The 19th PATA Foundation Silent Auction - Kuching, Malaysia

April 25, 2010

Borneo Convention Centre Kuching

Malaysia

OVERVIEW

An annual activity of the PATA Foundation to raise funds, PATA Foundation Silent Auction was held for the first time in 1990 in Vancouver, Canada.

This year, the 19th Silent Auction will be held in conjunction with PATA Annual Meeting.

Donors offer items of value, such as tour packages, air tickets, cruises, hotel stays and one-of-a-kind items from around the world, to be sold during the event.  The bidders are PATA Board of Directors and Committees delegates, who browse the Auction display and write bids on sheets posted in front of each item.  When the Auction officially closes, the latest bid for each item wins.  All proceeds go to the PATA Foundation.

The 19th Silent Auction will be held on April 23-25, 2010 in Kuching, Malaysia

If you are a stakeholder in tourism, sustain your stake through your contribution to the PATA Foundation, the leading travel and tourism charitable foundation in Asia Pacific.

 

MasterCard joins hands with PATA Foundation

MasterCard Worldwide in affirming its commitment in supporting sustainable development of Asia Pacific travel and tourism, has signed an agreement to support PATA Foundation to earmark its 25^th Anniversary.
Nagesh Devata, VP-Commerce Development, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, MasterCard, said “We see great value in work that the PATA Foundation has been doing for the past 25 years.  MasterCard is pleased to contribute to the Foundation's efforts in building sustainable tourism growth through culture & heritage preservation, and education.  We encourage everyone to come forward and support the PATA Foundation.”
 
A key component of MasterCard's collaboration with the PATA Foundation is the Purchase with Purpose ^TM program in which MasterCard makes a donation of 5% to the PATA Foundation for every donation made using a MasterCard card.

If you are attending the PATA Annual Meeting in Kuching, for all successful bid items at Silent Auction and Charity Dinner Ticket paid for with a MasterCard card, MasterCard will contribute an additional 5%.