Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #39
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EVENTS<br />
ASIA’S<br />
DOUBLE-BILL<br />
CORPORATE<br />
EVENT<br />
Langkawi Skybridge<br />
PATA TRAVEL MART<br />
HOSTED IN LANGKAWI<br />
Langkawi is the venue for PATA<br />
Travel Mart 2018 (PTM 2018)<br />
with this signature Pacific Asia<br />
Travel Association event 12-<br />
14 September being hosted by<br />
<strong>Tourism</strong> Malaysia and Langkawi<br />
Development Authority.<br />
Announcing the event, PATA<br />
CEO Dr Mario Hardy stated,<br />
“<strong>Tourism</strong> Malaysia and Langkawi<br />
Development Authority have<br />
been a valuable PATA member<br />
and partner since 1959 and 2017<br />
respectively and we look forward<br />
to the opportunity of showcasing<br />
the culture, heritage and beauty<br />
of Langkawi. Delegates to PTM<br />
2018 will experience one of Asia’s<br />
most remarkable and attractive<br />
destinations.”<br />
PATA Travel Mart is Asia-<br />
Pacific’s premier travel trade<br />
show featuring networking and<br />
contracting opportunities to help<br />
travel and tourism organisations<br />
access decision makers, meet new<br />
clients, expand their networks,<br />
establish new relationships and<br />
consolidate existing business<br />
partnerships.<br />
According to Dato’ Haji Azizan<br />
Noordin, CEO Langkawi<br />
Development Authority, “PTM<br />
2018 is a much-awaited tourism<br />
event to be organised in Malaysia<br />
especially in Langkawi. Naturally,<br />
with the buyers and sellers coming<br />
here, and the foreign media,<br />
we hope we can put not only<br />
Langkawi, but also Malaysia, again<br />
on the international platform for<br />
tourism. The build-up to the event<br />
is also very important. That’s why<br />
we are keen to have the PATA<br />
Travel Mart here. We hope this will<br />
be a turning point.”<br />
Azizan received his Life<br />
Membership Award at PATA<br />
Annual Summit 2017 in Negombo,<br />
Sri Lanka, and was recently elected<br />
Vice-Chairman of PATA<br />
Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings<br />
Asia (IT&CMA) and Corporate Travel World (CTW)<br />
Asia-Pacific is promoted as Asia-Pacific’s Only<br />
Doublebill Event in MICE and Corporate Travel,<br />
hosted in Bangkok from 18-20 September. Both<br />
events have been co-locating since 2004, offering<br />
its delegates an exceptional platform to do<br />
business, learn and network with industry players<br />
from around the region and beyond.<br />
IT&CMA is a leading international MICE<br />
event centred in Asia-Pacific. Established in<br />
1993, IT&CMA is at the forefront of fostering<br />
MICE growth opportunities for the Asia-<br />
Pacific and beyond. Its multi-faceted<br />
programme engages regional and international<br />
industry suppliers and buyers in the<br />
realms of business, education and networking.<br />
IT&CMA also features dedicated platforms<br />
designed around the interests of valuable<br />
MICE niche segments, enabling the event to<br />
consistently deliver a delegate profile that is both<br />
relevant and dynamic.<br />
CTW Asia-Pacific, meanwhile, is promoted as the<br />
“leading corporate travel management conference<br />
for the Asia-Pacific”. Launched in 1998, CTW<br />
Asia-Pacific is dedicated to cultivating Travel &<br />
Entertainment (T&E) best practices among Asia-<br />
Pacific’s corporate travel professionals. Influencers,<br />
planners and decision-makers of corporate<br />
travel functions in their organisation attend the<br />
annual conference to keep themselves abreast<br />
of the latest trends and knowledge that enable<br />
them to get the most out of their T&E decisions<br />
TTG Asia event<br />
Meet with Cleverdis President, Gérard Lefebvre @ PATA Travel Mart:<br />
editorial@cleverdis.com
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