CATO postpones Bali Meeting until 2004

DENPASAR (indo.com): The Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) have decided to postpone their annual conference until June 2004 due to the small number of operators interested in the planned meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled for June 6-9, 2003.

Sources said that the downturn in business activities, with many companies asking their staff not to travel for efficiency reasons has contributed to the small number of operators interested in the conference.

The Council is comprised of tour operators from Australia selling overseas travel programs to the Australian public.

The conference will discuss Lessons Learnt - Crisis Management for the Travel Industry.

The event organizers have selected Bali as the host of the planned conference in the hope that it will contribute to Bali tourism recovery.