PATA to Host Advocacy Dinner in House of Commons, London

PATA is to hold a travel industry advocacy reception and dinner at the House of Commons in London on 5 November 2012.

Senior spokespeople and lobbyists will attend the dinner, with guest of honour Mr Andrew Rosindell MP, Mr Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General, UNWTO, and keynote speaker Ms Gloria Guevara, Secretary of Tourism, Mexico.

“PATA and leading travel industry advocates will debate issues that will lead the travel industry towards what I hope will be a declaration of interdependence,” said PATA CEO, Martin J Craigs. “We wish to demonstrate in the ‘Mother of Parliaments’ that travel and tourism has an increasingly united voice and is a force for good. So don’t abuse it. Nurture it.”

The reception dinner takes place at the start of the World Travel Market in London, one of the world’s largest and most important travel trade shows.

“Now it is time for a Global Travel Coalition to unite and define an agenda of issues and obstacles that we need to address. Unfair taxation, ill-thought through carbon emission schemes, obstacles to tourism visas, and other issues are likely to feature prominently during the 5th November meeting,” Craigs added.

The PATA reception in the House of Commons is the culmination of PATA Hub City Forums that the Association held in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and Beijing this year. At each forum, travel industry leaders outlined issues that PATA and the travel industry should be taking positions on.

PATA, a not-for profit membership association, has been based in Bangkok since 1998.

The UK hosts PATA’s largest chapter with over 1,000 members.

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