Isikhumulo sezindiza saseMontego Bay i-Sangster International Airport (MBJ) sizokwamukela ezinye izindiza eziyisishiyagalolunye ezengeziwe zamasonto onke phakathi nesizini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ka-2014-2015, njengoba ikomkhulu lase-UK iThomson Cruises imisa omunye wemikhumbi yayo emine ethekwini elisenyakatho neMontego Bay.
I-Thomson Dream enabagibeli abangu-1,500, abasebenzi abangu-600 izodlulisa izinkulungwane zabavakashi abavela kulo lonke elaseYurophu ngesipiliyoni esimangalisayo sase-Caribbean. Uhambo oluzinze eMontego Bay luhlanganisa izinsuku eziyisikhombisa emkhunjini nokuhlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa e-Jamaica. Izikhumulo zezingcingo ezingavamile zihlanganisa i-Playa del Carmen, i-Belize City, i-Havana, i-Puerto Limon ne-St. Maarten, i-Antigua ne-Azores.
Izihambeli ze-Thomson Dream zizothokozela indawo entsha ye-Sangster International's World Duty Free walk-through boutique uma ivulwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kule nyanga. Ngokuxutshwa kwe-eclectic kwamabhrendi womhlaba kanye nezipesheli zasendaweni zase-Jamaican, ngokuqinisekile kuzoba nokuthile okungasiza ekwehliseni uguquko ukusuka ogwini lwase-Caribbean ukuya empilweni yangempela.
Inkukhu emuncu ebabayo igezwe ngobhiya we-Red Stripe endaweni ekhululekile yase-Caribbean. Ukufakwa kobuciko bendawo, imidlalo ye-reggae nezindawo zokugcina ezinikezwe ngephalethi yesiqhingi egqamile, eshiswe yilanga. Idiliya elidumile lase-Jamaica liqala ukuphila ngayo yonke imininingwane esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Sangster International (MBJ), futhi lowo mkhuba uhlelelwe ukuthi uqhubeke lapho kuvulwa isitolo ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Isetshenziswa yi-World Duty Free, enye yezitolo ezihamba phambili emhlabeni, indawo entsha ye-MBJ ye-821-square-square meter duty free boutique izoba namakhulu emikhiqizo ekhethwe ngesandla ukuze ivumelane nokuthanda kokuthenga kwezivakashi ezivakashela lesi siqhingi esiyipharadesi. Okugqamile kokuhlangenwe nakho ngokuqinisekile kuzoba i-Thinking Jamaica, lapho, ngaphansi kophahla lotshani, izihambeli zingasampula ukunambitheka kwesithonjana kwesiqhingi, okuhlanganisa nezinhlobonhlobo zamaramu namabhiya ase-Jamaica.
Noma kuqhubeka ukwakhiwa, ukuthengiswa kotshwala, iziqholo nogwayi kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-25, kusho u-Elizabeth Scotton, oyisikhulu sezohwebo etshela i-HUB. “Iqiniso lokuthi i-World Duty Free ikhethe i-Sangster International njengendawo yayo yokuqala ngqa e-Caribbean ikhuluma kakhulu ngalokho esikuzuzile isikhumulo sezindiza sethu mayelana nokuxhumana kanye nolwazi lwamakhasimende,” wengeza.
Esikhathini esingaphansi kweminyaka eyishumi, isikhumulo sezindiza saseMontego Bay sesamukele izindiza ezintsha ezingaphezu kwezingu-30, saphinda kathathu ubukhulu besikhumulo saso futhi saphinda sakha kabusha ulwazi lwesikhumulo sezindiza cishe kubagibeli baso abacishe babe yizigidi ezi-3.5, futhi abakhulayo, minyaka yonke. Ukwandiswa kwakamuva kuhlanganisa izindawo ezintsha zokusuka, amabhuloho engeziwe angu-18 okulayisha, ukuthuthukiswa kwezinto zokuhamba ezihamba phansi kanye nohlelo olwandisiwe lokugcwaliswa kwendiza.
I-Vantage Airport Group ingumnikazi wamasheya we-equity e-MBJ Airports Limited, esebenza isikhumulo sezindiza, futhi ibibambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwaso njengomsebenzi wangasese kusukela ngo-2003. Ngaleso sikhathi, imali engenayo yokuhweba inyuke ngamaphesenti angu-183. Njengoba i-World Duty Free ihola imisebenzi yamahhala, lelo phesenti lihlelelwe ukuthi likhuphuke nakakhulu, okuhumushela emisebenzini eyengeziwe kanye neminikelo yezomnotho embonini yezokuvakasha yase-Jamaica.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sangster sizuze ukuhlonishwa kwemboni yaso esezingeni eliphezulu okwamanje: ukungeniswa ohlwini Lokusebenza Olungcono Kakhulu Lomqondisi Jikelele we-Airports Council International, ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yaso eqoqiwe yocwaningo lwabagibeli esikhathini esiyiminyaka emihlanu. Imenyezelwe ngoMashi, i-MBJ iphakathi kwezikhumulo zezindiza ezingama-22 emhlabeni wonke ukuthola leli ndondo.
U-ETN unguzakwethu wemidiya onemizila. Imizila iyilungu le I-International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).
