NEXT year’s PATA Travel Mart is scheduled to take place September 25-28 at the SMX Convention Center in Manila (TTG Asia e-Daily, December 23, 2011), where the very first edition of the event was held back in 1978.
The inaugural event saw just over 300 delegates in attendance, a far cry from the current 1,000 plus participants.
Daniel Corpuz, undersecretary for tourism promotions and planning of the Philippines’ Department of Tourism, said that PATA holding the mart in Manila was a “strong indication of the region’s business confidence in the Philippines”.
Corpuz added: “With the current growing private sector investment in tourism facilities development throughout the Philippines, there is no better time to see the new products, convention facilities and other tourism infrastructure in place since the last time we hosted a big PATA event there.”
