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Members since the 2010s ✨
Hospitality
Minor Hotel Group Limited
Since 2010s
Led by the authentic flagship brand, Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, Minor Hotels owns and operates a diverse portfolio of over 530 hotels, resorts and branded residences across six continents.
Travel Intelligence
ForwardKeys
Since 2010s
Founded in 2010, ForwardKeys' comprehensive database of air travellers and visitors offers detailed information on passenger travel itineraries, advanced profiles and behaviour patterns and preferences.
Aviation
LNRS Data Services Pte Ltd
Since 2010s
Cirium® delivers powerful data and cutting-edge analytics to empower airlines, airports, travel enterprises, aircraft manufacturers, and financial entities in operations optimisation and revenue growth acceleration.
Hospitality
Beijing Sunny International Communications
Since 2010s
An enterprise under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China, covering Chinese tourism destinations' brand marketing, public relations activities, cultural product publishing and more.
DMC
Pacific Leisure (Thailand) Limited
Since 2010s
Thai-based DMC and representative of multiple NTOs around the globe providing customised services in flights and hotel booking, group and individual trip planning, domestic and international MICE , and luxury travels.
Sustainability Initiative
Travelife (ECEAT)
Since 2010s
A training, management and certification initiative providing practical web-based solutions for tourism companies to manage and improve social/ environmental impacts through complying with sustainability criteria.
DMC
Royal Mountain Travel
Since 2010s
A Nepal-based full-service travel & adventure tour operator protecting local communities and driving changes in Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan through providing luxury & budget community-based tourism and homestay network.
Airport Hospitality
Plaza Premium Lounge Management Ltd
Since 2010s
Established in 1998, the HKSAR-based airport service provider is present in 80+ international airports across 30+ countries and regions in lounge, concierge, hotel, and dining.
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Latest PATA Blog Posts
Promoting Gender Mainstreaming: Recommendations for Vocational Training Centers
The publication ‘Promoting Gender Mainstreaming: Recommendations for vocational training centers in ASSET-H&C network’ outlines how we can promote and sustain gender equality in the tourism industry, with practical examples that offer applicable and actionable suggestions on gender-mainstreaming.
Welcome New Members
We are excited to introduce seven new members join the PATA community! Find out more about the services they are providing.
Some Exciting News Around the Asia Pacific…
PATA CEO Liz Ortiguera shared a message with the PATA community on October 10, 2022, with a brief roundup of a few of the markets making great headlines.
Horus Development & Consulting’s Podcast Series
CHORUS Podcast aims to promote new ideas, values, and best practices in the fields of sustainability in travel and tourism through conversations with opinion leaders who share the same passion. You can find episodes featuring PATA Members here in this blog!
How IKEA Co-workers Teamed Up with Winnow to Halve Their Global Food Waste
On September 20, 2022, IKEA announced that it has halved its food waste, achieving its ambitious timeline to adhere to and go beyond the UN 2030 Goal. Started in 2017, Winnow and IKEA teamed up to implement the Waste Watcher programme across its stores to tackle food waste through Artificial Intelligence. Over 2021, Winnow and IKEA scaled Winnow's Vision AI to 30 countries, from Japan to Canada. A global movement was built, and we saw food waste reduced on a massive scale.
Welcome New Members
We are excited to introduce eight new members join the PATA community! Find out more about the services they are providing.
Critical Recovery Strategies: Staff Appreciation and Engagement
PATA CEO Liz Ortiguera shared a message with the PATA community on September 9, 2022, with perspectives on boosting the travel staff’s engagement and retention and updates on PATA’s recent work.
PATA, UNESCO, and Expedia Group Partner for Sustainable Tourism Course
PATA started a collaboration with UNESCO to help build the capacity of tourism and hospitality businesses towards plastic waste reduction and community empowerment. Find more about the course "Targeting Zero Plastics in Hospitality and Tourism Businesses- with UNESCO, PATA & Expedia Group" in this blog.
PATA Resilience Forum 2022: Developing Partnerships for Tourism Destination Resilience
PATA's Resilience Forum that took place on August 24th provided a great opportunity for destinations to better understand the available financing and investment opportunities for increasing resilience and sustainability. It also presented the key lessons learned from the Tourism Destination Resilience Programme. Read more about it in this blog.
Standards for Food and Plastic Waste Reduction
PATA is excited to announce the Food and Plastic Waste Reduction Standards, for increasing the sustainability of tourism and hospitality businesses. Find more about how to reduce food and plastic waste in this blog.
Reconnecting Through Community-based Tourism: It’s a Wrap for PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2022!
PATA’s first fully in-person event is finally back after two years! Through the insightful sessions delivered by speakers from across the globe and in-depth exploration of Songkhla’s community-based tourism, the event enabled reconnections between the delegates and between the community and in the travel industry. Read about the event highlights!
Climate Adaptation and Tourism – a Closer Link than We might Think?
How can climate adaptation strategies be supported by tourism? Is there actually a close connection between tourism and climate adaptation? Is there a possibility that the pandemic might have, or might be, making climate adaptation in tourism a more plausible idea?
Welcome New Members
We are excited to introduce seven new members join the PATA community! Find out more about the services they are providing.
Asia Pacific Destinations- Antidote to Pandemic Stress
PATA CEO Liz Ortiguera shared a message with the PATA community on July 29, 2022, with updates about PATA’s recent activities and her perspectives on Asia Pacific destinations’ strengths in reopening.
Meet Our New Interns!
We’ve had the pleasure to welcome new staff who joined us as Intern Associates and helped us set sail into the third quarter of 2022. Let’s get to know them!