The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the list of 31 winning entries for the 2017 PATA Gold Awards. The accolades will be presented to commend the winning tourism entities and individuals for their remarkable achievements in different categories. Among the awarded entities this year, Sands China Ltd. has won two PATA Gold Awards in the categories of Environment - Corporate Environmental Programme and Marketing Media - Travel Advertisement Broadcast Media, while Melco Resorts & Entertainment is the winner of the PATA Gold Award for Marketing - Hospitality.

PATA Travel Mart 2017 will be staged in Macao in September. The PATA Gold Awards Luncheon and Presentation will take place during this major travel fair.

More details of PATA Gold Awards, please visit www.pata.org/pata-gold-awards.

Founded in 1951, PATA is a non-profit membership association dedicated to fostering sustainable development of the Asia-Pacific travel and tourism industry, providing insightful research reports and organizing innovative events for its members. For more information about PATA, please visit www.pata.org.