Bangkok, Thailand, June 3, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the Dream to Travel Festival, an online event bringing together travel businesses worldwide to share experiences, network, and celebrate the importance of travel during these challenging times. Uniting the travel industry through the endless possibilities of the digital world, the virtual event will take place over four weeks, from June 22 to July 17, 2020, transcending temporal, spatial, and national boundaries.

“In these challenging times for the travel and tourism industry, we didn’t want to simply host another virtual event, but rather create a platform that truly encourages exchange, inspires, and generates ideas to address some of the current challenges and issues,” said Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA. “The festival offers the travel industry the opportunity to gain new insights, meet experts and industry colleagues, and showcase and discover products from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. We also wanted to make networking fun and interactive through live experiences and virtual meetings. This is the perfect opportunity for our industry to come together and work collaboratively towards a more responsible and resilient travel and tourism industry.”

The Dream to Travel Festival welcomes both B2B companies and travel industry players to participate free of charge and includes three key elements:

• Dream to Travel Forums: Gain exclusive insights into the latest developments in the tourism sector – both public and private. Be inspired by influential speakers.

•Digital showroom and community hub: Connect with the travel industry worldwide, browse or showcase the latest products, and access festival links and recordings.

• Live experiences, virtual meetings & competitions: Where there's a will, there's a way. Consider how cultural exchange and encounters can be adapted to a virtual world with social distancing.

The program is more like a festival calendar than a full-day event, offering games and activities to network, make connections, and have fun. Each festival week has a specific theme (trust, courage, well-being, and endless possibilities) and a particular destination. PATA is pleased to be working with its partners, the Macau Government Tourism Office, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), and Tourism Malaysia. The fourth destination will be announced soon.

Entry to the Dream to Travel Festival is free for everyone. Interested participants simply need to register for their participant pass to join the event app, receive updates, and attend the event in June.

For more information, please visit dreamtotravel.PATA.org.