Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2013 is held from September 15 to 17 in Chengdu, China. Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) sponsored the PATA Gold Awards Luncheon and Award Presentation on September 15.
The three-day PATA Travel Mart 2013 is held in Midwest China for the first time. The event gathers international buyers and sellers who utilize this professional platform to network and seek business opportunities, in addition, there were forum and workshops for exchanges. Representatives of 10 hotels, resorts, travel agencies, convention and exhibition centres from Macau participated in the Travel Mart.
MGTO has been supporting the PATA Gold Awards since 1996, so as to promote Macau tourism. MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes congratulated all PATA Gold Awards 2013 winners during the announcement earlier on and has given a strong endorsement to the innovation and excellence performance. This year, 4 Grand and 22 Gold Awards have been presented.
PATA Chairman João Manuel Costa Antunes attended the luncheon and presented the awards with PATA CEO Martin J. Craigs to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of stakeholders in various tourism industry aspects.
Founded in 1951, PATA is a non-profit membership association dedicated to building responsible development of the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry. Macau has been a member of PATA for over half a century since 1958.
PATA has currently more than 42 chapters and 10 student chapters around the globe. PATA's membership boasts more than 80 government, state and city tourism bodies, nearly 50 airlines and cruise lines, and hundreds of travel industry companies.
