Trends

Cathay Group eases back into black

The Cathay Pacific Group, a long-time PATA member, is reporting a profit of HK$4,694 million for 2009. This compares to a loss of HK$8,696 million the previous year. Cathay made a...

Posted: Thu 11 Mar, 2010 12:00 AM

Backpacker arrivals boost ATEC confidence

The relentless growth of Australia’s backpacker and youth travel sector paints a bright picture for the future of the inbound tourism industry, states the Australian Tourism...

Posted: Wed 10 Mar, 2010 12:00 AM

‘Much improved’ year-end arrivals figures for A/P region

Preliminary figures released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) indicate that the numbers of international visitors to the Asia Pacific region* fell by an estimated thr...

Posted: Thu 4 Mar, 2010 12:00 AM

Key role for PATA as Greg briefs New Zealand PM

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is backing PATA’s bid to strengthen South Pacific tourism. Welcoming PATA CEO Greg Duffell to Wellington Mr Key, who holds the tourism p...

Posted: Sun 21 Feb, 2010 12:00 AM

China Outbound Tourism workshop during ITB Convention 2010

www.chinatraveltrends.com, COTRI and Dragon Trail are inviting all exhibitors and visitors to the ITB in Berlin to a workshop as part of the ITB Convention Destination day. The Ch...

Posted: Sat 20 Feb, 2010 12:00 AM

LCCs boost capacity

Global airline capacity for February 2010 is, for the sixth consecutive month, showing positive growth, reports PATA-member OAG. Global frequencies are also up (four percent) with...

Posted: Wed 17 Feb, 2010 12:00 AM

Fresh look to PATA website

There’s a fresh new look to the PATA website. It’s the same URL (www.pata.org) but with much improved content and functionality. New features including blogs and Google maps; beefe...

Posted: Tue 16 Feb, 2010 12:00 AM

PATA Opinion

Weekly Chapter Update: Read the Colloquium Report, Experience Philippine Fun

Read the Colloquium Report, Experience Philippine Fun This week I would like to share with you the minutes report of our Chapter Colloquium on April 19, ....

Posted on Thu 17 May 2012 10:54 AM

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