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Travel Management
Heat Travels & Tours (India) Private Limited
Since 2000s
Acronym of Himalayan Elite in Adventure and Tourism, the India-based HEAT creates luxury tours exploring Sikkim and Darjeeling including the foothills of Himalaya.
Travel Management
Trans India Holidays
Since 2000s
Trans India offers a whole range of holidays in India, including Cultural, Religious, Adventure, Culinary, and more, as well as touring and accommodation services in Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka.
Hospitality
MGM Macau
Since 2000s
A beacon of style in the Macau skyline, MGM MACAU is a luxury integrated resort, with Forbes Travel-certified 5-star guest rooms and suites and full-functioning venues for conferences and events.
DMC
Khiri Travel Co., Ltd.
Since 2000s
Making tourism a force for good, Khiri Travel delivers creative, personalised itineraries with the highest standard to discerning tour operators worldwide. Sustainability is at the heart of its business.
Tour Operator
Bengal Travel & Tours Ltd.
Since 2000s
The Bangladesh-based leading inbound tour operator providing international-standard travel services to foreign and domestic travellers alike, as well as local corporate houses since 1982.
Hospitality & Consultancy
SH’otel Hospitality Management & Consultancy
Since 2000s
An independent consultancy providing clients customised solutions at multi-levels of the organisational chain, from investors to overseas careers-seekers.
Media
TravelDailyNews International
Since 2000s
TravelDailyNews is a network of news portals started in 1999 with TraveldailyNews International and TravelDailyNews Greece & Cyprus. TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific was added to its portfolio in 2012.
Government
Huangshan Administrative Committee
Since 2000s
The Management Committee of Huangshan Scenic Area located in Guiyang, Anhui, China. Famous for its 5 wonders: pines, rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, and snow.
Latest PATA Blog Posts
PATA Reaching Out to Tourism’s Forgotten People - The Informal Workers
With the current global situation having a severe impact on the tourism sector, PATA has been reaching out to people who work directly and indirectly in this sector. This is particularly on the informal workers who are often ignored in the tourism supply chain. Find out more about the informal workers here and how they are affected.
Ultimate Guide to Tourism Destination Resilience Certification
The only guide you will need to understand how to start your own Tourism Destination Resilience journey.
Resilience Leads COVID-19 Recovery
Resilience is not only a strategy for recovery, but a necessary process to ultimately achieve sustainable tourism development. What is resilience and why does tourism destinations need it? This blog explains it all.
COVID-19 Impacts on the Thai Tourism Supply Chain
This article presents research carried out between December 2020 and March 2021 by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and focusright, a Swiss consultancy that works with companies to embed responsible business practices throughout their supply chains. Supported by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland, the project examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal workers in the Thai tourism value chain.
PATA, TTG Round Up Industry Experts to Understand Future of Travel in Special Series
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and TTG Asia Media are collaborating on a series of six articles that will look into the travel and tourism industry’s future, and provide guidance to stakeholders on how a responsible, meaningful and sustainable development could be achieved.
PATA Conducts “The Future of Tourism” Interview Series to Provide COVID-19 Recovery Insights
PATA explores “The Future of Tourism” in a series of interviews through multiple, interrelated sustainability challenges that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis; aiming to provide advocacy, research and publications to provide insights on the future of sustainable tourism.
A Call to Rebuild a More Robust and Responsible Travel and Tourism Industry
While the road to recovery will be long and arduous, I am confident we will eventually travel again. To get there, beyond just close cooperation between the public and private sectors, we will need to be innovative, creative, and resourceful. If we do that, I am sure that we will rebuild a more robust and more responsible travel and tourism industry.
The Missing Blueprint
We have now reached a phase where everyone is realising that a vaccine may be months if not years away and we must learn to adapt to what it has come to be referred to as the “new normal”.