Nearly a year after being elected as a PATA Face of Future in the time when the industry is facing one of the biggest challenges ever witnessed, Suresh shares with all, and especially the youth, his journey full of mixed feelings and learnings for the past year and give genuine advices to everyone who is ready to embrace the “new normal”.

Dive in this interview with Suresh Singh Budal!

ASSET-H&C, set in the Mekong region where females are especially the main employed group in Hospitality & Tourism industry, released a report with Plan International on acknowledging the current situation and pointing out importance of investment in women.

I know that many of you, like me, will be separated from your family members during this holiday season, but I hope we can all be reunited again soon. In the meantime, take comfort knowing that your friends and family are still just a video call away.

The PATA Quarterly Tourism Monitor (QTM) provides a quantitative view of the arrivals into all major destinations within the Asia Pacific region, comparing visitor arrivals by source market and percentage change against the previous year on a quarterly basis. The numbers have been released for the third quarter of 2020.

PATA’s first hybrid event “Asia Pacific Tourism Trends & Outlook” dropped curtains on 7 December, with 19 speakers addressing on three topics: aviation, hospitality, and MICE. Read the full post-event report and valuable learnings in this blog.

As we anticipate the re-opening of travel, we’ve embraced digital opportunities to enable partnerships between all travel-related organizations and bring forth membership benefits through various initiatives.

We’ve had the pleasure to welcome seven new staff who join us as Intern Associates and help the association progress during these trying times. Let’s get to know them!

PATA’s board members, CEO and senior staff are available to speak at industry conferences, webinars and events on a variety of subjects related to travel and tourism, trends and sustainability. To inquire regarding availability, please send us a message > Here’s where we’ll be next month. Hop online to hear from us, ask questions or say hi!

Join us in welcoming two new organisations that have joined the PATA community last month

This report analysed emerging trends within travellers related to health and hygiene. The results indicated that health and hygiene affects booking decisions greatly; consequently, changing the game in the tourism industry.

Join us in welcoming two new organisations that have joined the PATA community last month

PATA’s board members, CEO and senior staff are available to speak at industry conferences, webinars and events on a variety of subjects related to travel and tourism, trends and sustainability. To inquire regarding availability, please send us a message > Here’s where we’ll be next month. Hop online to hear from us, ask questions or say hi!

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and TTG Asia Media are collaborating on a series of six articles that will look into the travel and tourism industry’s future, and provide guidance to stakeholders on how a responsible, meaningful and sustainable development could be achieved.

PATA explores “The Future of Tourism” in a series of interviews through multiple, interrelated sustainability challenges that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis; aiming to provide advocacy, research and publications to provide insights on the future of sustainable tourism.