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.
Ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi 'Ukuphazamiseka. Ukuqamba. Uguquko: Ikusasa Lezokuvakasha', umcimbi ubuye ube nenkulumompikiswano yongqongqoshe be-UNWTO/PATA yezinsuku eziyisigamu lapho abaholi bemboni nabamele uhulumeni bedingida 'I-Shift to Recognised Sustainability Leadership' kanye 'Nokwabelana Umnotho Kwezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha'.
“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.”
Izikhulumi eziqinisekisiwe zomcimbi zihlanganisa u-Andrew Chan, uMsunguli kanye no-CEO we-ACI HR Solutions; UDkt. Daiana Beitler, Umqondisi Wesifunda sase-Asia we-Microsoft Philanthropies; U-Erick Stephens, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezobuchwepheshe-APAC, iMicrosoft; U-Greg Klassen, Uzakwethu kwa-Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Ha Lam, Co-founder kanye ne-COO - Triip.me; U-Hiran Cooray, uSihlalo – Amahhotela e-Jetwing; UJeremy Jauncey, Umsunguli/i-CEO - Izindawo Ezinhle Zokuvakashela; U-Lawrence Leong, OwayenguMsizi Oyisikhulu Esiphezulu (Iqembu Lamazwe Ngamazwe) – Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Singapore; Muna Haddad, uMqondisi Ophethe -uBaraka; U-Oliver Martin, Uzakwethu e-Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; U-Rafat Ali, Umsunguli/i-CEO - Skift; URyan Bonnici, uMqondisi Wezokumaketha – HubSpot; U-Sarah Mathews, Inhloko Yezokumaketha Kwendawo Ye-APAC - i-TripAdvisor; UDkt. Taleb Rifai, uNobhala Jikelele - Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Emhlabeni (UNWTO); UThao Nguyen, iNhloko Yobambiswano Lobuchule, i-APAC - Airbnb; U-Vijay Poonoosamy, Iphini Likamongameli, Wezindaba Zamazwe Ngamazwe, Ihhovisi LikaMongameli & Isikhulu Esiphezulu, I-Etihad Airways; kanye no-Wong Soon-Hwa, uMqondisi Wesifunda i-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.
Izithunywa ezibhalisiwe zengqungquthela nazo zithola ukufinyelela ngokuthophayo Enkulumweni Yongqongqoshe ye-PATA/UNWTO ngoMgqibelo, Meyi 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.
ISITHOMBE: Umugqa Ophezulu: L/R: UDkt. Taleb Rifai, uNobhala Jikelele - Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO); Andrew Chan, Umsunguli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-ACI HR Solutions; Andrew Jones, uSihlalo – i-PATA; U-Greg Klassen, Uzakwethu kwa-Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; kanye no-Ha Lam, Co-founder kanye ne-COO - Triip.me. Umugqa Wesibili: L/R: Hiran Cooray, USihlalo – Amahhotela e-Jetwing; UJeremy Jauncey, Umsunguli/i-CEO - Izindawo Ezinhle Zokuvakashela; U-Lawrence Leong, OwayenguMsizi Oyinhloko Omkhulu (Iqembu Lamazwe Ngamazwe) – Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Singapore; UDkt. Mario Hardy, i-CEO - i-PATA; kanye noMuna Haddad, uMqondisi Ophethe – uBaraka. Umugqa Wesithathu: L/R: Oliver Martin, Uzakwethu e-Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; U-Rafat Ali, Umsunguli/i-CEO - Skift; URyan Bonnici, uMqondisi Wezokumaketha – HubSpot; U-Sarah Mathews, Inhloko Yezokumaketha Kwendawo Ye-APAC - i-TripAdvisor; kanye no-Wong Soon-Hwa, uMqondisi Wesifunda i-APAC – Blacklane. Umugqa Ongezansi: L/R: U-Thao Nguyen, Inhloko Yobambiswano Lwamasu, i-APAC - i-Airbnb kanye no-Vijay Poonoosamy, iPhini Likamongameli, Wezindaba Zamazwe Ngamazwe, Ihhovisi LikaMongameli & Nomphathi Omkhulu, I-Etihad Airways.
