Kenyan tourism entrepreneur named 2016 Amadeus Mover & Shaper

UMnu. Patrick Maina Kamanga, oyi-CEO ye-Deans Travel Centre uhlonishwe ngu-Amadeus ngesihloko esihloniphekile sika-2016 Amadeus Mover & Shaper.


U-Amadeus usanda kwethula umkhankaso wokusebenzisana wokuhlonza 'Ama-Movers & Shapers' embonini yezokuvakasha e-Afrika ngo-2016. Le nkampani icele abalandeli bayo benkundla yezokuxhumana ukuthi babone labo bantu abebengabashintshi begeyimu beqiniso embonini yezokuvakasha e-Afrika.

Abaholi abayi-10 abanethonya elikhulu abavela eKenya, eNingizimu Afrika, eGhana, eCentral West Africa, eLiberia naseNigeria bavezwe kubhulogi ye-Amadeus Africa phakathi noNovemba. Bangaphezu kuka-700 abalandeli benkundla yezokuxhumana i-Amadeus abavotele abantu ababathandayo ekuqaleni kukaDisemba.

UMnu Kamanga waqashelwa umsebenzi wakhe embonini yezokuvakasha yaseKenya ukuze alalelwe amalungelo e-travel agents. Kanye ne-Kenya Association of Travel Agents, uye wacela ubudlelwano obungcono phakathi kwama-travel agents kanye ne-IATA futhi bakhe inethiwekhi ye-ejensi yezokuvakasha - ikhasi le-Facebook le-Coast Travel Trade - ukuhlanganisa umphakathi we-ejensi yezokuvakasha. Uphinde wasukuma kuhulumeni ukuthi abone i-VAT embonini yezokuvakasha isuswa, futhi ulwele ukwenziwa ngcono kwezindiza eziya eMombasa.

'Lokhu kunqoba ngikunikezela eDolobheni laseMombasa' kusho uMnu Kamanga. 'Lokhu kunqoba kukhombisa ukuthi noma ngubani angakwazi ukusuka edolobheni elincane noma i-ejensi encane aye 'entweni enkulu'. IMombasa yidolobha elincane kuneNairobi futhi ukuba nomuntu ovela eMombasa esikhundleni senhloko-dolobha kukhombisa ukuthi abantu baseMombasa nabo bayabala kulo mkhakha'.

Njengoba amehlo ethe njo kuye, uMnu Kamanga uthanda ukunxusa imboni yezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka ukuba isukume ngokubambisana futhi isebenzisane njengemboni eyodwa. 'Ngiphonsela inselelo bonke ozakwethu embonini ukuthi bangagcini ngokuzisebenzela, kodwa basize abanye, bakhulise abanye, baluleke abanye'.

UMnu. Juan Torres, iMenenja Jikelele ye-Amadeus East Africa ukwamukele ukuvotelwa kukaPatrick. Uphawule wathi: 'Unyaka ka-2016 kube unyaka onenselelo kodwa othokozisayo kwezokuvakasha nobuchwepheshe esifundeni saseMpumalanga Afrika. Ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi ophumelele umkhankaso we-Mover & Shaper ungowaseKenya. Abasebenzeli bezokuvakasha abavela esifundeni sethu basebenza ngokungakhathali futhi bayaqhubeka nokuzivumelanisa nezimo futhi beshintsha ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi banikeza izinsizakalo ezingcono kakhulu kumakhasimende abo kanye nokuvikela ibhizinisi elisimeme elinempilo. Ngikholwa ukuthi u-Patrick uyisibonelo somuntu oye wanxenxa ngempumelelo ubudlelwano obungcono phakathi kwama-travel agents, i-IATA nezinye izinhlaka zemboni. Njengoba sizama ukulungisa ikusasa lokuhamba nozakwethu, u-Amadeus uzoqhubeka ebambisene nabo bonke ababambiqhaza endaweni yobuchwepheshe bezokuvakasha ukuze akhuthaze futhi akhuthaze abanye ukuba bafeze leyo njongo'.

'UMnu. U-Kamanga umfanele lo mklomelo ngoba uhlale ezibophezele ekwenzeni umehluko emphakathini, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usemsebenzini wakhe ngokuthuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha kanye nokushayela imisebenzi yezohwebo, noma empilweni yakhe yangasese ngokunakekela abantu abampofu emphakathini wethu' kwengeza uMnu. David. Chipinde, Umnyango Wezohwebo Amadeus East Africa.

NgokukaMnu. Chipinde, uKamanga unothando olungokwemvelo nolumangalisayo, alusebenzisayo ukuze alwele izinkinga embonini yezokuvakasha. 'Ngokubamba iqhaza kwakhe ngamandla embonini yezokuvakasha, usephenduke isizinda kontanga yakhe. Uhlanganise izinhlangano zezokuvakasha, usungule iseshini yamabhulogi nabalandeli futhi wabandakanya bonke abadlali bezokuvakasha, kusukela kumxhumanisi wezokuvakasha kuya kubanikazi bezokuvakasha, ezingxoxweni ezinengqondo nezinenjongo'.