PATA, the Bangkok based Marketing – Research and Promotion Organisation for the Asia Pacific Region is organizing three important events for the Tourism Industry in the next year:

The PATA Annual Meeting 2012, April 20 – 22, 2012 , will be at Putrajaya, Malaysia

In the latest figures available, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today reported that the preliminary figures for international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations1 for July 2011 show a year-on-year increase of 7%.

Marking World Tourism Day, think tank calls for engaging local communities in tourism development
As the world celebrates World Tourism Day on 27 September, experts in the field of tourism and culture have underscored the need for local community engagement in tourism development at the official celebrations in Egypt ( Aswan, Egypt).
“The importance of this day cannot be underestimated,” said the Minister of Tourism of Egypt, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, opening the celebrations.

Boeing celebrated the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner today to launch customer ANA during a ceremony adjacent to the factory where the airplane was assembled. More than 500 employees representing the 787 program walked alongside the all-new jetliner to present it to ANA executives as a crowd of thousands looked on.

Companies interested in exhibiting at the 20th anniversary Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) can now take advantage of reduced prices, with organisers announcing its priority booking rates which will be available to all exhibitors until the 30 November 2011.
AIME will be held on 21-22 February 2012 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) in Melbourne, Australia.

4-6 October 2011, Bangkok Convention Centre, Central World Bangkok, Corporate Booth no. D19
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