PATA Annual Summit 2024 (PAS 2024) in review
Organized in a different destination each year, the summit is one of the highlight annual events of PATA.
This year’s summit is hosted by MGTO, and co-hosted by SJM Resorts, S.A. The PATA Annual Summit 2024 gathered around 450 tourism industry delegates from around 30 countries and regions across the Asia-Pacific and beyond at the Grand Lisboa Palace Macau.
The event included a series of internal meetings of the association, as well as a high-profile international conference and other side events.
PATA Annual Summit 2024 is the first major PATA event held in Macao after the pandemic, allowing to showcasing the destination’s potential as an international exchange platform and helping to promote Macao globally.
MGTO has been a PATA member since 1958. PATA Macau Chapter has 51 members from the local tourism industry. Founded in 1951, with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, PATA is a non-profit membership association dedicated to building responsible development of the Asia-Pacific travel and tourism industry, with its members comprising government tourism bodies, international airlines and airports, hospitality organisations, and educational institutions across the world.
Watch highlights of the PATA Annual Summit 2024 held in Macao (MGTO)
PATA summit opening ceremony began soon.
PATA summit official opening.
From the left:
Daisy Ho, Managing Director, SJM Resorts;
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director, Macao Government Tourism Office;
Peter Semone, Chair, PATA;
Noor Ahmad Hamid, CEO, PATA;
Eric Fong, Marketing Director, CAM-Macau International Airport Co.Ltd.
Day 2 Special Session PATA– WTCF (World Tourism Cities Federation) China Dialogue.
Welcome by Master of Ceremonies, George Cao, Co-founder & CEO, Dragon Trail International
Welcome Remarks, Peter Semone, Founder & President, Destination Human Capital Limited; Chair, PATA
MGTO and PATA held a press conference to brief local and visiting media about the destination and the event.
From the right:
Noor Ahmad Hamid, CEO, PATA;
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director, MGTO;
Peter Semone, Chair, PATA
Paul Pruangkarn, Chief of Staff, PATA
Day 3 program of the international tourism conference has major sessions including the “Conversation with Pansy Ho” in the morning, with PATA Chairman Peter Semone interviewing the Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Shun Tak Holdings Limited, Pansy Ho, for a current picture of Macao’s tourism industry.
Heartfelt appreciation from PATA CEO Noor Ahamd Hamid at the closing of PAS 2024.
PATA collective efforts have made the summit a great success.
Peter Semone, Chair of PATA, first row second from the right.
Noor Ahmad Hamid, CEO of PATA, first row third from the right.
Paul Pruangkarn, PATA Chief of Staff, last man standing on the stage at the closing ceremony, gave caring remarks to delegates and PATA staffers.
