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PATA GOLD
AWARDS
Dear Industry
Colleague,
The Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) rewards industry stakeholders
who have made outstanding contributions to
responsibly develop and successfully promote travel
and tourism within Asia Pacific.
Less than five weeks
remain for stakeholders in Asia Pacific travel and
tourism to submit their entries to this year's PATA
Gold Awards programme, which is open to both PATA
members and non-members until April
30.
As you have participated
or shown interest in the programme before, I would
like to personally encourage you to participate in
2007. Download information and forms at
www.PATA.org/goldawards.
Judged by panels of
experts, PATA Gold Awards 2007 will recognise
exceptional achievement in six broad
categories:-
1) Marketing Campaign
(five Gold Awards and one Grand
Award)
2) Environment (three Gold
Awards and one Grand Award)
3) Heritage & Culture
(two Gold Awards and one Grand
Award)
4) Education &
Training (one Gold Award and one Grand
Award)
5) Marketing Media (nine
Gold Awards)
6) Travel Journalism (four
Gold Awards)
In total, PATA will
present up to 24 PATA Gold Awards and four elite
PATA Grand Awards at a special September 28 lunch
at Grand Bali Hyatt, Indonesia, during PATA Travel
Mart 2007.
If you are among the
winners, highlights of your winning entry will be
on display at the Mart for delegates to enjoy. It
will also be featured in the 'Winners' Showcase'
souvenir booklet.
You will also attract
invaluable travel trade media coverage via PATA
press releases and will be entitled to leverage the
prestigious PATA Gold Awards 2007 logo on your Web
site and collateral.
Sponsored by the Macau
Government Tourist Office (MGTO) for 12 years, the
PATA Gold Awards set industry standards for
excellence and innovation.
PATA is delighted that the
MGTO remains committed to helping PATA identify and
acknowledge excellence in our
industry.
For more information and
entry forms, visit www.PATA.org/goldawards, or
e-mail Mr David Gillbanks at
goldawards@PATA.org.
I look forward to perhaps
presenting you with a PATA Gold Award in Bali this
September!
Yours
sincerely,
Peter de
Jong
President and
CEO
Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA)
PATA, ATA
Sign Statement of Intent
 PATA
President and CEO Mr Peter de Jong and Africa
Travel Association President and Zambia Minister of
Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources HE
Kabinga Pande
PATA President and
CEO Mr Peter de Jong and Africa Travel Association
(ATA) President and Zambia Minister of Tourism,
Environment and Natural Resources HE Kabinga Pande
signed a Statement of Intent, October 5, at the
Third Global Summit on Peace Through Tourism in
Pattaya, Thailand. The Statement indicates ATA's
and PATA's intention to more fully co-operate, with
the view to concluding a memorandum of
understanding at a future date.
ABOUT PATA
Founded in 1951,
the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is the
recognised authority on Asia Pacific travel and
tourism. PATA provides leadership and advocacy to
the collective efforts of nearly 100 government,
state and city tourism bodies, more than 55
airlines and cruise lines, and hundreds of travel
industry companies. In addition, thousands of
travel professionals belong to dozens of PATA
chapters worldwide.
PATA's mission is
to enhance the growth, value and quality of Asia
Pacific travel and tourism for the benefit of its
membership. PATA is a not-for-profit
organisation.
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