Bangkok, 2012-08-16 — /travelprnews.com/ — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce Travel Guard, a Chartis company and worldwide leader in travel insurance and assistance, as a new PATA Preferred Partner. The partnership aims to increase opportunities to coordinate events, research and publications.
Mr Martin J Craigs, PATA CEO, said:” I’m delighted to welcome Travel Guard to PATA Next Gen’s connectivity. As a leader in travel insurance, Travel Guard is now joining our existing partners including IATA, comScore, Dragon Trail, SinoTech Group and STR Global to offer a strong support network in travel research.”
Mr Austin Marsh, Vice President Asia Pacific, Travel Guard, said: “We are pleased to become a PATA preferred partner and believe that Travel Guard’s global reach and high-quality services will benefit PATA’s diverse network of businesses. We look forward to actively participating in PATA events and contributing to PATA’s extensive travel research.”
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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a not-for profit membership association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism within the Asia Pacific region. This year, PATA is proud to celebrate 60 dynamic years of developing responsible tourism.
In partnership with private and public sector members, PATA enhances the sustainable growth, value and quality of travel and tourism to, from and within, the region.
The Association provides leadership and counsel on an individual and collective basis to over 80 government, state and city tourism bodies; nearly 50 international airlines, airports and cruise lines and many hundreds of travel industry companies across the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
Thousands of travel professionals belong to 41 active PATA chapters worldwide and participate in a wide range of PATA and industry events. PATA’s Strategic Intelligence Centre (SIC) offers unrivalled aggregated data and insights. This included Asia Pacific inbound and outbound statistics, analyses and forecasts and in-depth reports on strategic analysis. For more information, please visit www.PATA.org
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