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In this issue:
Terry Francis Takes the Chair
Silent Auction Raises
US$20,000
Nepalese Library Officially
Opens October 30
Progress is a Paper Tiger in
Shiqiao
Mountain Trail to a
Sustainable Future
Lao War Caves Story to be Told
Donate Books to the Baltit
Fort Library
Be
Quick: Hospitality Executive
Training Scholarship
Scholarship Winner
Appreciates Opportunity
Terry Francis Takes
the Chair
PATA Life Member Mr Terry Francis (pictured)
was appointed new Chairman of the PATA Foundation Board of Trustees at the
PATA Board of Directors meeting in Bali, September 30, after Mr David Paulon, who
served as Chair since 2003, stepped down.
PATA President and CEO
Mr Peter de Jong said: "With his known stewardship, Terry aims to take the
Foundation to the next level."
www.PATA.org/foundation.
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Silent Auction Raises
US$20,000
Outgoing PATA Foundation Board of Trustees
Chairman Mr David Paulon (pictured) thanked all the donors and bidders who
participated in this year's Silent Auction in Bali, September 25-28. Taking
place during a PATA Travel Mart for the first time, the Silent Auction
yielded nearly US$20,000.
www.PATA.org/foundation.
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Nepalese Library
Officially Opens October 30
PATA members are invited to attend the
long-awaited opening of the Karnali Himalayan Library in Jumla
village, northwest Nepal, October 30. In 2005, the PATA Foundation
gave a grant to READ to help build the library; the Nepal Children's
Organization provided the land.
"There are 6,949 people of various ethnic backgrounds
living in Jumla, more than half of whom are students," said Rural
Education and Development Group (READ) - Nepal Country Director Mr
Sharad Babu Shrestha.
READ Global received a Walk the Talk Global Citizen
Award at the United Nations World Environment Day celebration in San
Francisco, June 10.
For more information, email
read@info.com.np.
READ Nepal site.
www.PATA.org/foundation.
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Progress is a Paper Tiger
in Shiqiao
The recipient of a PATA Foundation grant in
2006 aims to preserve a craft that locals have been practising since about
100 BC. Forty Shiqiao Village families in Guizhou Province, China (PRC)
continue to earn a living producing hand-made paper and paper products.
Construction of a display centre for the
ancient craft of papermaking is nearly complete. A papermaking workshop is
already in use.
PATA member Guizhou Provincial Tourism Board manages
the project.
Guizhou PTB site.
www.PATA.org/foundation.
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Mountain Trail to a Sustainable Future
The Pang Soong Nature Trail, a four-hour walk
in a pristine forest in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is 50% complete. It should be
finished by January 2008.
A private sector and village community joint venture
that received a PATA Foundation grant earlier this year, the Trail will
follow the Mae Lai stream from 1,000 m above sea level, back into the
mountains and over or around some 17 waterfalls to the source of the stream,
at 1,500 m.
PATA member Track of the Tiger is building the trail
and has planted a nursery in the woods around the village. The village owns
the rights to the forest and will levy an entrance fee for each tourist
using the trail.
Track of the Tiger site.
www.PATA.org/foundation.
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Lao War Caves Story to be Told
Caves that provided shelter to 23,000 Laotians
during nine years of aerial bombardment in a "secret war" are the
beneficiary of a 2007 PATA Foundation grant. Between 1964 and 1973, up to
480 caves in Viengxay, Houaphanh province in Lao's northeast were
transformed into a de facto city.
The PATA Foundation has signed an agreement with UNWTO,
the Lao National Tourism Administration and SNV Consulting to help fund the
research and development of an audio tour and related promotional materials
on the "Viengxay Story"; the personal accounts of the people who endured
incredible hardship during years of conflict.
LNTA Web site.
SNV Web site.
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Donate Books to the Baltit
Fort Library
A library in a celebrated heritage site in
northern Pakistan seeks donations of books to stock its shelves. The 700
year-old Baltit Fort situated in Karimabad Hunza was awarded the PATA Grand
Award for Heritage in 1997.
A section of the restored fort has been reserved
for students, locals and tourists to learn about the destination. "We hope
the Baltit Fort Library will play a pivotal role in further promoting
tourism in the area," said Aga Khan Foundation CEO Mr Al-Nashir Jam.
To donate, email
baltitfort@hotmail.com.
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Be Quick:
Hospitality Executive Training Scholarship
The 6th Hong Kong Winter School 2008, a hospitality executive training
programme by Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel & Tourism
Management, will take place January 21-26.
The PATA Foundation is offering a scholarship to a
PATA-member employee to attend the course, which will focus on three
critical hospitality management areas; human resources, finance and service
quality.
The deadline to apply is November 30!
More information.
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Scholarship Winner
Appreciates Opportunity
Mr Vincent Tafileluw (pictured), Sales and
Marketing Manager, Yap Visitors Bureau, received the Jerome A Keller
Memorial Scholarship to participate in this year's Executive Development
Institute for Tourism programme at the University of Hawaii's School of
Travel Industry Management (TIM).
"I would like to thank PATA and the Jerome A Keller
Memorial Scholarship for the opportunity," said Mr Tafileluw. "Thanks also
to the TIM staff and faculty, who were tremendous. I learned a great deal
that will be helpful in my work."
Mr Tafileluw attended a three-week intensive study
course, July 9-27, designed to enhance the skills of executives and
professionals in both the private and public sectors of international
tourism.
The scholarship was graciously funded by PATA Board
Member Ms Gloria Henderson of HNL Travel Associates, Honolulu.
www.PATA.org/foundation.
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