The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the promotion of Mam Puangthip Chotipantawanon as director of operations. Chotipantawanon is responsible for operations across all departments to provide an association-wide support structure to actively and regularly engage with members; deliver all PATA products, services and events in a timely and profitable manner, and to convey the highest standards to satisfy the needs and relevance of Pata membership.
She joined Pata in 2003 and has since been responsible for supporting Pata Events. Prior to Pata, she was senior manager of events management and developments at the Bangkok-based Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, and senior manager at Mice Marketing for Siam Express.