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In this issue: Hangzhou prepares to welcome PTM delegates PATA plays major role in UNWTO Hangzhou conference Five more things you never knew about Hangzhou Meeting in style at the People’s Hall Special advertising rates in PATA’s popular Compass magazine
Hangzhou prepares to welcome PTM delegates
An important message from Li Hong, Director of Hangzhou Tourism Commission. “It is really my great honour to welcome you all to the city of Hangzhou for PATA Travel Mart 2009. I am so passionate that Hangzhou, the ‘Oriental Capital of Leisure’, will have the opportunity to host this valuable event from September 22-25th. What is more important is that the people of Hangzhou share these same feelings. Known as one of China’s eight ancient capital cities, Hangzhou’s history of early civilization can be traced back some 8,000 years ago and the history of the city is more 2,200 years long. Hangzhou has enjoyed the reputation as a city of leisure since the South Song Dynasty which set Hangzhou as its capital city more than 800 years ago - thanks to her beautiful landscape, rich culture and fairly relaxed lifestyle. That is probably what leisure is all about! As all can see, China has witnessed fast growth in tourism with great potential for further development in the near future. Hangzhou, named by UNWTO together with CNTA as the ‘Best Tourism City of China’, is committed to its best possible effort to make this upcoming event not only a fruitful but a comfortable and unforgettable experience for all participants from around the world. Let us meet together in Hangzhou this September!”
PATA plays major role in UNWTO Hangzhou conference Do you know how to ‘weather the current economic storm’? The answers may well be forthcoming at a crucial conference in Hangzhou this September organised by the UNWTO in partnership with PATA and the China National Tourism Administration. This fifth International Conference on Destination Management, with the title ‘Weathering the Storm of Global Recession: The Challenge for Destination Management’, takes place immediately prior to the 2009 PATA Travel Mart and is set to feature a number of speakers recommended by the Association. It’s clear that the global economic crisis has created new dynamics for travel and tourism. It’s triggered many changes and created many challenges. This conference free to all PATA members and PATA delegates seek to address the issues and provide some practical, sensible and cost-effective solutions. More details from: Miss Sarah Xiaoshi Wang, Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Tel: (34) 91 5678 194; fax: (34) 91 571 3733; e-mail: asia2@unwto.org Please click here for programme, general information, and registration form.
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Five more things you never knew about Hangzhou
Meeting in style at the People’s Hall
The People's Hall of Zhejiang Province – an important political, economic and cultural centre located at the joint of province government administration area - is the venue for three major functions at this year’s Travel Mart: The welcome reception kindly hosted by the People’s Municipal Government of Hangzhou and the 2009 PATA Gold Awards luncheon and PTM2010 Invitation Reception hosted by Macau SAR.
Hangzhou Song Dynasty City welcomes all delegates to experience the rich cultural contents during Song Dynasty (AD 960 to 1279). On September 23rd Hangzhou Tourism Commission and Song Dynasty City will be pleased to host all PTM2009 delegates to a dinner reception and cultural performance featuring the civilization of the Song Dynasty in China. Constructed with realism and romanticism originating from history, it is said that a day in Song Dynasty City is rewarded with a thousand years into history.
Attractive industry daily room rates from US$67 to US$220 net are available at ten PTM2009 official hotels for Travel Mart delegates. To book your hotel room, simply download a copy of the hotel booking form at: www.pata.org/patasite/index.php?id=106 Once you have confirmed your flight details please e-mail them to Zhejiang CTS Group at ptm2009hz@hotmail.com for a complimentary airport transfer from either Shanghai Pudong International Airport or Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to PTM2009 official hotel of your choice.
Xiaoping Cheng, General Manager of Great Wall Vacation, China (PRC), says, ”As a travel operator we have never missed an opportunity to attend PATA Travel Mart since 1997. We believe strongly that the current situation for travel business brought by the worldwide economic crisis is temporary and that everything will change in the very near future along with the recovery of the economy. Being a local tour operator based in China we always get first-hand hotel and ground reception information and prices which could certainly help us provide our clients qualified and respected services at a more reliable and reasonable prices. China will be the most attractive destinations for overseas tourists. I am familiar with Hangzhou, a city full of natural beauty. It's a paradise city.”
“We go to meet our partners and to get fresh ideas about new products and destinations. We look for new ‘hot’ hotels and new trends for tours….. we focus our activities in marketing strategies with quite aggressive promotions to win business,” says Monika Tigges, Product Manager Asia-Arabia, D?sseldorf
Special advertising rates in PATA’s popular Compass magazine
Why not make the most of your participation at PTM 09 by taking space in PATA’s special Travel Mart issue of Compass? PATA, for the first time, is publishing a special edition in Mandarin to mark the Travel Mart’s decision to choose Hangzhou as host city. The Sept-Oct issue will feature an exclusive interview with CNTA Chairman Shao Qiwei.
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