John Koldowski is deputy CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association and is regarded as one of the industry’s leading analysts. He and his team are responsible for the capture, analysis and interpretation of any and all information concerning shifts, movements and/or trends in the travel and tourism industry, particularly those affecting the Asia Pacific region. This includes monitoring statistics on travel movements, tracking policy and legal developments, identifying changes in consumer preferences and even destination developments with respect to branding and positioning.

Koldowski joined PATA in Singapore in May 1997, and then moved to Bangkok when the association relocated its headquarters in September 1998.  He brought with him years of experience that cover a wide variety of fields; in his earlier career, Koldowski was involved in the pharmaceuticals, transport and then telecommunications industries until he took on a five-year assignment in 1988 with Tourism Tasmania.  He followed that role with the position of manager, strategic research at the Northern Territory Tourist Commission.

Koldowski is a graduate of the Flinders University of South Australia and the University of Central Queensland.