Delegates were told that commercial aviation is responsible for about 2% of carbon emissions globally. Manufacturing and motor vehicles produce much more. However, newspaper headlines in Europe such as, โ€œTravel: The New Tobaccoโ€, โ€œAnnouncement: Your Flight to Malaga is Destroying the Planetโ€ have become hysterical. Aviation may be about to be punished unfairly.
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โ€œThe CEO Challenge successfully facilitated the sharing of these valuable, practical initiatives,โ€ the Associationโ€™s President and CEO Peter de Jong told the 236 delegates during the closing session this afternoon.
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Travel and tourism industry leaders offered glowing reviews for the first PATA CEO Challenge, held in Bangkok last week, describing it as "inspirational" and an "ambitious, brave and visionary event".
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With the worldโ€™s attention firmly on China (PRC) in the run-up to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has produced a landmark report on how the countryโ€™s tourism potential can be maximised.
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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Foundation is calling on the travel industry to support a recovery fund to help rebuild the lives of tourism industry employees in the devastated areas of Myanmar and Sichuan, China.
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Asia Pacific travel and tourism is facing serious financial challenges due to a combination of US currency depreciation, rising local costs and new fuel surcharges, according to an analysis by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has appointed Shahram Saber in the newly-created role of Regional Director, Asia.
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What do an international airline, tourism and transport development organisation, rainforest hideaway, and tropical island resort have in common?
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To help travel industry professionals better understand the growing Indian outbound travel market, The Nielsen Company has joined forces with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) to launch the first ever 'Nielsen Indian Outbound Travel Monitor 2008'.
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Veteran New Zealand travel writer Nigel Coventry has been named this yearโ€™s โ€˜PATA Travel Journalist of the Yearโ€™.
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