Datuk Hamzah Rahmat of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) was re-elected as FATA President for the second consecutive term. He will be president for the term of 2018-19.
Top leadership and committee members were appointed at the annual general meeting of the Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations (FATA) held yesterday (January 22).
Datuk Hamzah Rahmat of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) was re-elected as FATA President for the second consecutive term. He will be president for the term of 2018-19.
Hamzah is currently the immediate past president of MATTA, board member of the World Travel Agents Association Alliance (WTAAA) and council member of IATA’s PAPGJC – Passenger Agency Programme Global Joint Council.
The meeting also saw the election of Mingkwan Metmowlee of Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) as FATA’s deputy president, and Pauline Suharno of Association of Air Ticketing Companies in Indonesia (ASTINDO) as secretary general.
Cesar R. Cruz of Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA) stepped up to the position as honorary treasurer.
Chhay Sivlin of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (CATA) and Tuan Haji Sabli Arsad of Association of Travel Agents Brunei (ATAB) were appointed as honorary auditors.
The three committee members elected were Marlene D. Jante of Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA), Jackie Thet Lwin Toh of Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA) and Suparerk Soorangura of Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA).
FATA is the umbrella body for national travel associations within the ASEAN region. The combined number of travel agents under FATA members exceeds 7,700 serving a population of over 622 million people in ASEAN.