The document provides information about the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the Universal Federation of Travel Agents Associations (UFTAA). PATA was founded in 1951 and aims to promote travel within the Pacific region. It coordinates conferences and provides resources to members. UFTAA was formed in 1966 through a merger and aims to represent travel agents' interests globally and provide services like training. Both organizations work to support the tourism industry and advocate for sustainable practices.

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2. MUHAMED ALI
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TOPIC: PATA AND UFTAA

4. 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

5. 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

6. ACTIVITIES OF PATA
Assisting 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

7. MEMBERSHIP
Active Government
Associate
Government
Active Carrier
Associate Carrier
Active Industry
Allied
Affiliated Allied
Associated
Sustaining

8. 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

9.  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

10.  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.

11. Asian
division
Pacific
division
American
or
European
Division
DIVISION
OF PATA

12. ORGANISATIONS OF PATA
Area
chapters Member
Promotional
chapters
Board of
directors
PATA STAFF
Administration
committee
Officers
Marketing
committee
Management
committee

13. 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

14. 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.

15. • 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

16. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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

25. PRESIDENT
• Mr. Sunil Kumar R
INDIA TAAI (Association)

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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

29. Thank you
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