Workshop presenter Imtiaz Muqbil
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) held a workshop named “Upgrading Media Releases in the Internet Era” for hotel industry personnel and MGTO staff on 25 and 26 August to enhance their knowledge and skills in media communication. The Tourist Office has invited Executive Editor of Travel Impact Newswire, Imtiaz Muqbil to give a talk in the workshop about changes in the global and regional world order, revolution in the tourism industry as well as useful skills about media release. Imtiaz Muqbil has been a professional journalist since 1973 and reported on the Asia-Pacific travel industry since 1981. He founded Travel Impact Newswire in 1998, a publication which covers Asia-Pacific tourism with an analytical, long-term perspective for a wide range of readers across the world, many of whom are decision makers in the travel industry. Its readership covers different continents, regions and nationalities such as Europe, North America, the Middle East, India, China and many other Southeast Asian countries. Muqbil is also the winner of the 2005 PATA Travel Journalism Award. Founded in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a non-profit membership association dedicated to promoting sustainable development of the Asia-Pacific travel industry. MGTO regularly partners with the trade and training entities to create a variety of training opportunities for travel agents, tour guides and personnel of the hotel, retail and catering industries as well as public transportation sector. The Office will keep on helping the tourism and related sectors to upgrade their service quality in accord with the goal of building Macau into a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure.
