UNgqongqoshe uBartlett ukhumbula isithonjana sezokuvakasha saseCanada u-Edith Baxter

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, UMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett uzwakalise ukuzisola okukhulu ngokudlula emhlabeni komngane wakhe omdala nozakwabo kulemboni u-Edith Baxter, umsunguli kanye nomhleli oyinhloko weqembu labashicileli laseCanada iBaxter Media.

“Ngifisa ukudlulisa amazwi enduduzo endodakazini kaNkk. Baxter uWendy McClung, nomndeni wakhe kanye nabo bonke abaphathi beBaxter Media nabasebenzi kulesi sikhathi esinzima. UNksz Baxter ubeyizwi elinamandla embonini yezokuvakasha yaseCanada iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu futhi umlando wakhe uzokhunjulwa iminyaka ezayo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.

U-Edith, noma uNkz. B njengoba ayaziwa kanjalo phakathi kwabangane bakhe, wayengumholi ongenakuqhathaniswa embonini yezokuvakasha yaseCanada. Iminyaka engaphezu kwengama-50, ubesebenza ehhovisi le-Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier - izincwadi ezimbili zezokuvakasha ezihlonishwayo nezifundwa kabanzi kuleli.

Wasungula iqembu lezindaba elidumile ngo-1968 kanye nomyeni wakhe ongasekho nozakwabo kwezamabhizinisi uWilliam (Bill) Henry Baxter, owashona ngo-2004.

Ecabanga ngokudlula emhlabeni kuka-Baxter, uSihlalo we-Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) uJohn Lynch uthe, “Uzokhunjulwa kakhulu njengentatheli ekhaliphile, usomabhizinisi wesifazane onolwazi olunzulu kanye nomngane wangempela wase-Jamaica. Wenza inqwaba yohambo lokuya esiqhingini - ikakhulukazi ejabulela isikhathi sakhe e-Half Moon Resort - futhi wakha ubungane obuqinile nababengabaqondisi besifunda be-JTB uPat Samuels kanye noSandra Scott."

Ngaphansi kobuholi buka-Edith Baxter, u-Baxter Media ubambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuqhakambiseni i-Destination Jamaica emakethe yaseCanada kule minyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule.

Ngo-2018, u-Baxter waklonyeliswa nge-Order of Distinction nguhulumeni wase-Jamaica ngenxa yokubonga kwakhe amagalelo akhe embonini yezokuvakasha kanye nomsebenzi obalulekile abewenzele i-Jamaica.

Kule minyaka engu-25 edlule, u-Baxter Media uhlele umqhudelwano odumile wase-Canadian Travel Industry Golf Tournament, obunganyelwe esiqhingini ngokubambisana ne-Sandals Resorts. Umcimbi waminyaka yonke wezimboni uletha inqwaba yabasebenzeli bezokuvakasha, abaqhubi bezokuvakasha, abamele izinkampani zezindiza kanye nabalingani bezokuvakasha ndawonye e-Jamaica isonto lonke lemicimbi yokuxhumana, ukuncintisana okunobungane ngezixhumanisi kanye nokwamukela izihambi eziqhingini ezinyakazayo.

I-Jamaica iphinde yagqanyiswa njengendawo ewina imiklomelo kanye nebhodi lezokuvakasha kuma-Agents' Choice Awards aminyaka yonke e-Baxter Media, inhlolovo enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ebanzi kakhulu yama-ejenti ezokuvakasha e-Canada. Iminyaka engu-15 ilandelana, i-Jamaica ibizwe ngokuthi 'Ibhodi Lezivakashi Eliyintandokazi - I-Caribbean' emiklomelweni ekhethwa ngabafundi yaminyaka yonke.

“U-Edith Baxter ubengumlandeli weqiniso owaba nomthelela omkhulu emphakathini wezokuvakasha lapha e-Canada nangale kwawo,” kukhumbula u-Angela Bennett, uMqondisi Wesifunda, eCanada, i-JTB.

“Njalo uma ngijabulela ukuhlangana naye, ngangihlale ngizithola ngimangele njengoba ekhuluma ngomsebenzi wakhe futhi exoxa ngezindaba zohambo lwakhe lokuya eJamaica. Ubenothando lwangempela nesiqhingi futhi uzomkhumbula kakhulu.”