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PATA MICRONESIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 JULY 2016 Over 150 students, alumni, lecturers and industry professionals from Guam, Micronesia and beyond participated at the PATA Youth Symposium, held at the University of Guam Calvo Field House on May 18. The symposium, hosted by GVB, PATA Micronesia, UOG and GCC, was an opportunity for students and industry leaders to discuss the challenges Guam and other Pacific islands face and some options for the years ahead. GROOMING FUTURE LEADERS PATA WEAVES SUCCESSFUL YOUTH SYMPOSIUM HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATA HåFA ADAI, TIROW, ALII, LENWO, MOGETHIN, KASELEHIE, RAN ANNIM & IAKWE! Congratulations to PATA on 65 terrific years of responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. I look forward to future PATA engagements and many insightful events. To say that hosting the PATA Annual Summit 2016 this past May was a proud moment for Micronesia is an understatement. To all of our off-island members, I hope you all enjoyed your visit to Guam and made lasting connections at the Summit. Thank you to our key sponsors, who made it possible to bring PAS 2016 to Guam: Guam Visitors Bureau, United Airlines, Dusit Thani Guam Resort, T-Galleria, the Stations of KUAM, Pacific Daily News, Triple J Enterprises, Inc., Guam Economic Development Authority, DOCOMO Pacific, Johnnie Walker, Guam International Airport Authority, Pepsi Guam Bottling, GTA Teleguam, University of Guam, Guam Community College and Talent Basket. I look forward to seeing you all at the upcoming PATA Micronesia Tri-Annual Meeting, which is set to take place August 15-18 in Pohnpei. Also coming up is the PATA Travel Mart 2016 to take place September 7-9, 2016 in Jakarta. Information on how you can join the Micronesia pavilion is included in this issue. See you soon in Pohnpei!

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PATA MICRONESIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 • JULY 2016

Over 150 students, alumni, lecturers and industry professionals from Guam, Micronesia and beyond participated at the PATA Youth Symposium, held at the University of Guam Calvo Field House on May 18. The symposium, hosted by GVB, PATA Micronesia, UOG and GCC, was an opportunity for students and industry leaders to discuss the challenges Guam and other Pacific islands face and some options for the years ahead.

GROOMING FUTURE LEADERSpata weaves successful youth symposium

HAppy BIRTHDAy, pATAhåfa adai, tirow, alii, lenwo, mogethin, Kaselehie, ran annim & iaKwe!

Congratulations to PATA on 65 terrific years of responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. I look forward to future PATA engagements and many insightful events.

To say that hosting the PATA Annual Summit 2016 this past May was a proud moment for Micronesia is an understatement. To all of our off-island members, I hope you all enjoyed your visit to Guam and made lasting

connections at the Summit. Thank you to our key sponsors, who made it possible to bring PAS 2016 to Guam: Guam Visitors Bureau, United Airlines, Dusit Thani Guam Resort, T-Galleria, the Stations of KUAM, Pacific Daily News, Triple J Enterprises, Inc., Guam Economic Development Authority, DOCOMO Pacific, Johnnie Walker, Guam International Airport Authority, Pepsi Guam Bottling, GTA Teleguam, University of Guam, Guam Community College and Talent Basket.

I look forward to seeing you all at the upcoming PATA Micronesia Tri-Annual Meeting, which is set to take place August 15-18 in Pohnpei. Also coming up is the PATA Travel Mart 2016 to take place September 7-9, 2016 in Jakarta. Information on how you can join the Micronesia pavilion is included in this issue. See you soon in Pohnpei!

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MIcRONESIA cENTER STAGE AT pAS2016global tourism leaders converge on guam to explore the secrets of the blue continent

Under the theme 'Exploring the Secrets of the Blue Conti-nent', the PATA Annual Summit 2016 (PAS 2016) welcomed 641 delegates from 206 organizations representing 33 countries to the four-day event that opened on May 18.

PAS 2016 included PATA's executive and advisory board meetings, annual general meeting, PATA Youth Sympo-sium, PATA Marketplace and one-day conference that addressed some of the key issues affecting the Pacific region.

"We hope that bringing together high level speakers such as the Honorable Minister Alain St. Ange, the Minister of Tourism and Culture from the Seychelles, and Tony de

Brum, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Climate Change from the Republic of the Marshall Is-lands, we can highlight these issues as well as analyze and share ideas on how to create a more sustainable and responsible travel and tourism industry," said PATA CEO Mario Hardy.

Delegates heard from industry experts and thought lead-ers and gained additional insights about the latest travel and tourism industry trends. PAS 2016 ended on May 21 with many delegates remaining on the island to join the artists and cultural practitioners at the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts.

Delegates gained additional insights about the latest travel and tourism industry trends during PATA Market-place with presentations from Akiko Yoshida, Executive Vice President – Japan National Tourism Organization; Sarah Mathews, TripAdvisor, and Ronan Carey, COO – Red Robot Limited. Oliver Martin and Greg Klassen, Partners at Twenty31 Consulting, discussed their initial findings of the PATA Task Force report on mapping the potential of sustainable-small ship cruising in Micronesia.

Seychelles Tourism Minister St.Ange delivered the sum-mit's keynote address at its opening on May 19 to a packed convention centre that included senior members of PATA and the Guam legislature and also Zoltan Somo-gyi, the executive director for Programme and Coordina-tion at the UNWTO.

pATA MARKETpLAcEpresenting the latest travel and tourism trends

pATA KEyNOTE ADDRESSminister st.ange appeared on high-level panel of experts

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PATA, in partnership with the World Tourism Organiza-tion (UNWTO), held a half-day PATA/UNWTO Ministe-rial Debate on Pacific Island Tourism on May 20 when representatives from the public and private sectors discussed how to better align their actions towards a common set of goals and indicated what an ideal island destination would be. The debate was hosted by Zoltan Somogyi, UNWTO Executive Director for Programme and Coordination and moderated by BBC World News Pre-senter Sharanjit Leyl. Speakers included Honorable Min-ister Alain St. Ange, Derek Toh, Akiko Yoshida, Tony de Brum, Mark Schwab and Andrew Dixon, as well as Faus-tina Rehuher-Marugg, President – Palau Resource Insti-tute; Gerald Lawless, Chairman – World Travel & Tourism

Council, and Tuifa’asisina Misa Lisati Aiolupotea, Associ-ate Minister for Public Enterprises, Commerce Industry and Labour at the Samoa Tourism Authority.

On the evening of May 19, GVB hosted a Welcome Fiesta for delegates of PAS 2016. PATA's 65th Anniversary was recognized with the presen-tation of a commemorative plaque by GVB, the Guam International Airport Authority and the PATA Micronesia Chapter. Guests enjoyed traditional Chamorro fiesta food, cultural dancing, live music, and local art displays.

pATA/UNWTO MINISTERIAL DEBATEdiscussion on what an ideal destination should be

ISLAND-STyLE WELcOME

A plaque was presented to PATA to commemorate the Association's 65th Anniversary and the PATA Annual Summit 2016 hosted on Guam

Zoltan Somogyi, UNWTO Executive Director for Programme and Coordination

During the high-level debate, representatives from both the public and private sector discusses how they can better align their actions towards a common set of goals and what an ideal island destination would be. The debate was moderated by BBC World News Presenter Sharanjit Leyl.

One of the highlights of the debate was a poetry reading from world-renowned Marshall Islands poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, who received a standing ovation after her touching and inspiring presentation.

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cELEBRATING THE ISLANDS 12th festival of pacific arts comes to a close on guam

ELEVATING THE INDUSTRy gvb marKeting manager - pacific completes executive development program

From May 22 to June 4, FestPac 2016 brought together 27 Pacific Island cultures in a unified celebration of our diversity. Through literary, visual, culinary and traditional arts, the sights and sounds of FestPac were energizing and exhilarating. The Fes-tival gave us opportunities to connect with delegates and re-connect with our roots. We look forward to the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts, which will be generously hosted by Hawaii in 2020.

In-depth FestPac 2016 coverage, including photos and vid-eos, is online at the official FestPac 2016 Facebook page: facebook.com/guamfestpac2016/.

Congratulations to GVB's Regina Nedlic for completing the Executive Develop-ment Institute for Tourism (EDIT) Programme, which took place in Honolulu June 5-17. Sponsored by the University of Hawaii (Manoa) School of Travel In-dustry Management, PATA and the PATA Foundation, EDIT is a two-week in-teractive curriculum that covers technology, destination marketing, strategic development and planning, hospitality and transportation, data collection and tourism policy.

"My participation in the EDIT program was a great learning experience to en-gage with other tourism professionals and relate in lengthy discussions with the guest presenters and tourism experts regarding specific issues relating our island and the region's overall tourism industry. I am honored to be an EDIT graduate and give special recognition to PATA, United Airlines, GVB, and the University of Hawaii TIM School for the opportunity and expertise,” said Regina.

Regina received the PATA Foundation Scholarship and full sponsored airfare from United Airlines, as well as additional funding support from GVB.

join us in jaKarta, september 7-9

Attracting over 1,000 delegates from more than 60 countries, PATA Travel Mart is Asia Pacific’s premier travel trade show, featur-ing unparalleled networking and contract-ing opportunities to help travel and tourism organizations access decision makers, meet new clients, expand their networks and build or maintain existing relationships.

Guam and Palau will be promoting our des-tinations and the Micronesia region un-der the Micronesia Pavilion for PTM 2016. Join us under the Micronesia Pavilion at the upcoming PATA Travel Mart 2016 which will take place September 7-9, 2016 in Ja-karta. Space is limited so please contact Regina Nedlic, GVB Marketing Manager - Pacific at [email protected] to reserve your space. For more information about PATA Travel Mart, visit them online at

pata.org/portfolio/ptm-2016.

PATA Travel Mart

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Guam Visitor ArrivalsJan 1 - June 30, 2016

Total: 743,675(10.8% from LY)

JUNE 2016: 118,373 (17.1%)

PATA Travel Martseptember 7-9, 2016 jaKarta, indonesia

Held in September every year, PTM showcases travel products and ser-vices from the Asia Pacific regional market, drawing interest from a broad cross-section of experienced, pre-qualified buyers.

PTM 2016 takes place at the Indone-sia Convention Exhibition (ICE) and is kindly hosted by the Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia in partnership with Banten Province and PATA Indonesia Chapter.

PATA Global Insights Conference 2016september 30, 2016 aucKland, new Zealand

The PATA Global Insights Conference (PGIC) brings together a dynamic and unique line up of international thought leaders recognized for their success and expertise in innovative and disruptive thinking.

This event, to be hosted in Auck-land, New Zealand on Friday, Sep-tember 30, 2016, will explore the key influences that will drive and shape future thinking in terms of tourism destination development and im-portance of connectivity through all aspects of destination industry development.

PATA New Tourism Frontiers Forumnovember 23-25, 2016 bangladesh

PATA New Tourism Frontiers Forum is a three-day event that brings together tourism professionals to share their insights and experiences in marketing and managing tourism growth to lesser-known destina-tions, thus ensuring the sustainable growth and development of travel and tourism in the area. Local com-munities will economically benefit through the dispersion of tourists to these new frontiers.

PATA 2016 KEy EVENTS

REGIONAL UpcOMING EVENTSJuly 16-Aug 28 Guam Summer Beach FestAug 15-18 PATA Micronesia Tri-Annual Chapter Meeting, PohnpeiSept 7-8 Daegu and Busan Korea Roadshow, Daegu/BusanSept 9-12 Busan International Travel Fair, BusanSept 2-4 The Travel Mart (TTM) Philippines, ManilaSept 4-9 PATA Executive Board Meeting/PATA Travel Mart, JakartaSept 16-17 Workshop for TA, KhabarovskSept 22-23 MICE Asia Pacific Expo 2016 & MICE Awards Ceremony, TBCSept 23-24 Guam International Film FestivalSept 20-26 JATA Travel Showcase, TokyoSept 22-30 (PIFA) Pacific Islands Festival of the Arts, San DiegoOct 16 Leo Palace Cup, GuamOct 29 Guam Ko'ko' Kids Fun RunOct 30 Guam Ko'ko' Half Marathon & Ekiden RelayNov 1-Feb 15 Shop Guam FestivalNov 13 Tour of Guam CyclingDec 3-4 23rd Junko Friendship Rubber Baseball Tournament, Guam

PATA New Tourism Frontiers Forum

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CNMI Visitor ArrivalsJan 1 - June 30, 2016

Total: 242,971JUNE 2016: 41,502 (8.2%)

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