Three days of successful business meetings at PATA Travel Mart closed in New Delhi on September 9 with the Philippines gearing up to host the Mart in Manila in September 2012.

Over 1,200 attendees joined the three-day annual travel trade event, organised by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and hosted by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The amount of floor space booked, the number of buyer organisations and the number of seller delegates attending was the biggest since 2008.

Of 288 seller organisations, 88 were first time sellers to the Mart. In total, some 30 seller destinations (countries and territories) were present. PATA reported that the Mart had also attracted 302 buyer delegates from 279 organisations across 50 source markets. There were 105 journalists attending from 14 destinations. Some 105 buyers were first timers to the Mart.

PATA Chairman Hiran Cooray said: “After a very productive week in Delhi, PATA is delighted to take the PATA Travel Mart back to Manila where it was launched as the first regional travel trade event for Asia Pacific back in 1978.”

Daniel Corpuz, Under Secretary of the Philippine Department of Tourism, addressing PTM 2011 delegates in New Delhi at the “Welcome to the Philippines” dinner on September 9 said that PATA holding the Mart in Manila in 2012 was a “strong indication of the region’s business confidence in the Philippines.”

He added: “PATA Travel Mart 2012 will allow the Philippines to demonstrate, not just our capacity, but our expertise in hosting major international events. 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.”

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