U-John Boon wayengumkhiqizo osebenzayo wenkathi lapho ezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi, futhi ezokuvakasha zamaqembu angenayo ikakhulukazi, zazibusa ezokuvakasha. Wayengomunye wamandla amakhulu kulowo mkhakha.
Njengabaningi kamuva abavelele kwezokuvakasha, uJohn waqala umsebenzi wakhe ku-Global Tours. Phakathi neminyaka engamashumi amabili wathuthela e-American Express njengomphathi wezinkontileka zesifunda e-UK nase-Ireland lapho indima yakhe yandiswa ngokushesha ukuze ihlanganise neScandinavia. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-XNUMX, u-Amex, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumkhululi omkhulu wamakhasimende aseMelika eYurophu, wayengumqhubi omkhulu wezokuvakasha kanye ne-ejensi yezokuvakasha njengoba kwakuyikhadi lokushaja. Lapha uJohn waba nedumela elesabekayo lobuqili obuhambisanayo ezingxoxweni, idumela ayenalo kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe.
Ikhono likaJohn lokuxhumana nabantu, nolwazi lwakhe oluningiliziwe lomkhiqizo, lwamsiza esikhundleni sakhe esilandelayo sokuphatha ukuthengisa nokusebenza kulo lonke uphiko olungenayo lwe-American Express UK. Le ndima, eyayihlanganisa kokubili ibhizinisi lebhizinisi nezokungcebeleka, yamenza waba ngomunye wabaholi bezokuvakasha eBrithani. Ngakho wayengusihlalo wemvelo weBritish Incoming Tour Operators Association (manje eyi-UKinbound).
Ukuheha ukuba aphathe ibhizinisi kwamdonsela ekubeni umqondisi weSovereign Tourism. Lokhu wahola eminyakeni yebhizinisi enezivunguvungu phakathi kuka-1986 no-1991, ngaphambi kokuba aye e-Anglo World (asize ukuyidayisela i-Trina Tours) kanye ne-Select Travel. Kwakuphakathi nalesi sikhathi, waqokwa njengosihlalo Wezahluko Zamazwe Ngamazwe ze-American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). Lena kwakuyindima ayeyijabulela: ukumela amalungu e-ASTA angaphezu kwe-2,000 ezinkomfeni, waqhuba amasemina emhlabeni jikelele. Ngemuva kwalokhu, umsebenzi wakhe e-JAC Travel wambona ekhuphuka waba yinhloko yezinkontileka nokusebenza ngo-2008.
E-JAC, nakuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, u-John wafundisa ngesibonelo: kunamakhulu wabaphathi bemboni yezokuvakasha abafunde kuye izindleko, inkontileka, kanye nokusebenzisa izinkambo.
NgoJanuwari 2010, uJohn wajoyina I-European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) njengenhloko yezinkonzo zobulungu, indima eyenzelwe yena. Wayebonakala edalelwe leyo ndima: ulwazi lwakhe olungenakuqhathaniswa nohlu lokuxhumana lwasetshenziswa ihora. Usuku nosuku wayebonisa ukuqabuleka kobusha okwakumangaza ozakwabo abancane. Ezinyangeni ezintathu ese-ETOA, i-bonhomie yakhe, ukuqina, kanye nomphetho kwaba nomthelela omkhulu.
NgoFebhuwari, uJohn wajabulela ukuthola indondo yeLifetime Achievement evela e-UKinbound engqungqutheleni yabo yaminyaka yonke.
UJohn wayesebenza kanzima ekwakheni imifelandawonye emisha ye-ETOA lapho kutholakala ukuthi unomdlavuza maphakathi no-April. Nakuba ebonakala elulama ngemva kokuhlinzwa okwalandela futhi ejabule kakhulu, wahlaselwa isifo senhliziyo esiyingozi.
Ushiye indodakazi, uGeorgia, emshadweni wakhe noVivienne, owaphetha ngesehlukaniso.
uJohn Boon; umqhubi wokuvakasha; owazalwa ngo-May 16, 1943; washona ngo-April 22, 2010.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In the early seventies, Amex, then the biggest deliverer of American clients in Europe, was as much a major tour operator and travel agency as it was a charge card.
- John's ability to engage with people, and his detailed knowledge of the product, helped him in his subsequent position in charge of sales and operations for the entire inbound division of American Express UK.
- In his mid-twenties he moved to American Express as a regional contracts manager for UK and Ireland where his role was soon expanded to cover Scandinavia.
