IBhodi Eliphethe Elisha ePATA

Ngokushesha-uHwa Wong uvunyelwe ngokusemthethweni njengoSihlalo we-e I-Pacific Asia Travel Association  (I-PATA) IBhodi Eliphethe futhi lingena esikhundleni sikaDkt.Chris Bottrill owakhethwa njengoSihlalo ngoMeyi 2018 futhi uhlala eyilungu leBhodi Eliphethe njengoSihlalo Odlule Osheshayo.

Ngokuqokwa kwakhe, u-Soon-Hwa uthe, “Kuyintokozo impela ukunikezwa ilungelo lokusebenzela amalungu e-PATA, ikakhulukazi esikhathini esinjengalesi. I-PATA izogubha ingqophamlando, unyaka wethu wama-70, ngonyaka ozayo. Siqala inhlangano ephelele yokwakha kabusha ezoguqula iPATA ibe yinhlangano ezohola imboni yezokuvakasha ikusasa langemva kukaCovid nangale kwawo. Ngokubambisana nabalingani bethu bezimboni ezivela emkhakheni womphakathi nowangasese, sizozibophezela ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha okusimeme ukuze kuzuze inhlalakahle yezomnotho yomphakathi wonkana. Woza uhlanganyele nathi ohambweni lwethu lokwakha umhlaba ophephile futhi ongcono. ”

Ngokushesha uHwa uneminyaka engaba ngu-40 yokuhlangenwe nakho okubanzi embonini yezokuvakasha neyokungenisa izihambi e-Asia Pacific. Ngemuva kokusebenza isikhathi eside futhi okuyimpumelelo kwezinkampani, wasungula i-Asia Tourism ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokweluleka nezokubonisana kumabhizinisi ezentengiselwano hhayi enzuzo. Muva nje usungule i-AsiaChina, egxile kakhulu ekugelezeni kwezokuvakasha okunezindlela ezimbili phakathi kweChina nesifunda se-APAC. Njengengxenye yokuyikhokhela phambili, futhi unikezela ngezinsizakalo ze-pro-bono ekwelulekeni iziqalo kanye nabafundi baseyunivesithi ku-alma mater yakhe ngaphezu kokusebenza emakomitini omphakathi ambalwa.

Uqale ihhovisi laseHertz Asia Pacific eSingapore ngo-1993. NjengoSekela Mongameli - e-Asia, wakha inethiwekhi yesifunda ebanzi, eqinisa isikhundla sikaHertz njengomholi wezimakethe zomhlaba. Uchithe iminyaka emithathu eShanghai kusuka ngo-3 kuya ku-2007 futhi wavula inkampani yokuqala engamaphesenti ayi-2010 yokuqasha izimoto eChina. Ngemuva kukaHertz, njengoMqondisi Wesifunda - e-Asia Pacific, wasiza iBlacklane GmbH ukusungula ihhovisi lesifunda le-APAC eSingapore futhi yakha inethiwekhi yezinsizakalo ehlanganisa amadolobha angaba ngu-100. IBlacklane ingumhlinzeki omusha wezobuchwepheshe bokushayela umshayeli wemoto ohlinzeka ngokugibela emadolobheni angaba ngu-80 nasemazweni angama-300 emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphambi kokujoyina uHertz, wayeyiMenenja Yesifunda - iSouth East Asia yeAir New Zealand.

Iziqu zeBachelor of Business Administration eNational University of Singapore, ubuye abe yiFellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK futhi waya kwiStanford Executive Programme. Ngokushesha ukuhlangana kukaHwa isikhathi eside ne-PATA kubuyela emuva ku-1996 futhi usesebenze ezinhlakeni ezahlukahlukene eminyakeni edlule. Njengamanje osebenza njengoSihlalo wePATA Singapore Chapter, Kungekudala uHwa ubuye abe ngumamukeli wePATA Life Member Award ngo-2018 nePATA Award of Merit ngo-2008. 

Ngesikhathi somhlangano webhodi le-PATA owawubanjwe cishe ngoMsombuluko, Okthoba 12, 2020, iPATA iphinde yakhetha amalungu amasha ayisithupha kwiBhodi Eliphethe okubandakanya uHai Ho, oyi-CEO - uTriip Pte. Ltd., eSingapore; USuman Pandey, uMongameli - Hlola iHimalaya Travel and Adventure, Nepal; U-Andrew Jones FIH. CHA, Guardian - Izindawo Zokungcebeleka Ezingcwele, Hong Kong SAR; UDkt. Fanny Vong, uMongameli - iMacao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), Macao, China; U-Oliver Martin, Partner - Twenty31 Consulting Inc., Canada, noPeter Semone, uMsunguli kanye noMongameli - Destination Human Capital Limited, Timor Leste.

Amanye amalungu eBhodi Eliphethe afaka phakathi uBenjamin Liao, uSihlalo - iForte Hotel Group, iChinese Taipei; UJennifer Chun, Umqondisi, Ezokuvakasha Kwezocwaningo - eHawaii Tourism Authority, e-USA; UVinoop Goel, uMqondisi Wesifunda - Izikhumulo Zezindiza Nezangaphandle, I-International Air Transportation Association (IATA), iSingapore, noHenry Oh, Jr., Usihlalo - Global Tour Ltd., Korea (ROK).

U-Hai Ho noSuman Pandey bakhethwe njengePhini likaSihlalo omusha kanye noNobhala / uMgcinimafa, ngokulandelana.

U-Hai Ho uthe, “Ukuba ngomunye weSekela likaSihlalo osemncane kunabo bonke enhlanganweni ebalulekile enomlando ojulile njenge-PATA wudumo olukhulu engake ngaluthola. Ngithatha le ndima ukunikela ngengxenye yami kuzo zombili i-PATA nenhlangano yezokuvakasha esimeme yomhlaba ekhula ngamandla nokuqina emhlabeni wonke. Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi sisahlala ezweni le-COVID-19 lapho izinkombandlela zokuvakasha esikanye nazo, ama-travel agents, ama-hoteli, njll. Zilwa nazo zonke izingqinamba zokugcina abahambi bephephile futhi bezwakala.
Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi umhlaba esiphila kuwo manje, ngeke kube yizwe esizohlala kulo kusasa. Ngakho-ke, ngizikhumbuza nsuku zonke ukuthi ngingachithi isikhathi futhi ngibambe noma yisiphi isikhathi ukuze ngifunde kwamanye amalungu e-PATA, ukuze ngisebenzise amandla ami nolwazi ukusiza imboni yethu nganoma iyiphi indlela enginganikela ngayo. ”

U-Hai Ho ungusomabhizinisi onomthelela omkhulu kanye nenhloko ye-Triip, inkampani engenakuqhathaniswa ne-travel-cum-tech ehlanganiswe eSingapore. Unesipiliyoni seminyaka engu-12 emafemini akhula kahle akha uhla lwemikhiqizo yobuchwepheshe njengemikhiqizo yesango lokukhokha, amanethiwekhi omphakathi, izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ezigqokekayo, izinhlelo zokusebenza zomphakathi, nezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-eBook ukubala ezimbalwa. Ulwazi luka-Hai ekudaleni kokuqala nasekuqondeni embonini yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke kwamholela ekudaleni i-Triip.me, inkundla lapho umnyombo wayo inethiwekhi yendawo yokuhlala kanye nokuvakasha komuntu siqu okwenziwa kutholakale kubabukeli abayizigidi. Inzuzo yokuncintisana yenethiwekhi ikhono layo lanoma ubani emhlabeni wonke ukuthi adale, asebenzise futhi akhokhele ukuvakasha usebenzisa i-Triip.me. Ngokubeka i-Triip tech-centric positioning kanye nobuchule, i-Hai yethule inethiwekhi ye-blockchain yokuqala ukuya emakethe ebizwa ngokuthi i-Triip Protocol. U-Hai nethimba lakhe benza i-cryptocurrency ezokwenza abahlinzeki besevisi yezokuvakasha baxhumane ngokuqondile nabahambi endaweni yemakethe entsha, ehlukaniselwe izwe ezokwehlisa izindleko zakho kokubili ukutholwa kwamakhasimende kanye nohambo ngokwalo. Ngokusebenzisa le nkampani, i-Hai ithuthuke ngefilosofi yebhizinisi eqhutshwa ukusimama emnyombeni wombono wayo. Eminyakeni emine, idale amathuba emisebenzi kubantu bakuleli emazweni ayi-100, okuyenze yaba undabuzekwayo ekukhavelweni kwezimali ezincwadini ezihlanganisa i-Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes kanye ne-The Next Web. U-Triip ubengomunye wamalungu angama-512 eKomidi Lomhlaba Lokuziphatha Kwezokuvakasha - uhlelo lwe-World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

USuman Pandey ungumuntu owaziwayo kwezokuvakasha kweNepal kanye noMongameli we-Explore Himalaya Travel and Adventure, igama elaziwa kakhulu ngemisebenzi ehlukahlukene futhi emisha. Futhi uyi-CEO yeFishtail Air, inkampani enophephela emhlane yaseNepal; UMqondisi weSummit Air, osebenza ngamaphiko ohleliwe onakekela izivakashi eziya eMt. Indawo ye-Everest; Umqondisi wenxanxathela enkulu yebhizinisi eNepal, "iChhaya Centre", iMega Complex enezici eziningi efaka inkanyezi emihlanu ephethwe yiStarwood ngaphansi komkhiqizo othi "Aloft"; UMongameli weHimalaya Academy of Travel and Tourism, isikole esidlulisela ukuqeqeshwa kwezokuvakasha okuhlobene nezokuvakasha, kanye noMongameli weHimalaya Pre- Fab Pvt. Ltd, inkampani egxile ekwenzeni amakhaya akhethwe kuqala anobuhlobo obuhle. Amagalelo akhe amangalisayo eMkhakheni Wezokuvakasha waseNepal amenze wakwazi ukuthola iziqu ezahlukahlukene kanye nokuhlobisa kufaka phakathi u- "Suprasidha Gorkha Dakshin Bahu" ovela eKing Nepal ngo-2004; "Isithonjana Sezokuvakasha" yiNepal Association of Tourism Journalists e2018; "i-Lifetime Achievement Award" ngokushicilelwa kwezokuvakasha iGantabya Nepal ngo-2017; "Indoda Yezokuvakasha yonyaka" nguGantabya Nepal ngo-2010; kanye ne “Lifetime Achievement Award” yokunikela kwezokuvakasha yi “American Biographical Institute” (ABI) ezinze eRaleigh, North Carolina, eU.SA ngo-2008, ukubala ezimbalwa.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMaria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Umqondisi - Ihhovisi Lezokuvakasha likaMacao Government (MGTO), Macao, China kanye neSupawan Teerarat, Senior VP, Strategic Business Development & Innovation - Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), Thailand baqokelwe esigungwini esiphezulu Ibhodi njengamalungu angavoti.

Amalungu amasha eBhodi Eliphethe aqinisekisiwe eMhlanganweni Jikelele Wonyaka wePATA owawubanjwe ku-inthanethi ngo-Okthoba 14, 2020.