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THE PACIFIC Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced that Virtual PATA Travel Mart (PTM) 2021 will take place from September 2-5 and Leshan, China will once again be the featured destination for the event.
Virtual PTM is a business-to-business travel contracting and virtual networking event that both mirrors and enhances the features of the long-standing PTM, which boasts over four decades of experience in connecting qualified international buyers and sellers from Asia-Pacific and beyond through one-to-one business appointments.
According to PATA CEO Liz Ortiguera said PATA’s goal is to bring valuable content and virtual networking opportunities to enable our members and trade show attendees to stay current with the latest travel products and build connections with new global colleagues. I invite our industry stakeholders to join us for this year’s event, as we support our members and the industry in this recovery.
The event is being organised in conjunction with the Sichuan International Travel Expo (SITE) with the support of Official Event Partner, the Leshan Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, and is powered by the Official Virtual Event Partner, Dragon Trail Interactive.
“PATA, as one of the most authoritative international tourism organisations in the world, enhances the value, quality and sustainable growth of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region.
In recent years, PATA has been actively committed to promoting in-depth cooperation with Leshan Tourism, and has achieved fruitful results, becoming a model of regional cooperation in Asia and even the world,” said Ms. Song Qiu, Director of Leshan Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.
“PATA Travel Mart is one of the longest-running travel trade shows in Asia Pacific. In 2020, Leshan, as the Featured Destination of PTM 2020, took advantage of the SCITE and cooperated with PATA to jointly organize an international tourism EXPO, and achieved a transaction volume of over 90 million yuan through the interactive form of “online + offline”.
In 2021, Leshan will once again hold PTM 2021 with PATA to provide convenient and comfortable services for international buyers and sellers, build a communication and interactive platform for participants, and work with PATA to make new and greater contributions to the development of tourism in post-pandemic era.
The event will offer two business days of one-on-one meetings with up to 50 matched appointments across all time zones from September 2-3. There will also be two trade visitor days on September 4-5. In addition, industry trends and insights will be a part of the program as well as interactive networking breaks with special sessions from various national tourism organisations (NTOs).
Meanwhile Dragon Trail Interactive Co-founder & CEO, George Cao, said PATA Travel Mart is a trade show with a long and distinguished history. Going virtual last year demonstrated PATA’s strong leadership in innovation for our industry, and that leadership continues today.
“As a PATA member, we are proud to be selected again as a partner for this year’s PTM and hope to work with the PATA teame, and with the Leshan government, to bring another successful show to fellow PATA members and the global travel industry,” he concluded. [sources/photo special]
