PATA shuffles board

BANGKOK Pacific Asia Travel Association has named Kevin Murphy as the new chariman of the executive board.
He is president & CEO, Asiawide Hospitality Solutions (AHS), Hong Kong SAR & Thailand.
Murphy replaces W. Scott Supernaw, who served as chairman since April 2013 and will remain on the executive board as immediate past chairman.
On his appointment, Murphy said: “I take up this responsibility at a time of change and at a time of continuing challenges. PATA is clearly alive, but we need to ensure that PATA keeps its place as “the authority on travel and tourism in Asia Pacific and, more importantly, continues to support its members both in the public and private sectors.”
inside no 5A member of PATA since 1984, Murphy was awarded the PATA Order of Merit in 2003, the PATA Chairman’s Award in 2006 and in 2008, PATA Life Membership for his continued contributions in past roles to the association’s members.
“I urge long-term members, who have seen the value of their businesses grow by working with PATA, to bring more of their own new generations to PATA.
“PATA continues to provide opportunities for all of us, regardless of age, to see that united action, vigorous interaction and a new evolution of today’s goals and needs, tied to today’s solutions, are all possible.”
In addition, PATA has elected four new members to its executive board including, Andrew Jones, guardian, Sanctuary Resorts, inside no 5.1Hong Kong SAR; Dato Haji Azizan Noordin, deputy director general (Planning), Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia; John Schubert, managing director – marketing Asia Pacific and India, Boeing Company, USA; and Philip Schaetz, Senior VP of sales & marketing, Dorsett Hospitality International, Hong Kong SAR.
Long-time PATA member Jones has been elected as the new vice chairman, while Basant Mishra, executive chairman, Temple Tiger Group of Companies, Nepal remain as secretary/treasurer.
Over the past 40 years, Jones has worked in a number of senior management and corporate positions in prestigious hotels, resorts and management companies in London, Bermuda, Canada and several countries in Asia. In 1996, he founded and became guardian of Sanctuary Resorts.
Other executive board members are: Henry Oh, Jr president, Global Tour, Korea (ROK); Ramon R. Jimenez Jr secretary of tourism, Philippines Department of Tourism; Sarah Mathews, Destination Marketing senior sales manager APAC, TripAdvisor, Hong Kong SAR; Setyono Djuandi Darmono, chairman, president University, Indonesia; and Stephen Pearce, vice president, Leisure Travel & Digital Marketing, Tourism Vancouver, Canada.
The new executive board members were confirmed at the PATA Board Meeting 26 April during the PATA Annual Summit 2015 in Leshan, Sichuan, China.

sourced:ttrweekly.com