Umthengisi wamahhotela aphezulu, u-Ed Fuller, umongameli kanye nomqondisi ophethe we-Marriott International Lodging, uzobe exwayisa esiqandisini ngoSuku Lonyaka Lomhlaba Lokubhekelela Lezokuvakasha lwe-WTM.
U-Fuller 'usesihlalweni esishisayo' no-Stephen Sackur, umethuli wezindaba ohamba phambili we-BBC World wohlelo lukamabonakude lomhlaba wonke oluwine indondo 'Hard Talk.'
Inhlolokhono – engelinye lamaphuzu ahlaba umxhwele oSuku Lomhlaba Lokubhekelela Lezokuvakasha lwe-WTM ngoLwesithathu, Novemba 12 e-ExCeL London ngo-12 emini – ikhuthaza izinkampani nezindawo ukuthi zenze ezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo.
Ngokuhlanganyela ne UNWTO futhi lisekelwa izinhlangano ezihola phambili zezimboni emhlabeni wonke, usuku luwuhlelo lomhlaba wonke olunebhongo kakhulu lolo hlobo emhlabeni.
UFiona Jeffery, usihlalo weWorld Travel Market uthe bajabule ngokuthi u-Ed Fuller usamukele isimemo sabo sokudingida indlela yabo yezemvelo. “Sithemba ukuthi uzogqugquzela izinkampani eziningi zamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi zicubungule ngokujulile isu lezokuvakasha elinomthwalo wemfanelo,” kusho yena.
UFuller uthembise ukuthi ngeke athambise amazwi akhe.
“Ngikholwa wukuthi simi ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo,” usho kanje. “Nakuba isayensi yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ingase kusaphikiswana ngayo, bambalwa abaphikisa ngokuthi amazinga okushisa ayenyuka emhlabeni wonke nokuthi lolu shintsho lungaba nomthelela omubi kakhulu ezindaweni nezibalo zabantu.
“Njengemboni kuyingozi kakhulu ukuhlala ubukele. Kudingeka sibambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuqondeni ushintsho futhi senze ingxenye yethu ukunciphisa lo mkhuba. "
Uthe uMarriot umatasatasa. Le nkampani isebenza ne-Conservation International ukuze iqonde ngokugcwele futhi ilinganise ngokunembile umkhondo wayo wekhabhoni yomhlaba wonke.
“Sinamaqembu ephrojekthi agxile ezindleleni zokuhlanganisa izindlela ezingcono zezemvelo kulo lonke ibhizinisi lethu okuhlanganisa ukuthengwa kwempahla, ukuklama, ukwakha kanye nobunjiniyela.
“Imboni yethu inkulu emhlabeni futhi ithembisa ukukhula kakhulu eminyakeni engu-50 ezayo. Asikwazi ukuziba amaqiniso.
“Sineqhaza okufanele silibambe manje ekwehliseni umthelela wemboni yethu emoyeni esiwuphefumulayo, emanzini esiwaphuzayo nasezindaweni lapho sihweba khona.”
UFuller uthe ukuba wumnikazi wamahhotela akulula njengoba kwakunjalo ngesikhathi eqala eminyakeni engu-35 edlule. Ngaphandle kwemali engenayo, inzuzo nokukhula, uthe kumele kugxilwe nasekuphathweni kwezindawo okuyiwa kuzo.
“Asigcini ngokuthengisa amahhotela, kodwa nalapho siya khona,” wengeza. “Lapho abahambi benza isinqumo sabo sokuthenga, ngokuvamile abayikhethi indawo abaya kuyo ngoba bafuna ukuhlala kwelinye lamahhotela ethu - ikakhulukazi lapho benza izinqumo zokungcebeleka. Bakhetha indawo ngoba bafuna ukuzwa okukhangayo kwezamasiko noma zokupheka, izindawo zemvelo noma izindawo ezibalulekile zomlando.
“Ngikubheka njengelungelo ukusebenzisa amahhotela emabhishi ahlanzekile, eduze nemvelo neziqiwi zezilwane zasendle nasemadolobheni anomlando wamasiko - ngikubheka njengomsebenzi wethu ukuvikela nokulondoloza lezi zindawo. Nakuba sigxile emigomweni yethu yesikhathi esifushane kanye nenzuzo yonyaka, masingakhohlwa umthwalo wemfanelo wesikhathi eside esinawo ezindaweni esizibiza ngokuthi yikhaya.
“Ngiphonsela inselelo imboni yethu ukuthi ibambe iqhaza ekutholeni izimpendulo ezisebenzayo nezinobuhlakani ngezimbangela zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu futhi ibe ngabaphathi abangcono bemvelo.
"Singenza umehluko ... kumele senze umehluko."
I-'Hot Seat' no-Ed Fuller noStephen Sackur izoba ngo-12 emini ngoLwesithathu, November 12 e-WTM's Conference Set, Platinum Suite 4, Level 3, ExCeL London. Ngena ku-www.wtmwrtd.co.uk ngohlelo lwe-WTM World Responsible Tourism Day.
