Nepal s Temple Tiger Executive Chairman, Mr. Basant Raj Mishra, said the quality of buyers at PATA Travel Mart was important and that knowing who you would be meeting two to three weeks ahead of the mart was a bonus. This mart is PATA s landmark event. I like its mixture of buyers, he said. Mr. Nutley said, PATA Travel Mart is the only event dealing with the whole of Pacific Asia. That s what makes it unique.
Buyers here have to be serious buyers and qualified.
The 25th PATA Travel Mart will take place in Singapore April 9-12, 2002. Nepal will be the Feature Country and Adventure Travel, the Feature Product. The final day of the Mart next year, April 12, will be opened up to corporate travel buyers. Mr. Nutley said sellers, especially hoteliers at the mart, wanted the extra boost which corporate travel buyers could bring. On the last day there will be no structured appointments for corporate buyers, but they will have to be registered and qualified, he said.