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Featured Members of the Week

Members since 2010s & 2020s✨

Marketing

MMGY Global
Since 2020s

MMGY Global is the world's leading integrated marketing company specialising in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry representing multiple agency brands to inspire people to travel and discover places.

Hospitality

World Hotels Asia Pacific
Since 2020s

WorldHotels is a trusted partner, advisor and invaluable growth resource for a curated portfolio of 250+ hand-selected, luxury, independent hotels and resorts in over 175 destinations around the world.

Technology

Upthink Limited
Since 2010s

Upthink is a boutique digital agency that specialises in providing bespoke brand-growing services for clients in the travel industry, from SEO and content creation to influencer marketing and events.

Technology

Biyaheko.com Corporation
Since 2020s

An online travel & tours solution provider integrating a wide array of travel products, from transportation tickets to travel services and insurances, with real-time sales and accounting reports in a secured-access environment.

Travel Management

AFS Travel
Since 2020s

A team of global destination management specialists delivering a wide range of in-destination customised services including day touring, transportation, leisure groups, extended touring and MICE travel.

Consulting

LightBlue Environmental Consulting
Since 2020s

LightBlue builds performance-based strategies and guides organisations in integrating circular business models to reach zero food waste to landfill and low-carbon operations.

Travel Management

Eihab Travels LLC
Since 2020s

An Oman-based IATA accredited agency, managed by the OHI Group of Companies, operating 3 distinct business lines- Airline Ticketing, Outbound, and Inbound Travel for individuals and corporates.

DMC

Asia Bespoke Travel and Tours
Since 2020s

A Vietnam-based DMC focusing on customised FIT, Group and MICE travel around Southeast Asia, their products include day tours, multi-day planned tours, luxury travel, and unique MICE programmes.

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PATA Reaching Out to Tourism’s Forgotten People - The Informal Workers

With the current global situation having a severe impact on the tourism sector, PATA has been reaching out to people who work directly and indirectly in this sector. This is particularly on the informal workers who are often ignored in the tourism supply chain. Find out more about the informal workers here and how they are affected.

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Resilience Leads COVID-19 Recovery

Resilience is not only a strategy for recovery, but a necessary process to ultimately achieve sustainable tourism development. What is resilience and why does tourism destinations need it? This blog explains it all.

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COVID-19 Impacts on the Thai Tourism Supply Chain

This article presents research carried out between December 2020 and March 2021 by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and focusright, a Swiss consultancy that works with companies to embed responsible business practices throughout their supply chains. Supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland, the project examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal workers in the Thai tourism value chain.

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PATA Conducts “The Future of Tourism” Interview Series to Provide COVID-19 Recovery Insights

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.

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A Call to Rebuild a More Robust and Responsible Travel and Tourism Industry

While the road to recovery will be long and arduous, I am confident we will eventually travel again. To get there, beyond just close cooperation between the public and private sectors, we will need to be innovative, creative, and resourceful. If we do that, I am sure that we will rebuild a more robust and more responsible travel and tourism industry.

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The Missing Blueprint

We have now reached a phase where everyone is realising that a vaccine may be months if not years away and we must learn to adapt to what it has come to be referred to as the “new normal”.

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