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		<title>Brilliant PATA digital scrapbook recaps its 75 years of nation-building history</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PATA&#8217;s marketing team has compiled a digital scrapbook comprising of events, milestones and fun engagements over its 75-year history of nation-building across the world&#8217;s most populous region. It is fully interactive &#8211; you can check out any part of the timeline by scrolling and dragging around, and you can zoom in or watch the embedded [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The two most insightful questions posed at the PATA Annual Summit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pohang, Korea &#8212; Like all travel industry events, the PATA Annual Summit in Gyeongju and Pohand between 11-14 May featured multiple presentations by &#8220;visionary thought leaders&#8221; about the global industry situation, forecasts, trends and opportunities. The most thought-provoking insights, however, came from the responses to two bottom-line questions that went to the heart of everything [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Israeli Professor says Middle East will be the &#8220;epicentre&#8221; of global geopolitical crises</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; Travel &#38; Tourism can no longer shy away from the fact that geopolitical conflicts are the primary cause of the ongoing destablising disruptions. Whether in Thailand or the Asia-Pacific region or the world at large, the industry can undertake any number of crisis management or resilience campaigns it wishes, but at the end [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Is PATA still relevant?&#8221; Yes, more than ever, says PATA CEO Noor Ahmad Hamid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The theme of PATA&#8217;s 75th anniversary annual summit in Korea between 11-14 May was &#8220;Navigating Towards a Resilient Future.&#8221; Delegates entering the conference hall were greeted by a mosaic of images reminding them of PATA&#8217;s dynamic and glorious past. Which raised the obvious question: Why did PATA go into a free-fall? What is being done [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Korean travel veteran Henry Oh wins bruising bunfight for PATA chairmanship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gyeongju, Korea &#8212; Korean travel industry veteran, Mr. Henry Oh, President of Global Tours, has been confirmed as Chairman of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) for the 2026-2028 term. Mr Oh beat competing candidate Mr Mayur (Mac) Patel, by a vote that was only disclosed as being 60:40% of the ballots. The precise number [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The era when PATA recognised the role of robust travel journalism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 05:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PATA is marking its 75th anniversary this month with social media posts proudly recapping its glory days. Deserving equal recognition is the critical role of the travel media, especially a monthly magazine called PATA Travel News (PTN).&#160; The &#8220;new PTN&#8221; was relaunched at the PATA annual conference in Osaka, Japan, in May 1987, which was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Foreign Ministry taps Young Gen Thai-Muslim Talent to Build Peace Tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 05:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8212; Three creative videos made by Young Gen Thai-Muslims have been conferred awards by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for promoting Thailand as a Muslim-friendly destination. The masterfully created, scripted and directed videos are now readymade marketing tools well-suited for campaigns to attract Muslim visitors from ASEAN, the Islamic world and the Muslim diaspora [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>As global military spending grows, Travel &#038; Tourism faces a perilous future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Barely has it recovered from the Covid-19 catastrophe, that Travel &#38; Tourism again is in a slump. Millions of jobs are at risk. No such problems in the military sector, however. New data published on 26 April by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), showed that global military spending hit $2,887 billion in 2025, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Does Revisiting The UN Charter Have To Do With Travel &#038; Tourism? Read This&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 23 April, I attended a high-level webinar moderated by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), on the topic &#8220;Revisiting the UN Charter in a Changing Global Order.&#8221; It was a pleasure to hear insightful and thought-provoking perspectives from Prof Sachs and his distinguished panelists: (+) Mrs Mia Amor [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Veteran US journalist laments the Lost Horizons of Asia and America</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; Lifetime journalists often call it a day with a book to recap their adventures, record their memories and, most importantly, leave a learning-curve legacy for future generations. Veteran newsman Denis Gray, former Bangkok Bureau chief of the Associated Press, has done just that. His autobiography, Lost Horizons, is a captivating history spanning 50 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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