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London (Great Britain) - September 20, 2018 (travelindex.com) - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce a new media partnership agreement with National Geographic Traveller (UK), the UK edition of National…

Langkawi (Malaysia) - September 19, 2018 (travelindex) - On the 14th of September 2018 at the biggest travel fair of the South-East-Asian Region, the PATA Travel Mart on the island of Langkawi (Malaysia), a new association of international…

Langkawi (Malaysia) - September 18, 2018 (travelindex.com) – The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 18, held in Langkawi, Malaysia on September 14, saw the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) receive reward for its…

Shanghai (China) - May 14, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The first ITB China marked its premiere and proved its importance as China’s new marketplace for the travel trade industry. Summing up the three-day business to business event: From 10 to…

Bangkok (Thailand) - May 5, 2017 (travelindex.com) - A disruptive new online travel portal named traveliko announced its imminent launch today during a press conference at Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok. The specially developed web portal was…

Bangkok (Thailand) – April 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The latest global overview of air travel has shown that passengers, from Europe, the Americas and the Far East, are making more bookings and taking more flights, despite recent…

Bangkok (Thailand) – April 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Is it Too Much to Ask? was the opening line of the David Scowsill, President & CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) speech, at the WTTC Global Summit in Bangkok,…

London (United Kingdom) - April 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announces the departure of David Scowsill, President & CEO, after six years at the helm of the organization. During his tenure as…

Lucerne (Switzerland) - April 2, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The World Tourism Forum Lucerne will take place in central Switzerland for the fifth time from 4 to 5 May 2017. Within the framework of the Forum's global orientation and expansion,…

Bangkok (Thailand) – March 28, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Thailand's Travel & Tourism sector grew by nearly 11% in 2016 and will be the world’s 10th fastest growing country over the next decade at 6.5% per annum, a new report by the World…

Madrid (Spain) - February 6, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Demand for international tourism remained robust in 2016 despite challenges. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the latest UNWTO…

Macao - January 19, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held its Annual Press Conference today (18 January) and announced that Macao’s total visitor arrivals in 2016 hit a record of 30 million and more, slightly…

Singapore (Singapore) - November 16, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Singapore will continue to be home to the next three editions of the region’s leading travel trade show – ITB Asia. Messe Berlin (Singapore), the organisers of the event, have…

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 21, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is inviting everyone to the Expat Fair Thailand 2016 to boost the image of Thai tourism, celebrate the vibrant expat community, and…

Bangkok (Thailand) - August 31, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Entrepreneurship, travel and teamwork merge in a new competition designed to encourage millennials to build their own local tour businesses. The Pacific Asia Travel Association…

Singapore - August 18, 2016 (travelindex.com) – ITB Asia, the Asia's Leading Travel Trade Show’, today announced International SOS as its first official Medical & Travel Security partner. Through this collaboration, International SOS…

Singapore - August 13, 2016 (travelindex.com) – ITB Asia, “Asia’s Leading Travel Trade Show”, has established a partnership with CrescentRating, the world’s leading authority on halal travel. As part of the trade show’s first foray into…

Shanghai (China) - August 4, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Ms Jane Sun, Co-President and COO of Ctrip will be the keynote speaker at the official opening of the first ITB China, which will take place in May 2017. This was announced by ITB…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 13, 2016 (travelindex) - Thailand will boost domestic tourism as part of its objectives to achieve sustainability in tourism, H.E. Deputy Prime Minister, Somkid Jatusripitak, told a press briefing Monday, along…

Berlin (Germany) - March 8, 2015 - 175,000 visitors during the five-day show – an increase in trade visitors from abroad – the convention attracts more visitors – trade visitors and exhibitors remain longer at the show – exhibitors report…

Berlin (Germany) - March 6, 2015 - The five winners of the 2015 National Geographic World Legacy Awards were announced yesterday during a colorful awards ceremony held at ITB Berlin. A partnership between the National Geographic Society and…

Berlin (Germany) - February 13, 2015 - Thought-provoking discussion rounds and informative papers by familiar speakers from the international travel industry – admission to the ITB Berlin Convention is free for trade visitors At this…

Berlin (Germany) - January 19, 2015 - Increase in international Travel Technology exhibitors. Chinese search engine Baidu and booking platform Qunar to exhibit at ITB Berlin for the first time. Travel Technology Guided Tours take on new…

Berlin (Germany) - November 28, 2014 - Travel-hungry Europeans are defying local crises and political unrest, having undertaken record numbers of trips this year. Compared to last year, in 2014 the number of foreign trips rose by three per…

Berlin (Germany) - September 30, 2014 - Modern times in Mongolia: the partner country of ITB Berlin 2015 presents new concepts for air, rail, and road transport. Visitors to ITB Berlin, taking place from 4 to 8 March 2015, will find out…

Geneva (Switzerland) - September 17, 2014 - A new term begins this week for the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils, which mobilizes some 1,500 globally recognized leaders to volunteer their time and address worldwide,…

Manila (Philippines) - August 6, 2014 - The first instalment of Pinoy Chikka, the Travel Forum series of Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) Philippines Chapter, attracted an overflow crowd of more than 800 travel and hospitality…

Berlin (Germany) - July 28, 2014 - In 2013 Russia registered a huge increase in trips to foreign destinations and became Europe’s third biggest foreign travel market, reporting around 32 million trips abroad. These are the latest findings…

Bangkok (Thailand) - July 9, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce that the PATA Asia Pacific Visitor Forecasts 2014-2018 Volume II is now available to purchase. Following the release of the Asia Pacific…

Berlin (Germany) - July 9, 2014 - At its meeting on 7 July the supervisory board of Messe Berlin GmbH elected Peter Zühlsdorff (73) to the post of chairman. He takes his position on a board comprising high-profile members of international…

Manila (Philippines) - May 23, 2014 - H.E. Ramon R. Jimenez Jr., the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines passed on his sincere thanks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) members…

Bangkok (Thailand) - April 30, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Education and Training Committee will hold a PATA Youth Symposium on the morning of May 16, 2014, at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Zhuhai Campus. With the…

Bangkok (Thailand) - April 24, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce that Ms Soulinnara Ratanavong is the recipient of the most prestigious honour for young tourism professionals in Asia Pacific – the 2014…

Bangkok (Thailand ) - March 10, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Committee of Tourism Sector of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs (NCE)…

Bangkok (Thailand) - March 5, 2014 - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will hold the 63rd PATA Executive Board, Board Meeting and 2014 AGM, May 16-18 at the Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel, Zhuhai, China. Also known as the “Chinese…

Washington, D.C.  (USA) - New York City based South African Arts International, Ltd. is proud to announced that the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has been selected for the 2013 Convener of the Year for second consecutive year. This…

Pisa (Italy) - December 9, 2013 - The south is overtaking the north. Growth in the South American travel market continues to outstrip that of its larger North American counterpart. This is one of the findings of the annual ITB World Travel…

Brussels (Belgium) - October 28, 2013 - Eduardo Santander, Executive Director, European Travel Commission, the tourism body responsible for promoting Europe as a destination, has said that the spotlight will be on developing business with…

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam) - October 8, 2013 - Travelindex has launched today, in time for the 23rd ASEAN SUMMIT, its VisitASEAN.org, the first and only integrated travel information resource on all 10 ASEAN countries and their…

Bangkok (Thailand) - September 5, 2013 - Last month, a team of 10 staff members from Lisu Lodge participated in a whitewater rafting training course. The training was organized by the Ministry of Tourism and took place at Wild Planet Camp…

Bangkok (Thailand) August 19, 2013 - Originally published on Apr. 14, 2006 by BangkokPost - His first Songkran in Chiang Mai years ago got him soaking wet as well as giggling with fun. Andrew J Wood laughed and smiled so much that he felt…

Singapore (Singapore) - August 16, 2013 - Following this year’s success of hosting over 880 international MICE delegates at the IT&CM China Opening Ceremony & Welcome Dinner, Kerry Hotel Pudong Shanghai has committed to hosting the…

Boca Raton, Florida (USA) - July 30, 2013 - Concierge and Lifestyle Management company, One Concierge (www.oneconcierge.com) today proudly announced that it has re-introduced and re-vamped their entire Membership portfolio to better meet…

Bangkok (Thailand) - July 15, 2013 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is promoting six experiential and creative travel themes to encourage multi-country trips across Southeast Asia. The themed promotions are part of the…

Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) - July 3, 2013 - The Government of Myanmar, alongside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Norway, today unveiled a Tourism Master Plan which outlines 38 development projects valued at nearly a half…

Richmond, Surrey (UK) - June 9, 2013 - World Travel Market (WTM) 2012, the leading global event for the travel industry, will generate more than £410 million (US$640 million) for exhibitors in its Global Village region, reveals independent…

Victoria (Seychelles) - May 13, 2013 - Port Victoria in Seychelles was named the Leading Cruise Port award at the World Travel Awards (WTA) being held in the Maldives. The World Travel Awards, known as the “Oscars of the Travel Industry,”…

Vientiane (Laos PDR) - May 10, 2013 - European Council on Tourism and Trade has decided to award WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION AWARD FOR 2013 and FAVORITE CULTURAL DESTINATIONS to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the council posted on…

Bangkok (Thailand) - April 24, 2013 - On Friday, more than 100 travel industry professionals will gather at the Sofitel So Bangkok to find out how they can differentiate and profit from the growing and influential women’s market. The second…

London (UK) - April 13,2013 - Paradise Island Resort & Spa, an uncompromising destination of luxury and comfort, is to host the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry’s elite on May 12, 2013 at the World Travel Awards Indian Ocean…