News from PATA

January 15, 2002

PATA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AIMS FOR GREEN
Organisers of the 51st PATA Annual Conference in New Delhi, India, April 14-18, are aiming to make a minimal impact on the environment and a maximum impact toward sustainable tourism. “Everything that uses energy emits carbon dioxide,” said Mr. Mandip Singh Soin, Founder and Managing Director of Ibex Expeditions and head of the environmental subcommittee for the India Organising Committee. Mr. Soin is planning a tree-planting project to offset the carbon dioxide emissions and to leave a greener city for future generations. Visit www.pata.org for Conference registration forms, updated programme information and pre- and post-Conference tour options. Or fax: (66-2) 658 2010. E-mail: [email protected].

OAG SUPPORTS CORPORATE SECTOR AT 2002 PATA TRAVEL MART
OAG publishing, the world’s leading source of flight information, is supporting the PATA Travel Mart Corporate Travel Day on April 11 by organising business travel planning seminars specifically for corporate travellers, travel managers and arrangers. These seminars will offer valuable guidance and tips on ways to improve travel planning skills, and demonstrate ways to save time and money using OAG’s print and electronic planning tools. Register today for the 25th PATA Travel Mart, which takes place April 9-12 in Singapore. Web: http://www.patatravelmarket.com/page.cfm

PEACE THROUGH TOURISM CYCLING EVENT
Under the slogan “Peace through Tourism,” Japan and Korea (ROK) organised a Seoul-to-Osaka bicycle tour, September 24-30, 2001. Sixty-nine participants from nine nations completed the 377.3-kilometre ride, and they were cheered en route by more than 1,000 supporters. Japanese, Korean and Chinese organisers are making plans for a similar tour from Mongolia to Beijing at the end of July. For more information, contact the Seoul Osaka Bicycle Tour Secretariat. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.jal.co.jp/bicycle.

REACH THE INDIA OUTBOUND MARKET
PATA will participate as an exhibitor at the rescheduled India Outbound Travel Mart, March 2-4 in New Delhi and March 8-12 in Mumbai. PATA members who wish to display their brochures at the PATA stand may do so for US$300 (catalogue show participation is limited to a maximum of five companies); the Association also encourages interested members to exhibit alongside the PATA stand. Last year, the mart attracted 4,000 business visitors. For more information, contact Mr. Aaron Tan, PATA Manager-Support Services. Fax: (66-2) 658-2010. E-mail: [email protected].

MEET IN MUNICH
The sixth annual Munich Go-Between, organised by the PATA Bavaria Chapter, will take place at the Forum Hotel on March 14. This event offers an ideal opportunity meet with leading tour operators and travel product managers prior to ITB. Registration (one table, two delegates) costs US$425; a special rate is available at the Forum Hotel. To register, contact Mr. Peter Trautmann, Chairman, PATA Bavaria Chapter. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: (49-89) 7166-9932.

PATA STRATEGIC INFORMATION CENTRE WORLDWATCH
* The volume of e-mails sent each day is expected to double in the next four to five years. With 16 billion messages arriving worldwide each day already (184,000 per second) many workers are already feeling swamped. So what will it be like when the volume rises to more than 420,000 arrivals per second?
* According to a recent OECD report, work-related migration is on the rise. And not just to traditional favourites such as Canada, the United States and Australia (to name a few). European countries are witnessing the effect too, particularly Britain, Norway, Portugal and Belgium.
* Authorities in Europe are happy with the fact that of the 650 billion Euro which have been put into circulation so far, only 0.0008 percent have been stolen. Nevertheless, that still translates to 500 million missing Euro.
* The days of tear gas may be numbered. Scientists in the United States are working on the development of an odour bomb for use in crowd control. The non-lethal device would contain vapours so noxious that people in proximity to it would have no choice but to flee the scene…
* Researchers in India are beginning a project aimed at cloning the Indian cheetah — an animal that has been extinct for almost 50 years.

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