BANGKOK, Thailand - I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) ijabule ukumemezela ukwethulwa kwe-PATA Hong Kong Isahluko esisha ngoJulayi 27, 2012 e-Hotel ICON, e-Kowloon, e-Hong Kong, ngobusuku bangaphambi komhlangano wayo weBhodi Eliphethe.
U-Eng João Manuel Costa Antunes, uSihlalo we-PATA, uthe: “Umndeni wakwa-PATA ujabule kakhulu ukubona ukuvulwa kabusha kweSahluko sase-Hong Kong. I-Hong Kong ingelinye lamadolobha aguquguqukayo emhlabeni futhi iyindawo yezokuvakasha evuthiwe enamandla amakhulu okufaka isandla ngendlela ehleleke kakhudlwana enhlanganweni kanye nenhloso yayo yokwakha intuthuko enomthwalo wemfanelo yohambo nokuvakasha e-Asia Pacific. Ukuzinikela nokuzibandakanya kwamalungu esahluko sendawo okwenza i-PATA ibe inhlangano ephilayo futhi iqinisekise ukuqhubeka kwayo njengoba siqhubekela esizukulwaneni esilandelayo.”
Isahluko sase-Hong Kong siholwa nguNkk. Linda Song, uMqondisi Omkhulu, i-Plaza Premium Lounge Management Ltd. Ingoma ingelinye lamalungu amathathu eBhodi Eliphethe le-PATA elizinze e-Hong Kong. Abanye nguMnu. Anthony Lau, uMqondisi Omkhulu, Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha laseHong Kong; kanye noProf. Kaye Chon, iDini, Isikole Sokuphathwa Kwamahhotela Nezokuvakasha, Inyuvesi yaseHong Kong Polytechnic.
UMnu. Martin J Craigs, oyi-CEO ye-PATA, uthe: “Ibhodi lethu Eliphethe lamazwe ayi-12 avela emazweni ayi-8 ahlukene e-Asia Pacific lizohlangana ngalo Mgqibelo ngendlela efaneleke kakhulu esikhungweni sokufunda esihamba phambili sezokuvakasha saseHong Kong. Iqhaza eliyingqayizivele le-PATA ukumela zombili izinhlangothi ezizimele nezikahulumeni zomkhakha wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha (izinhlangano ezingama-770 ezivela emazweni angaphezu kwama-50 njengamanje). Amalungu ezinkampani ezizimele makhulu futhi anethonya njenge-VISA, i-Cathay Pacific, ne-Marriott, kanye nenqwaba yama-NTO athembele ekumelaneni okuhambisana ne-PATA, [kanye] nama-SME asezingeni eliphansi ancike ocwaningweni lwe-PATAmPOWER kanye nemicimbi ye-Travel Mart ukuze akhe ibhizinisi labo.”
“Ngijabule futhi ukwamukela i-Hong Kong PATA Chapter evuselelwe emndenini. Lesi yisikhathi esibalulekile kwezokuvakasha eHong Kong njengoba ifuna ukulingana kahle futhi iqinisekise ukuthi ezokuvakasha zihlala zingamandla amakhulu njengakuso sonke isifunda sase-Asia Pacific, ”engeza.
Isahluko se-PATA Hong Kong sizohlanganisa izigaba ezahlukahlukene zezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Lokhu kubandakanya ezondiza, ezokuvakasha, ezokuvakasha, abezindaba, izifundiswa nohulumeni. Imisebenzi yesahluko ihlanganisa amasemina, amadina enethiwekhi anezikhulumi eziyisivakashi, nezinkomfa zomkhakha.
UNkk. Linda Song, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Plaza Premium Lounge kanye noSihlalo omusha we-PATA Hong Kong Chapter, uthe: “Ukwabelana ngolwazi kubalulekile ekukhuphuleni izinga lezimboni zethu zasendaweni ezihlinzeka ngezokuvakasha ngenkathi kugcinwa amagugu amasiko ngendlela ethinta imvelo. Umfelandawonye wethu wochwepheshe bezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ubekwe endaweni efanele ukusekela inqubekelaphambili elinganiselayo nenezela inani elikhulu nengqalasizinda yezokuvakasha ebalulekile njengomzila wezindiza wesithathu e-CLK.”
Umqondo we-PATA Chapter wamukelwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1957; inhloso yayo ihlala ingamathuluzi ayo okuxhumana noshintsho. Umqondo we-PATA Next Gen uhlose ukuqhubeka nokuhlanganisa abantu ubuso nobuso, kuyilapho usebenzisa ngobuhlakani izinkundla zokuxhumana kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha bezokuxhumana. Njengamanje kunezahluko ezingama-41 nezahluko eziyisithupha zabafundi kulo lonke elaseMelika, eYurophu, nase-Asia Pacific.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, sicela uthinte Nympha Leung at [i-imeyili ivikelwe] noma uJowie Wong [i-imeyili ivikelwe] .
