PATA Sri Lanka

25/10/2025

25/07/2024

Chair Peter Semone spoke at the Sri Lanka Human Capital Summit 2024 alongside the President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka last week, discussing the way to build a strong talent pool for the Sri Lankan sector. 👥

At the event, Peter shared effective talent retention strategies, insights into the global perspective on human capital development, and discussed unlocking Sri Lanka's economic potential by cultivating a future-ready global talent pool.

✨ John Keells Leisure's Senior VP Global Alliances and Partnerships and John Keells Holdings PLC's Head of Corporate Affairs Dileep Mudadeniya, along with Hiran Cooray, Chairman of Jetwing Symphony PLC (Jetwing Hotels), also joined as panellists in the same session!

18/07/2024

PATA Unveils Gold Awards Champions! Congratulations to all 20 winners for their exceptional achievements. 🏆 Your capabilities and efforts set a benchmark for others, paving the way for a more responsible and vibrant travel and tourism landscape in the Asia Pacific!

🏅 Grand Award Winner- Sustainability & Social Responsibility: Intrepid Travel DMC Nepal

🏅 Grand Award Winner- Marketing: Discover Hong Kong

Sustainability & Social Responsibility Award Winners:

🔹 Tourism Destination Resilience - APAC: Korea Tourism Organization - VisitKorea
🔹 Climate Change Initiative: Jetwing Hotels Ltd.
🔹 CSR: Sivatel Bangkok Hotel
🔹 CBT: Nepal Tourism Board
🔹 Culture: Dasta Thailand & Tourism Authority of Thailand
🔹 Heritage: Dasta Thailand
🔹 Human Capital Development: Visit Macao
🔹 Tourism for All: Gangneung tourism 강릉
🔹 Women Empowerment: Destination Asia DMC
🔹 Youth Empowerment: 銀河娛樂集團 Galaxy Entertainment Group
Marketing Award Winners

🔹 Marketing Campaign- National, Asia: Discover Hong Kong
🔹 Marketing Campaign- National, Pacific: Tahiti Tourisme
🔹 Marketing- State, City- Global: Jeju Tourism Organization
🔹 Carrier: SriLankan Airlines
🔹 Hospitality: Melco Resorts & Entertainment
🔹 Digital Marketing Campaign: Kerala Tourism
🔹 Printed Marketing Campaign: Discover Hong Kong
🔹 Travel Video: Tourism Malaysia
🔹 Travel Photograph: Tourism Authority of Thailand
🔹 Destination Article: Anabel Dean
🔹 Business Article: TTG Asia

Shout-out to the Macao Government Tourism Office for 29 years of support as the host of the PATA Gold Awards, and to 23 independent judges who have carefully hand picked the winning entries among over 100 submissions!

Winners will be attending the ; Delegates, take this chance to meet and connect with the brightest minds in the tourism industry!

Read the PR: www.pata.org/press-release/hong-kong-tourism-board-and-intrepid-dmc-nepal-named-pata-gold-award-2024-grand-title-winners

Learn more about the winning entries: www.pata.org/pata-gold-awards-2024

16/05/2024

17/08/2023

On August 16th, 2023, the Annual General Meeting of the PATA Sri Lanka Chapter took place. Mr. Dmitri Cooray from Jetwing Hotels was elected as the Chairman, while Mr. Cammy Gunasekara from Viluxur Holidays and Mr. Mahesh Wanigasekara from Hamoos Travels were elected as the Vice Chairmen for the term 2023/24.

18/07/2023

01/03/2023

☺️Bon Voyage ✈️ to PATA Nepal Chapter Executives and Members, heading to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 for the 𝐅𝐀𝐌 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩 being hosted by PATA Sri Lanka from 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝟖𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. The objective of this FAM trip is to explore and strengthen opportunities for mutual tourism exchange and business between the two nations.🇳🇵🇱🇰

23/02/2023

Arrack Tasting Experience with Rockland Distilleries for PATA Sri Lanka chapter members and industry colleagues.

The chapter would like to thank all those who participated and contributed in making this event a success. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the teams at Rockland and The Warehouse Colombo for creating a memorable event filled with learnings of the different types of arrack, coupled with a great meal to end the night.

Pacific Asia Travel Association

11/12/2022