Ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abanethonya, abasunguli nabaholi bemicabango yamazwe ngamazwe bahlelelwe ukuhlola amathrendi ezokuhamba nezokuvakasha eNgqungqutheleni Yonyaka ye-PATA 2017 e-Negombo, eSri Lanka.
I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iqoqe uhlu oluhlukahlukene noluguquguqukayo lwezikhulumi kanye namaphaneli ukuze babelane ngemininingwane yabo nolwazi engqungqutheleni yosuku olulodwa eyenza ingxenye ebalulekile eNgqungqutheleni yalo nyaka (i-PAS 2017), ephethwe yi-Sri. Lanka Convention Bureau futhi senzeka ngoMeyi 18 - 21 eJetwing Blue Hotel.
Under the theme ‘Disruption. Innovation. Transformation: The Future of Tourism’, the event also features a half-day UNWTO/PATA Ministerial Debate where industry leaders and government representatives discuss ’The Shift to Recognized Sustainability Leadership’ and ‘The Sharing Economy in Travel and Tourism’.
“Siyajabula ukuhlanganisa izikhulumi ezihlaba umxhwele kangaka ze-PATA Annual Summit. Lezi zikhulumi zimele izinkampani ebezihamba phambili ekuphazamiseni, ekusunguleni nasekuguquleni imboni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke,” kusho isikhulu sePATA uDkt Mario Hardy. “Leli yithuba elihle kakhulu labo bonke ababambiqhaza bemboni ukuthi bahlale benolwazi ngezinguquko ezisheshayo ezenzeka endaweni yanamuhla eguqukayo njalo.”
Confirmed speakers for the event include Andrew Chan, Founder and CEO of ACI HR Solutions; Dr. Daiana Beitler, Asia Regional Director of Microsoft Philanthropies; Erick Stephens, Chief Technology Officer-APAC, Microsoft; Greg Klassen, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Ha Lam, Co-founder and COO – Triip.me; Hiran Cooray, Chairman – Jetwing Hotels; Jeremy Jauncey, Founder/CEO – Beautiful Destinations; Lawrence Leong, Former Assistant Chief Executive (International Group) – Singapore Tourism Board; Muna Haddad, Managing Director -Baraka; Oliver Martin, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Rafat Ali, Founder/CEO – Skift; Ryan Bonnici, Marketing Director – HubSpot; Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing APAC – TripAdvisor; Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Thao Nguyen, Head of Strategic Partnerships, APAC – Airbnb; Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President, International Affairs, Office of the President & CEO, Etihad Airways; and Wong Soon-Hwa, Regional Director APAC – Blacklane.
Umcimbi udingida izihloko ezahlukahlukene ezihlanganisa 'Ukulawula Ukuphazamiseka Ngokusungula', 'Ukuguqulwa Kwezokumaketha', 'I-Research Innovation', 'Ukuphazamisa Imboni Yezokuvakasha', 'Ikusasa Langempela Lezokuvakasha: Ochwepheshe Abancane Bezokuvakasha', 'Nokuphazamiseka Kokwamukela: A Umhlahlandlela Wekusasa Lezokuvakasha'.
Amapharadesi asogwini angathuthukisiwe, ifa lamasiko anothe ngendlela emangazayo, inhlobonhlobo yezilwane zasendle nezigigaba, kanye nokwamukela abantu ngemfudumalo nokudla okungenakuvinjwa - kodwa kususwe inqwaba yezivakashi - kwenza i-Sri Lanka ibe indawo eshisayo yesihambi esinokuqonda. Itholakala eduze nesikhumulo sezindiza i-Bandaranaike International, i-Negombo iyindawo yabathandi bokudla kwasolwandle enezinto ezibanjiwe ezintsha ezitholakala endaweni yokudlela namabha. Ngaphandle kwalokho, gibela isikebhe eduze kwemisele yaseDutch noma ungene olwandle ukuze ubambe kancane izikebhe zokudoba. I-Negombo yayingomunye wemithombo ebaluleke kakhulu yesinamoni ngesikhathi samaDashi, futhi amathonya aseYurophu asekhona.
Registered delegates for the conference also receive complimentary access to the PATA/UNWTO Ministerial Debate on Saturday, May 20.
Inkampani yezindiza esemthethweni ye-PAS 2017, i-SriLankan Airlines, iyajabula ukunikeza izaphulelo zendiza ezikhethekile ezihambelini ezibhalisiwe ezisuka emachwebeni aku-inthanethi e-SriLankan Airlines. Izaphulelo ziyatholakala futhi ezihambelini ezihlala emahhotela asemthethweni e-PAS 2017.
PHOTO: Top Row: L/R: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Andrew Chan, Founder and CEO of ACI HR Solutions; Andrew Jones, Chairman – PATA; Greg Klassen, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; and Ha Lam, Co-founder and COO – Triip.me. Second Row: L/R: Hiran Cooray, Chairman – Jetwing Hotels; Jeremy Jauncey, Founder/CEO – Beautiful Destinations; Lawrence Leong, Former Assistant Chief Executive (International Group) – Singapore Tourism Board; Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO – PATA; and Muna Haddad, Managing Director – Baraka. Third Row: L/R: Oliver Martin, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Rafat Ali, Founder/CEO – Skift; Ryan Bonnici, Marketing Director – HubSpot; Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing APAC – TripAdvisor; and Wong Soon-Hwa, Regional Director APAC – Blacklane. Bottom Row: L/R: Thao Nguyen, Head of Strategic Partnerships, APAC – Airbnb and Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President, International Affairs, Office of the President & CEO, Etihad Airways.
