimah, will bring together international thought leaders, industry shapers and senior decision-makers in the travel industry

Virtual PATA Travel Mart 2020 attracted over 1,000 delegates from 60 global destinations

PATA is calling upon all industry stakeholders from both the public and private sector to work more closely together towards the recovery of the travel and tourism industry

PATA announced Virtual PATA Travel Mart 2020 will take place in September

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,…

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will be launching the Dream to Travel Festival, an online event that brings together travel trade businesses worldwide to learn, network, and…

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced a new organisational partnership with FeedsFloor, a digital platform that enables clients to create and manage various event-related…

Following last month’s successful release of the ‘Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2020-2024’, complete with updates in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific Asia Travel…

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced a new organisational partnership with TCI Research, a leading travel data intelligence agency awarded by the UN World Tourism…

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced a new partnership with leading global charity The Travel Foundation, EplerWood International, and Cornell University’s Centre for…

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…

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…

Malaysia will host the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020. This was announced by the association at the close of the PATA Travel Mart. The…

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), in partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ventures and Plug and Play, have announced the launch of Travel Lab Asia (TLA), Asia’s only…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), a non-profit membership association for acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel…

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is set to stage the next ‘PATA Human Capacity Building Programme’ in Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan on 20 September 2019. The half-day…

The PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart (ATRTCM) took place in Rishikesh, India from 13-15 February. The travel mart and conference hosted over 130 delegates…

Asian tourism is now almost completely reliant on intra-regional travel, a new report from PATA has revealed. Releasing its full-year arrivals data for 2016, the association reported that…

More than half a billion people will travel to destinations in Asia every year by 2021, a new report has predicted. In its latest tourism forecast, the Pacific Asia Travel Association…

In a recent development, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to join the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). This makes ZTA the first…