Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā loea mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi, nā mea hou a me nā alakaʻi noʻonoʻo honua e ʻimi i nā huakaʻi hele a me nā ʻano mākaʻikaʻi ma ka PATA Annual Summit 2017 ma Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Ua hōʻuluʻulu ka Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) i kahi laina like ʻole a me ka ikaika o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo a me nā panelists e kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike a me ka ʻike ma ka hālāwai kūkā hoʻokahi lā e lilo i mea hoʻohui i ka Summit o kēia makahiki (PAS 2017), i mālama ʻia e ka Sri Sri. Lanka Convention Bureau a e mālama ʻia ana ma Mei 18 - 21 ma ka 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’.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i kahi laina o nā mea haʻi'ōlelo no ka PATA Annual Summit. ʻO kēia mau mea kamaʻilio e hōʻike ana i nā ʻoihana i mua o ka hoʻohaunaele, hana hou a hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi honua a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, "wahi a PATA CEO Dr. Mario Hardy. "ʻO kēia ka manawa kūpono no nā poʻe kuleana ʻoihana āpau e hoʻomau i nā loli wikiwiki e hana nei i ka ʻāina e ulu mau nei i kēia lā."
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.
E ʻimi ana ka hanana i nā kumuhana like ʻole me 'Managing Disruption through Innovation', 'The Transformation of Marketing', 'Research Innovation', 'Disrupting the Travel Industry', 'The Real Future of Tourism: Young Tourism Professionals', a me 'Embracing Disruption: A Hoʻolālā no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi '.
ʻO nā paradaiso kahakai i kūkulu ʻole ʻia, kahi hoʻoilina moʻomeheu weliweli, nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole a me nā ʻike huakaʻi, a me ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻana i nā poʻe a me nā mea ʻai hiki ʻole ke pale aku - akā hoʻemi ʻia nā pūʻulu mākaʻikaʻi - hoʻolilo ʻo Sri Lanka i utopia hoʻomehana no ka mea mākaʻikaʻi ʻike. Aia ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Bandaranaike, ʻo Negombo kahi aupuni aloha iʻa me nā iʻa hou i loaʻa i kahi koho like ʻole o ka hale ʻaina a me nā kaola. ʻO kahi ʻē aʻe, e holo waʻa ma nā kahawai Dutch a i ʻole i loko o ka moana e ʻike i nā moku lawaiʻa. ʻO Negombo kekahi o nā kumu koʻikoʻi o ke kinamona i ka wā Dutch, a ke mau nei nā mana ʻEulopa.
Registered delegates for the conference also receive complimentary access to the PATA/UNWTO Ministerial Debate on Saturday, May 20.
Ua hauʻoli ka mokulele mokulele no PAS 2017, ʻo SriLankan Airlines, i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā uku hoʻemi kūikawā i nā ʻelele i kākau inoa ʻia e holo ana mai nā awa pūnaewele ʻo SriLankan Airlines. Loaʻa nā uku no nā ʻelele e noho ana ma nā hōkele 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.
