PATA Life Members

Legends Live Forever.

The highest honour to celebrate a legacy of visionaries in Asia Pacific tourism.

The PATA Life Membership Awards is given to nominated members who satisfy at least 8 requirements, including:
Being an active member of PATA for at least 10 years, being active at various levels of PATA, such as Chapter, Divisional and/or Board levels, has been cited for the quality of his / her contribution in tourism, professionally and within the individual’s community, and more. As a general rule, except for unusual situations, only one award is given in this category each year.

In PATA’s 73 years of history (as of October 2024), 123 distinguished individuals have been awarded this honour.

Honours Committee

Elly Hutabarat
Vice Chair

Tunku Iskandar
Chair

Luzi Matzig

Phornsiri Manoharn

Tan Chee Chye

Jae-Pil Sho

1950s

  • 1955: Robert W. Marshall, New Zealand*

  • 1956: Gyoji Arai, Japan*

  • 1957: Charles H. Holmes, USA*

  • 1952: Lorrin P. Thurston, USA*

  • 1954: Modesto Farolan, Philippines*

  • 1958: Col. Clarence M. Young, USA* (R)

  • 1959: J.M. Jumabhoy, Singapore*

1960s

  • 1960: Robert M. Firth, New Zealand*

  • 1964: Sir John D. Bates, Australia*

  • 1965: Chae Kyun Oh, Korea (ROK)*

  • 1966: S.N. Chib, India*

  • 1967: John W. Black, USA*

  • 1967: Sterling R. Newman, USA*

  • 1968: Capt. A.A. Barlow, Australia*

  • 1960: Sir Leonard Isitt, New Zealand*

  • 1961: William F. Quinn, USA*

  • 1962: W.C.G. Knowles, Hong Kong SAR*

  • 1963: Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX, Indonesia*

  • 1968: Walter H. Fei, Chinese Taipei*

  • 1969: Lt.Gen. Chalermchai Charuvastr, Thailand*

1970s

  • 1970: Robert S. Austin, New Zealand*

  • 1970: N.F. Gouffe, New Zealand*

  • 1971: Sam N. Mercer, USA*

  • 1971: Maj. H.F. Stanley, Scotland*

  • 1972: Robert W. Hemphill, USA*

  • 1972: George M. Turner, Australia*

  • 1973: Saburo Ohta, Japan*

  • 1974: Harold M. Denton, New Zealand*

  • 1974: Nobuo Matsumura, Japan*

  • 1974: Marcellinus J. Prajogo, Indonesia

  • 1975: John Minehan, Australia*

  • 1975: Herbert N. Salyer, USA*

  • 1976: Melvin B. Lane, USA*

  • 1976: Warren S. Titus, USA*

  • 1979: Jwah Kyum Kim, Korea (ROK)*

  • 1971: Hon. Roque R. Ablan, Jr., Philippines*

  • 1971: William J. Mullahey, USA*

  • 1972: Khir Johari, Malaysia*

  • 1973: Rudy Choy, USA* (Top Centre)

  • 1973: Tetsuzo Inumaru, Japan*

  • 1975: Hon. Frank E. Stewart, Australia*

  • 1976: Hon. Daniel K. Inouye, USA*

  • 1976: Hon. L.W. “Bill” Lane, Jr., USA*

  • 1976: F. Marvin Plake, USA* (R)

  • 1976: Matt Lurie, Australia*

  • 1977: John H. Pain, UK* (Top Right)

  • 1978: A.C. “Sammy” Yuan, Chinese Taipei* (R)

1980s

  • 1980: Michael H. Alford, USA*

  • 1981: William J. Newport, Hong Kong SAR*

  • 1981: Salvador Pena, Philippines*

  • 1982: Col. Somchai Hiranyakit, Thailand*

  • 1982: Matthew A. Ramsden, New Zealand*

  • 1983: Duncan K. Hamilton, New Zealand*

  • 1983: Guillermo Moreno, Mexico

  • 1984: Johannes Adnan, Indonesia*

  • 1984: Sri Budoyo, Indonesia*

  • 1984: Claus V. Jensen, USA

  • 1984: H.P. Siriwardhana, Australia*

  • 1985: Cyril C. Herrmann, USA*

  • 1986: J.G. “Jerry” O’Donnell, USA*

  • 1986: Henry Oh, Korea (ROK)*

  • 1987: Kiyomi Sugahara, Japan*

  • 1980: Jose D. Aspiras, Philippines*

  • 1980: C.B. Jain, India

  • 1983: Akira Kato, Japan*

  • 1985: Kusa Panyarachun, Thailand*

  • 1987: Nari Katgara, India*

  • 1987: John S. Rowe , Australia*

  • 1988: George Howling, USA*

  • 1988: George “Pete” Wimberly, USA* (Bottom Left)

  • 1989: Prabhakar S.J.B. Rana, Nepal*

  • 1989: R. Kane Rufe, USA*

  • 1989: Alwin Zecha, Thailand*

1990s

  • 1995: Terence Hill, Australia

  • 1999: Jim T. Moritani, Japan*

  • 1990: Kurt A. Bodmer, USA*

  • 1990: Kenneth L. Chamberlain, UK

  • 1990: Chuck Y. Gee, USA*

  • 1991: Joop Ave, Thailand*

  • 1991: Dharmnoon Prachuabmoh, Thailand

  • 1992: Tunku Iskandar, Malaysia

  • 1992: Dr. Jorge Rangel, Macao, China

  • 1993: Paul J. Casey, USA

  • 1993: Pierre J. Doley, USA*

  • 1994: Capt. Trevor Haworth, Australia*

  • 1994: W. Neil Plimmer, New Zealand

  • 1995: Inder Sharma, India*

  • 1996: Tan Chee Chye, Singapore

  • 1997: Seree Wangpaichitr, Thailand

  • 1998: Michael Paulin, USA

  • 1998: Lakshman Ratnapala, USA*

  • 1999: Andrew Drysdale, Singapore

2000s

  • 2001: Rodney Davies, New Zealand*

  • 2000: Jon Hutchison, Australia

  • 2002: Joseph A. McInerney, USA

  • 2003: Shirin Walji, Pakistan*

  • 2003: Terry M. Francis, Canada

  • 2004: Rabindra Raj Pandey, Nepal

  • 2005: Joao M. Costa Antunes, Macao, China

  • 2005: Bo W. Long, USA*

  • 2006: Dan Burruss, USA

  • 2006: Doug Fyfe, Canada

  • 2007: Datuk Abdullah Jonid, Malaysia*

  • 2008: Kevin B. Murphy, Hong Kong SAR

  • 2008: David H. Paulon, Thailand

  • 2009: Nobutaka Ishikure, Japan

  • 2009: Jae-Pil Sho, Korea (ROK)

  • 2009: Margarat Wilson, Australia

2010s

  • 2010: Gloria Henderson, USA

  • 2011: Brian Deeson, Australia*

  • 2014: Luzi A. Matzig, Thailand

  • 2015: Bill Calderwood, Australia

  • 2016: Phornsiri Manoharn, Thailand

  • 2017: Dato' Haji Azizan Noordin, Malaysia

  • 2018: Basant Raj Mishra, Nepal*

  • 2018: Soon-Hwa Wong, Singapore

  • 2019: Elly Hutabarat, Indonesia

2020s

  • 2020: Hiran Cooray, Sri Lanka

  • 2020: Akbar Shareef, Pakistan

  • 2021: W. Scott Supernaw, USA

  • 2022: Andrew N. Jones, Hong Kong SAR

  • 2023: Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Macao, China

  • 2024: Darren Ng, Singapore

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