O tagata atamamai faʻapitoa tau turisi, faʻafouga ma taʻitaʻi mafaufauga faʻavaomalo ua faʻatulagaina e suʻesuʻe femalagaaiga i le lumanaʻi ma tulaga o tagata tafafao maimoa i le PATA Annual Summit 2017 i Negombo, Sri Lanka.
O le Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) ua fa'apotopotoina le 'ese'ese ma le malosi o le au failauga ma le au faipule e fa'asoa mai o latou manatu ma le poto i le fonotaga e tasi le aso lea e fausia ai se elemene taua i le Summit o lenei tausaga (PAS 2017), fa'atautaia e le Sri Sri Lanka. Lanka Convention Bureau ma faia ia Me 18 - 21 i le Jetwing Blue Hotel.
Under the theme ‘Disruption. Innovation. Transformation: The Future of Tourism’, the event also features a half-day UNWTO/PATA Ministerial Debate where industry leaders and government representatives discuss ’The Shift to Recognized Sustainability Leadership’ and ‘The Sharing Economy in Travel and Tourism’.
"Matou te fiafia e faʻapotopotoina se laina mataʻina o failauga mo le Fonotaga Faaletausaga a le PATA. O nei failauga e fai ma sui o kamupani sa taulamua i le faʻalavelave, faʻafouina ma le suia o femalagaaiga i le lalolagi atoa ma pisinisi tafafao maimoa, "o le tala lea a le Pule Sili o le PATA Dr. Mario Hardy. “O le avanoa lelei lea mo paaga uma a le alamanuia e tumau ai pea i suiga vave o loʻo tutupu i le faʻalauteleina o laufanua i aso nei."
Confirmed speakers for the event include Andrew Chan, Founder and CEO of ACI HR Solutions; Dr. Daiana Beitler, Asia Regional Director of Microsoft Philanthropies; Erick Stephens, Chief Technology Officer-APAC, Microsoft; Greg Klassen, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Ha Lam, Co-founder and COO – Triip.me; Hiran Cooray, Chairman – Jetwing Hotels; Jeremy Jauncey, Founder/CEO – Beautiful Destinations; Lawrence Leong, Former Assistant Chief Executive (International Group) – Singapore Tourism Board; Muna Haddad, Managing Director -Baraka; Oliver Martin, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Rafat Ali, Founder/CEO – Skift; Ryan Bonnici, Marketing Director – HubSpot; Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing APAC – TripAdvisor; Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Thao Nguyen, Head of Strategic Partnerships, APAC – Airbnb; Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President, International Affairs, Office of the President & CEO, Etihad Airways; and Wong Soon-Hwa, Regional Director APAC – Blacklane.
O le mea na tupu e suʻesuʻeina ai mataupu eseese e aofia ai le 'Managing Disruption through Innovation', 'The Transformation of Marketing', 'Research Innovation', 'Disrupting the Travel Industry', 'The Real Future of Tourism: Young Tourism Professionals', ma le 'Embracing Disruption: A Fuafuaga mo le Lumana'i o Turisi'.
Parataiso matafaga e leʻi atinaʻe, o se measina faʻaleaganuʻu faʻateʻia, o le tele o meaola eseese ma mea faʻataʻitaʻiga, faʻapea foʻi ma le faʻafeiloaʻi ma le mafanafana o tagata ma meaʻai e le mafai ona faʻafefe - ae faʻaitiitia ai le toʻatele o turisi - ua avea Sri Lanka o se utopia vevela mo le tagata faimalaga. O lo'o latalata ile Malaeva'alele Fa'ava-o-malo o Bandaranaike, o Negombo ose malo e fiafia i i'a ma fa'ato'aga fou e maua i le tele o filifiliga o fale'aiga ma pa. I le isi itu, alu i se vaʻa i luga o alavai Dutch poʻo i totonu o le vasa e vaʻai ai i vaʻa fagota. Negombo o se tasi o puna sili ona taua o le kinamoni i le vaitaimi o Dutch, ma o loʻo tumau pea aʻafiaga a Europa.
Registered delegates for the conference also receive complimentary access to the PATA/UNWTO Ministerial Debate on Saturday, May 20.
O le kamupani va'alele aloa'ia mo le PAS 2017, SriLankan Airlines, ua fiafia e ofoina atu fa'aitiitiga fa'apitoa i le ea i sui resitala o lo'o malaga mai SriLankan Airlines i luga o le initaneti. O lo'o avanoa fo'i fa'aitiitiga mo sui o lo'o nonofo i faletalimalo aloa'ia PAS 2017.
PHOTO: Top Row: L/R: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Andrew Chan, Founder and CEO of ACI HR Solutions; Andrew Jones, Chairman – PATA; Greg Klassen, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; and Ha Lam, Co-founder and COO – Triip.me. Second Row: L/R: Hiran Cooray, Chairman – Jetwing Hotels; Jeremy Jauncey, Founder/CEO – Beautiful Destinations; Lawrence Leong, Former Assistant Chief Executive (International Group) – Singapore Tourism Board; Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO – PATA; and Muna Haddad, Managing Director – Baraka. Third Row: L/R: Oliver Martin, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Rafat Ali, Founder/CEO – Skift; Ryan Bonnici, Marketing Director – HubSpot; Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing APAC – TripAdvisor; and Wong Soon-Hwa, Regional Director APAC – Blacklane. Bottom Row: L/R: Thao Nguyen, Head of Strategic Partnerships, APAC – Airbnb and Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President, International Affairs, Office of the President & CEO, Etihad Airways.
