Macau to host 40th PATA Travel Mart 2017

By
Annie Lao

The MSAR will once again play host to the Pacific Asia Travel Association’s annual conference, according to a press release published by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday.
The 40th PATA Travel Mart 2017 (PTM 2017) will take place over three days: from September 13 to 15 next year, and will feature networking opportunities for tourism organisations from all over the world.
Next year’s event will be organised by MGTO.
“PATA Travel Mart mobilises a relevant contingent of travel trade stakeholders from the Asia Pacific region and around the world and we are enthusiastic with the perspective of providing a firsthand update about the significant developments in our city since we last met in Macau for the PATA Travel Mart 2010 and in 2005 for the PATA Annual Conference,” MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes stated in the release.
“MGTO has been a valuable member of PATA since 1958 and has sponsored the PATA Gold Awards for the past 21 years,” PATA CEO Mario Hardy also stated in the press release, noting that “PATA and the MGTO enjoy a very special, unique and rewarding relationship that we treasure and hold in high regard.”
This year’s event was held in Indonesia and attracted 1,358 delegates from 63 countries and regions.
PATA is a non-profit membership association founded in 1951. It seeks to foster the development of the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry for its members, comprised of 95 government, state and city tourism bodies, 63 educational institutions, hundreds of travel industry companies and 29 international airlines, airports and cruise lines from around the world.