The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) ndiwokonzeka kulengeza kuvomereza kwa PATA Executive Board yatsopano. Peter Semone adavomerezedwa kukhala Wapampando wa Executive Board ya Association ndikulowa m'malo mwa Soon-Hwa Wong yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala Wapampando mu Okutobala 2020.
Pakusankhidwa kwawo, a Semone adati, "Lero, tikutuluka m'vuto lalikulu kwambiri lomwe lidakhudza dera lathu kuyambira pomwe PATA idakhazikitsidwa mu 1951. Mliri wa COVID-19 wawononga kwambiri malo okopa alendo ndi mabizinesi ku Asia ndi Pacific. . Ndi munthawi zamavutozi pomwe mabungwe ngati PATA amatenga gawo lalikulu. Ino ndi nthawi yoti tiganizirenso za zokopa alendo ku Asia Pacific ndi 'kupita patsogolo bwino' kudzera m'njira yanzeru yomwe imayendera kukula kwachuma ndikuganizira za chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe komanso chilengedwe. PATA ndiye maziko a nkhaniyi. Titha kutengera mtundu wa PATA ndi mphamvu za umembala wathu wosiyanasiyana womwe umafalikira m'malo okopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi ndikuphatikizana ndi mabungwe onse aboma ndi mabungwe aboma. Pamodzi, banja la PATA likhoza kuphatikiza mphamvu ndi kulimbikitsa dera lathu ndi mafakitale kuti abwererenso."
Atamaliza maphunziro ake ku US East Coast Ivy League Universities (UPENN ndi Cornell), Peter Semone anafika ku Asia ndipo sanabwererenso kwawo ku California. Pazaka 30 zapitazi, wakhala akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo kudera lonse la Pacific Asia kutengera makampani, maphunziro, ndi boma. Kuyambira mchaka cha 2006, Peter adakwaniritsa bwino ma projekiti ndi malangizidwe angapo omwe amathandizidwa ndi mabungwe otukuka padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza Asian Development Bank, UN World Tourism Organisation, The World Bank Group, Luxembourg Development Cooperation (LuxDev), ndi United States Agency for International Development (USAID) .
Iye wakhala akugwira ntchito mwakhama ndi Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) kuyambira pakati pa 1990s, akutumikira monga Wapampando wa PATA Foundation Board of Trustees ndi Education and Training Committee. Peter analinso membala wa PATA Executive Board, Board of Directors, ndi Task Forces angapo. Ndi membala woyambitsa wa PATA Lao PDR Chapter ndi pulogalamu ya Young Tourism Professionals, ndipo kuyambira 2002 mpaka 2006 adakhala wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa PATA ku Likulu la Association.
Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yake, Peter adayambitsa kampani yoyang'anira komwe akupita ku Indonesia, komwe adagwira nawo ntchito zingapo zoyambira zokopa alendo. Amasindikizidwa kwambiri m'manyuzipepala owunikiridwa ndi anzawo pamitu yokhudzana ndi malonda okopa alendo komanso kopita kwa anthu. Panopa Peter amakhala ku Dili ku Timor-Leste komwe ndi mkulu wa chipani cha USAID cha Tourism For All Project chomwe cholinga chake chinali kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo komanso kulimbikitsa kusiyanasiyana kwachuma cha dziko lino.
Pa 71st Msonkhano Wapachaka wa PATA womwe unachitika pafupifupi Lachisanu, Meyi 13, 2022, PATA idasankhanso mamembala asanu ndi limodzi ku Executive Board yake kuphatikiza Benjamin Liao, Forte Hotel Group, Chinese Taipei; Suman Pandey, Onani Ulendo wa Himalaya ndi Ulendo, Nepal; Tunku Iskandar, Mitra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia; SanJeet, DDP Publications Private Ltd., India; Luzi Matzig, Asian Trails Ltd., Thailand, ndi Dr. Fanny Vong, Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), Macao, China.
Adzakhala akulowa nawo mamembala a Executive Board omwe alipo Dr. Abdulla Mausoom, Unduna wa Zokopa alendo, Maldives, ndi Noredah Othman, Sabah Tourism Board, Malaysia.
Benjamin Liao ndi Suman Pandey adasankhidwa kukhala Wachiwiri kwa Wapampando ndi Mlembi/Msungichuma, motsatana.
A Liao anati, “Ndikuthokoza kwambiri bungwe la PATA, ofesi ya kalembera, mitu, ndi akuluakulu a bungwe lapitalo chifukwa cha khama lawo popirira zaka zovutazi. Ndikuyembekeza kupitiliza mzimu wa PATA ndikuchita khama langa. ”
Benjamin Liao ndi katswiri wazokopa alendo yemwe amakhala ku Taipei, Chinese Taipei. Panopa ndi wapampando wa Forte Hotel Group komanso mkulu wa bungwe la Howard Plaza Hotel Group. Ku China Taipei, amagwiranso ntchito ngati mlangizi ku Taiwan Visitors' Association komanso ngati director wa Taiwan Tourist Hotel Association. Adapanga PATA x WCIT 2017 - Smart and Sustainable Tourism Symposium, kuti alumikizitse gulu laukadaulo ndi zokopa alendo. Kuyambira 2018 - mpaka 2020, adakhala ngati mpando wochereza alendo ku PATA. Mu 2019, adalowanso mu board ya Metropolitan Premier Hotel Taipei, pulojekiti yomwe ikugwirizana ndi Japan Rail East Hotels. Kupatula mahotela, Benjamin amafunsiranso ku Velodash, pulogalamu ya anthu apanjinga, ndikuyambitsa Imaten, bizinesi yatsopano yamagalimoto amtundu wazakudya. Panthawi ya mliri wa COVID-19, adatembenuza ndikugwiritsa ntchito zipinda za hotelo 500+ ku Taipei kuti zigulitsidwe mokhazikika. Mu Chinese Taipei, Yamagata Kaku akukonzekera kutsegulanso kwa apaulendo apadziko lonse ndi Yamagata Matsuri yachitatu mu August 2022. Kunja kwa ntchito, akupitiriza kuphunzira za kayendetsedwe ka bizinesi, malonda a kopita, skateboarding, ndi mapangidwe a zomangamanga.
Suman Pandey ndi munthu wodziwika bwino ku Tourism ku Nepalese komanso Purezidenti wa Explore Himalaya Travel and Adventure, dzina lodziwika bwino pantchito zosiyanasiyana komanso zatsopano. Iyenso ndi CEO wa Fishtail Air, kampani ya helikopita ya Nepalese; Mtsogoleri wa Summit Air, woyendetsa mapiko osasunthika wothandizira alendo opita kudera la Mt. Everest; Mtsogoleri wa bizinesi yaikulu kwambiri ku Nepal, "Chhaya Center", Mega Complex yamitundu yambiri yomwe imaphatikizapo nyenyezi zisanu zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi Starwood pansi pa chizindikiro cha "Aloft"; Purezidenti wa Himalaya Academy of Travel and Tourism, sukulu yophunzitsa ntchito zokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo, komanso Purezidenti wa Himalayan Pre-Fab Pvt. Ltd, kampani yomwe imagwira ntchito bwino popanga nyumba zopangira zachilengedwe. Zopereka zake zochititsa chidwi ku Nepalese Tourism Industry zamupangitsa kukhala woyenera maudindo ndi zokongoletsera zosiyanasiyana kuphatikizapo "Suprasidha Gorkha Dakshin Bahu" kuchokera kwa Mfumu ya Nepal ku 2004; "Tourism Icon" yolembedwa ndi Nepal Association of Tourism Journalists mu 2018; "Lifetime Achievement Award" yofalitsidwa ndi zokopa alendo ku Gantabya Nepal mu 2017; "Tourism Man of the Year" wolemba Gantabya Nepal mu 2010; ndi "Lifetime Achievement Award" chifukwa cha zopereka mu zokopa alendo ndi "American Biographical Institute" (ABI) yomwe ili ku Raleigh, North Carolina, USA mu 2008, kungotchula ochepa.
