I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) isanda kwethula iGuam Visitors Bureau (GVB) ngomklomelo wayo ovelele wePATA Gold womkhankaso we "2016 Shop Guam e-Festival Mobile Campaign" esigabeni se "Marketing Media - Mobile Travel Application MA". Iphaneli lamajaji akwaPATA libuyekeze izethulo ezingama-220 ezivela ezinhlanganweni nakubantu abangu-77 abavela emhlabeni jikelele.
I-GVB yemukele indondo kwi-PATA Gold Awards Luncheon and Presentation ngoSepthemba 15 eVenetian Macao Resort Hotel, ebixhaswe yi-Macau Government Tourist Office. Umcimbi wemiklomelo walo nyaka udonse abaphathi bemboni abangaphezu kuka-800 abavela esifundeni sase-Asia Pacific.
"Sihloniphekile ukwaziwa yiPATA ngomsebenzi wethu neShop Guam e-Festival," kusho uMengameli weGVB kanye ne-CEO uNathan Denight. "Konke esikwenzayo kwaBureau kwenzelwa abantu baseGuam futhi lo mklomelo ufakazela ukuzikhandla nokwenza izinto ezintsha iqembu lethu elilwela ukukhuthaza iGuam emhlabeni."
I-Shop Guam e-Festival yasungulwa yi-GVB ngo-2012 njengomkhankaso wokuqala wokukhangisa emhlabeni wonke futhi yavela ukuze ifake ukusetshenziswa kwe- “Smart Tourism” ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo beselula. Uhlelo lokusebenza lilethe imininingwane yesikhathi sangempela ngezinsizakusebenza, izinsizakalo, nemisebenzi kubavakashi nezakhamizi ngenkathi kuthuthukiswa iGuam njengendawo yesimanje, imfashini, futhi eyahlukahlukene yokuthenga.
Ngonyaka Wezimali ka-2016, lo mkhosi uhehe abafikayo abangama-300,000 bamazwe omhlaba futhi wakhiqiza inani elingaphezulu kwamadola ayizigidi eziyi-15 zenani lokuvezwa kwabezindaba. Ngokwengeziwe, lo mkhosi udonse amabhizinisi endawo ayi-180 asuka eGuam ukuthi abambe iqhaza kulo mkhankaso ngezipesheli ezingama-262.
"I-Shop Guam iwumcimbi omkhulu wokuthenga eWestern Pacific futhi ukuba nenhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke, njenge-PATA, ibona imizamo eyenziwayo yokuguqula ubuchwepheshe kulo mcimbi wesiginesha we-GVB yinto abantu bethu abangaziqhenya ngayo," kusho uMqondisi Wezokukhangisa Emhlabeni Wonke uPilar I-Laguaña. "Sibonga iPATA ngalo mklomelo ohloniphekile, kanye nabalingani bethu embonini kanye nabathengi ngokunikela empumelelweni yeSitolo Guam."
I-Shop Guam e-Festival izobuya ngonyaka wayo wesi-6 oqala ngoNovemba 10, 2017 kuze kube nguFebhuwari 28, 2018. Uhlelo lokusebenza lwamahhala luyatholakala ku-Apple App Store nakuGoogle Play Store
