PATA Annual
Summit in Bangkok,
Thailand will address the theme "Embracing the
Complete Visitor
Economy.”
Leaders
of the Complete Visitor Economy will gather for the 2013
PATA Annual Summit(2013PAS) in April 25-28, 2013.
Confirmed
speakers include Taleb Rifai, Secretary General, UNWTO; David
Scowsill, President, WTTC; Gloria Guevara, Former Secretary
of Tourism, Mexico; Lothar Pehl, Senior VP
Operations and Global Initiatives, Starwood Hotels
and Resorts; Abid Butt, CEO, Banyan
Tree Hotels andResorts;
and Anita Mendiratta,
Managing Director, Cachet Consulting & Head Consultant of The CNN
TASK Group.
There
will be four key sessions:
• Why
the Visitor Economy is key for jobs and societal development
• Ministerial
views on investing in the Complete Visitor Economy
• Connecting the
Complete Visitor Economy across functions and cultures
• Strengthening
weak links in the Visitor Economy
There
will be four interactive sessions:
1.
Corporate Social Responsibility
2.
Balancing Security and Facilitation
3.
Human Capital Development
4.
Medical Tourism Integration into the Complete Visitor
Economy
Mr
Martin J Craigs, PATA CEO said: “Our agenda is to make sure that
travel and tourism in its entirety, that is, the
complete visitor economy, gets its fair share of investment and
is included at the highest levels of government decision and policy
making.”
The
high-powered summit will
feature some of our industry's most acclaimed thought leaders.
Speakers will share their vision on how the global travel industry
can join together and create recognition for all aspects of the
highly interdependent travel, tourism and trade sectors.
PATA
believes that the complete visitor economy's benign direct
and indirect impacts need to be acknowledged and given credit. That
political objective unites the Global Travel Coalition, of which PATA
is a founding member.
The
PATA Annual Summit is expected to bring together many
leaders from the hospitality, tour
operator, carrier and government sectors, along
with senior media representatives, including networks such as CNN,
the Travel Channel and leading international broadsheet newspapers as
well as top travel trade journalists.
The summit and
the other supporting PATA events of that weekend will take place at
the Centara Grand and BangkokConvention Centre in Bangkok.
The PATA Youth Forum will take place on April 25 at Thammasat
University, Sri Burapa Auditorium. The forum will build on the recent
PATA student forums held during the PATA Annual Conference at
Taylor's University in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and Lyceum of the
Philippines University, Manila in 2012.
PATA
Board meetings will take place April 27-28.
Registration
is now open. Fees for the 2013 PATA Annual Summit are
US$699 per person for PATA members, US$899 for Chapter members and
US$1,299 for non-members. Special rates for Young Tourism
Professionals and students will apply.
