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		<title>To Reinvent Thai Tourism, Remove and Reset the Communications Silos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; What do the Siam Society, the Association of Thai Travel Agents, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai-Muslim Trade Association, the OTOP Fair and a TravelTech event have in common? On the surface, nothing. But upon closer look, a lot. In the past two weeks, I have covered six events of critical importance to Thai [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>In an industry first, AirAsia MOVE to share free market trends data to help Thai tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; AirAsia MOVE is to provide the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) with free market data under a collaboration partnership designed to facilitate the country&#8217;s tourism recovery. A sample batch of travel insights and seven key trends covering traveller behaviour and booking data in the first half of 2026 was released at the 23 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;WARS MUST STOP&#8221; &#8211; UN report says SDGs are Doomed Without Global PEACE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; The 2026 Sustainable Development Report (SDR), released on 23 June by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is set to revolutionise the entire discourse on sustainability, especially within Travel &#38; Tourism. It says that progress on meeting by the target year of 2030 is &#8220;significantly off track,&#8221; identifies exactly why that is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brilliant PATA digital scrapbook recaps its 75 years of nation-building history</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imtiaz Muqbil]]></dc:creator>
		<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>
		<link>https://www.travel-impact-newswire.com/2026/05/foreign-ministry-taps-young-gen-thai-muslim-talent-to-build-peace-tourism/</link>
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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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