The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) recently announced that PATA Travel Mart 2013 (PTM2013) and PATA Board Meeting will be hosted by the City of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China in September 2013, at its PATA’s Executive Board Meeting on July 28, at the Hotel ICON, in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Martin J Craigs, PATA CEO, revealed this encouraging news over the weekend at a memorable meeting of the new Executive Board, the highest governance group within PATA. Mr Mu Tao, Deputy Director of Chengdu Municipal Tourism Administration, together with other officials from the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Exposition and the Chengdu Culture & Tourism Development Group gave briefings on Chengdu’s advantages in terms of geographical location and meeting facilities.