PATA Unveils New Chair and Executive Board Line-Up at Korea Summit

图1 (左至右): Top Row: New PATA Chair Henry Oh, Chairman, Global Tours Ltd., and New PATA Vice Chair Ben Montgomery, Corporate Ambassador of Centara Hotels & Resorts.

 

Bottom Row: The members of the new Executive Board include Jackson Pek, Chief Corporate & Legal Affairs Officer, Amadeus; Maria Paz Alberto, President, Ark Travel Express, Inc.; Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, Director-General, Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA); Shuichi Kameyama, Chief Consultant, JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.; and Dr Sharzede Salleh Askor, CEO, Sarawak Tourism Board.

 

Gyeongju, Korea (ROK), May 12, 2026 — The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce that Henry Oh, Chairman, Global Tours Ltd. has been elected as the Chair of the Association, following ratification at the PATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, May 12.

韩国庆州，2026年5月12日——亚太旅游协会（PATA）荣幸宣布，Global Tours Ltd.董事长吴敞熙（Henry Oh）已于5月12日（星期二）在PATA年度大会（AGM）上获得批准，当选为协会主席。

 

图2: Welcoming the newly elected PATA Board members at the PATA Annual General Meeting on May 12 during the PATA Annual Summit 2026 in Gyeongju, Korea (ROK).

 

Following his appointment as PATA Chair, Oh said, “I am honoured to be elected by members of the PATA Board of Directors to take on this role. As the new Chair, I am committed to strengthening collaboration within the Association, while building partnerships across the industry, so that PATA continues to serve as a guiding force for our members and network.”

在就任PATA主席后，吴敞熙表示：“我很荣幸能被PATA董事会成员选中担任这一职务。作为新任主席，我致力于加强协会内部的合作，同时建立跨行业的合作伙伴关系，使PATA继续成为我们会员和网络的引领力量。”

 

Alongside Oh, Ben Montgomery, Corporate Ambassador of Centara Hotels & Resorts, was appointed the new Vice Chair.

与吴敞熙先生一同获任的，还有Centara Hotels & Resorts企业大使（Ben Montgomery），她被任命为新任副主席。

 

Moreover, four new members of the Executive Board were ratified during the AGM. This includes Jackson Pek, Chief Corporate & Legal Affairs Officer, Amadeus; Maria Paz Alberto, President, Ark Travel Express, Inc.; Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, Director-General, Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA), and Shuichi Kameyama, Chief Consultant, JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.

此外，年度大会期间还批准了四名新任执行委员会成员。其中包括：Amadeus企业与法律事务首席官（Jackson Pek）；Ark Travel Express, Inc.总裁（Maria Paz Alberto）； 可持续旅游指定区域管理局（DASTA）局长（Siripakorn Cheawsamoot），以及JTB旅游研究与咨询公司首席顾问（Shuichi Kameyama）。

 

Henry Oh is Chairman of Global Tour, Ltd., Korea (ROK)’s first private travel agency and one of the earliest Asian members of PATA. His strategic direction has earned the company both national and international recognition, including the Korean Government’s ‘20 Million Dollar Award’ and the ‘Tourism Pioneer Award’ from ITB Berlin.

 

Moreover, Oh has contributed significantly to advancing tourism development and international partnerships for Korea (ROK). He has built enduring collaborations with the Korean Olympic Committee and national sports federations, served on the International Relations Committee for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, and held a leadership role in Skål International Korea.

 

Currently, he is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Korea Association of Travel Agents (KATA).

 

吴敞熙（Henry Oh）是韩国（ROK）首家民营旅行社Global Tour, Ltd.的董事长，也是亚太旅游协会（PATA）最早的亚洲成员之一。在他的战略领导下，该公司赢得了国内外广泛认可，包括韩国政府的“2000万美元奖”以及柏林国际旅游交易会（ITB Berlin）颁发的“旅游先驱奖”。

 

此外，吴敞熙先生为推动韩国（ROK）的旅游发展和国际合作做出了重大贡献。他与韩国奥委会及各国家体育联合会建立了持久的合作关系，曾担任2018年平昌冬奥会国际关系委员会委员，并在国际斯卡尔协会（Skål International）韩国分会担任领导职务。

 

目前，他担任韩国旅行社协会（KATA）的立即前任主席。

 

Ben Montgomery, the New Vice Chair of the Association, represents Centara in various industry councils and associations. She currently serves as Vice President of the Thai Hotels Association (THA), a Board Member of the ASEAN Hotel & Restaurant Association, and represents Centara at the Joint Public & Private Working Committee to develop workforce capacity for Thailand’s hotel and tourism industry.

 

Moreover, she is also part of a working group of the Thailand Creative Tourism Think Tank and a Board Member of Burapa University’s Faculty of Tourism and Management. In the past, she contributed to the Thailand Research Fund under the Tourism and Hospitality Management Program (2014–2019), where she evaluated research proposals as part of an expert panel.

 

Before joining Centara, Ben once served as the Regional Director – Greater Mekong and Director of Chapter Development at PATA Headquarters.

 

协会新任副主席（Ben Montgomery）代表Centara参与各类行业理事会和协会的工作。她目前担任泰国酒店协会（THA）副主席、东盟酒店与餐饮协会理事，并代表Centara参与“公私联合工作委员会”，致力于提升泰国酒店及旅游业的人才队伍建设。

 

此外，她还是泰国创意旅游智库工作组成员，并担任布拉帕大学旅游与管理学院理事。此前，她曾参与泰国研究基金会的旅游与酒店管理项目（2014–2019），作为专家小组成员对研究提案进行评审。

 

加入Centara之前，Ben曾担任亚太旅游协会（PATA）总部的“大湄公河次区域”区域总监及分会发展总监。

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