KUALA LUMPUR, 20 April 2012 (WAM) - The Minister of Tourism Malaysia, Dato Sri Dr. Ng.Yen Yen, is to announce on April 21 Malaysias role as the host of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) conference 2012 in the opening ceremony on Saturday.
On the sideline of the congress, PATAs aviation committee meeting was held at the Royal Chulan Kuala Lumpur under the chair ofMr. Peter Hoslin, head of airline marketing of Abu Dhabi Airports Company(ADAC) during which Hoslin mentioned about the Asia-Pacific which is a vital part of the aviation development of the Middle East and airport Hub growth of BKK,KUL, CKG and SIN and how the Middle East carriers including Etihad and Emirates Airlines have diverted traffic from the region. Mr.Hoslin, in his capacity as the Panel chairperson took issue with the recent move by European governments to mark up air passenger duty which he said would deal a another blow to air carriers as well as hospitality industries as a whole. In the course of the meeting participated in by air carriers in Asia and other parts of the world, Mr. Hoslin proposed a new framework of business collaboration among air carriers to help inject fresh vigor into tourism and aviation industries which are suffering from global business setback against the backdrop of Eurozone debt crisis and rising oil prices. During the PATA Congress 2012 which will continue through April 24, Mr. Joao Manuel Costa Antunes, director of Macau Government Tourist Office, is scheduled to be elected as new chairman of PATA through votes cast by members of PATA.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2012.
