WELCOME

MUHAMED ALI

FB/ALIPARAMBILWATSAPP/9037875711

TOPIC: PATA AND UFTAA

PASIFIC ASIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION

Found in 1951

Founder : Lorrin Thurston

Head Quarter : San Francisco,1953

First Conference : January 1952, Honolulu

First Asian Office : Manila, Philippines, 1976

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Developing, promoting, and facilitating travel to and with in Pacific area and South-East Asian region

Primarily operates in United State market

Organization provides meeting point for the people

Develop an ever-increasing pleasure travel

Build up greater awareness on travel trade

ACTIVITIES OF PATAAssisting small and upcoming destination

Providing expertise and planning group travel scheme, destination, hotels operation, and discounts

It provide up to date information

Serves as a central source

Annual conference provide greater scope in promotion of tourism

Development of service plan to tourist

To do research activities

MEMBERSHIPActive Government

Associate GovernmentActive Carrier

Associate Carrier

Active Industry

Allied

Affiliated Allied

Associated

Sustaining

FUNCTIONS OF PATA Pacific Travel Conference and Workshop

• PATA sponsors and organize a conference with the objectives of reviewing the progress, exchanging ideas and planning for future programmes.

• These meetings are held at different areas.• It serves as a unique promotional tool for the host

government providing an opportunity to the travel

Marketing

It coordinates all the promotional functions of PATA for a maximum impact in the consumer market also among sales agents. The marketing programmes includes:• Advertising • Publicity and • Promotion

Research and Development

provide marketing information needed to formulate its own marketing programme and provide its members with information which assist their own programmes like research, presentation etc.

collection, analysis and dissemination of Pacific travel statistics and improve and standardize the tourism statistics of Pacific region.

Asian division

Pacific division

American or

European Division

DIVISION OF PATA

ORGANISATIONS OF PATAArea

chapters MemberPromotional

chapters

Board of directors

PATA STAFF

Administration committee

OfficersMarketing committee

Management committee

PROGRAMMES PROVIDED BY PATA

1. PATA’S mission is to enhance the growth , value, and quality of Pacific Asia travel and tourism for the benefit of its membership

2. The PATA Annual conference draws together the top decision makers in the region

3. The PATA trade mart focuses on marketing opportunities by matching the buyers and sellers of the region’s tourism products

4. PATA has long been an advocate of balancing growth with conservation measures

AWARDS

• THE PATA AWARD OF MERIT: is given to individuals who have consistently contributed to the Association and the PATA chapter network over an extended period

• PATA CHAIRMAN AWARD: is a personal gesture of the serving. PATA Chairman, recognizes an individual (or individuals) for their help, support, loyalty and dedication during the Chairman’s tenure.

• THE PATA CEO CHALLENGE: is launched in 2015, is an awards programme that embraces the uniqueness and diversity of different heritages, cultures, customs and nature of world destinations.

• THE PATA SPECIAL AWARD : Recognizing an individual’s extraordinary efforts as an exemplary ambassador on behalf of the Association

• It was presented to Pilar Laguaña, Director of Global Marketing at the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB).

• THE PATA FUTURE AWARD: is pleased to announce that Mr. Danny Ho is the recipient of the most prestigious honor for young tourism professionals in Asia Pacific – the 2016 PATA Face of the Future award.

• PATA GOLD AWARDS: For Tourism industry organizations and individuals making outstanding contributions towards the successful promotion of the travel industry throughout the Asia Pacific region

CONCLUSION Provides professional and unprofessional

growth Advocate of balancing growth with

conservation measures Co-ordinates programmes to preserve

environment, heritage and cultural resources Aim is to develop a sustainable future for the

travel industry and to assist members with professional development in number of fields

UNIVERSAL FEDERATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS ASSOCIATION

Founded in Rome, 1966 By merging of the International Federation

of Travel Agencies(IFTAA), and the Universal Organization of Travel Agent’s Association(UOTAA)

The General Secretariat is located in Monaco The Head Quarters of UFTAA are located in

Belgium, Brussels

ADMINISTRATION The Annual General Assembly of UFTAA is the

policymaking body Board of directors( elected from National Member

Associations) The Executive Committee( handles day to day

activities and urgent matters) UFTAA world congress( advisory body of federation) Individual members, suppliers of service, and

regional, national and international public authorities

AIMS To act as the negotiating body with the various

branches of tourism and travel industry on behalf of its members and also in the interest of the public

To ensure for all travel agents through their national association the maximum degree of cohesion and understanding, prestige and public recognition, etc. from legislation and legal point of view

To offer to its member all the necessary professional and technical advice and assistance in matters concerning their trade

MISSION

UFTAA’s mission is to be an international forum where matters affecting the world travel industry are addressed, representing and

defending the interests of incoming and outgoing tour

operators, travel and tourism agencies before the governmental

bodies, suppliers and other entities of international scope. It also aims

at strengthening its members’ image and enhances the world

travel and tourism industry and a sustainable tourism.

FUNCTIONS• To unite and consolidate the Federations of Travel Agent’s a

National Associations and to globally enhance the interests of their members

• To represent the travel agent’s activities before various world-wide bodies, governmental authorities and suppliers

• To work towards the adoption of measures that will ease travel for the consumer and to offer services to its member federations

• To be an investigation and information Centre supporting the member Federation’s work and to offer information for technological development

• To organize a world congress of travel agents and other meetings necessary to the exchange and transmission of knowledge.

ADVANTAGES Right to reproduce the symbol on the stationery Information service on all matters of legal or

professional nature Free of charge assistance by its Legal

Department for the recovery of outstanding debts

Arbitration services for litigations between a member agency and a hotel company in different countries in India, etc.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF UFTAA

• It has created a set-up to start international correspondence courses for training the air line agency sale staff

• Formulation of professional training courses and introduction of rail-inclusive tours

• Created an international convention, set regulations/rules for booking in hotels and defined procedures for cancellation of such booking

• The Federation has tied up with the IATA in regard to air transport

PRESIDENT

• Mr. Sunil Kumar R INDIA TAAI (Association)

SERVICES

• TRAINING The IATA-UFTAA foundation courses jointly

offered by IATA with UFTAA are the most complete travel and tourism training

It’s programs designed for those who desire to seek IATA qualification that can help in accreditation of travel agencies

UFTAA is a good connect for those seeking to establish IATA’s Authorized Training Centre’s.

UFTAA ID Card • It is an important TRAVEL INDUSTRY PASS (TIP)

for every travel, tourism and related industry professional, with UFTAA membership.

• It is well recognized and an absolute identity for leaders on the move.

CONCLUSION

Protects commercial and other interests of those travel agents who are associated with it

This federation would find more travel agents joining its fold

It would emerge as “savior organization” of travel agents around globe

Thank you