Kulesi simemezelo, uSihlalo we-PATA u-Peter Semone uthe, “Ngithanda ukubonga kuqala uDkt. Abdulla Mausoom, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, iRiphabhulikhi yaseMaldives ngesikhathi sakhe negalelo lakhe kuBhodi Eliphethe kule minyaka emibili edlule. Ukwesekwa kwakhe nolwazi lwakhe lwaba lusizo olukhulu kithi ngesikhathi esibucayi embonini yethu ephuma kulolu bhubhane. Ngingathanda futhi ukwamukela uNksz Noredah Othman futhi ngamukele uDkt. Gerald Perez kuBhodi Eliphethe. Irekhodi labo eliqinisekisiwe nesizinda kuzobenza babe usizo olukhulu ku-PATA nakumalungu ethu.”
Ngesipiliyoni seminyaka engama-30 ku-Sabah Tourism, uNksz Noredah Othman uyisikhulu esisebenze isikhathi eside ku-Sabah Tourism Board. Unesibopho sokumaketha nokukhuthaza indawo okuyiwa kuyo.
UNksz Noredah Othman usebambe izikhundla ezahlukene kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1990 futhi wasebenza njengePhini Lomphathi Jikelele (Izinkonzo Zokusekela) kusukela ngo-2016. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ubeyiMenenja Yezokukhangisa e-UK, Europe, Australia, kanye nezimakethe zase-USA kusukela ngo-2011 kuya ku-2015. WayeyiMenenja Yezokumaketha e-UK, Europe, nase-Australia kusukela ngo-2005-2010.
UNksz Othman, unina wezingane ezintathu, waphothula imfundo yakhe eSingapore, waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuba umsizi wezivakashi enkampanini i-Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation (STPC), eyandulela i-STB, ngo-1990. Phakathi kuka-1991 no-2005, wayebambe iqhaza. isikhundla sokuba umsizi wesikhulu sezindaba zomphakathi futhi kamuva njengomphathi wezokuxhumana. UNksz Othman uklonyeliswe ngomfundaze we-PATA Foundation for Executive Development for Tourism (EDIT) Program ngo-2015.
UDkt. Gerry Perez ungumuntu ozinikele futhi ophumelele obambe elikhulu iqhaza emikhakheni eyahlukene, ikakhulukazi kwezokuvakasha kanye nenkonzo yomphakathi. Wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eGuam, waphothula uFr. I-Duenas Memorial School futhi yaqhubeka nokuthola iziqu ze-bachelor in Forestry kanye ne-Master's Degree in Wildlife Management ngezindondo ezivela eNyuvesi yase-Idaho. Uphinde abe neziqu ze-Ph.D. kwezokuThuthukiswa kwezokuVakasha kanye neNqubomgomo Yomphakathi evela eNyuvesi yase-Alaska Fairbanks.
Emizamweni yakhe yebhizinisi yangasese, uDkt. Perez ubonise ubuholi nempumelelo eyisimanga. Wathatha umhlalaphansi ngo-2003 njenge-Travel Retail Executive, lapho ayengamele abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-500 ngesikhathi sakhe seminyaka engu-23. Uphinde abe ngumnikazi weMicromed Suppliers futhi usebenze njengeMenenja Jikelele yeGuam Visitors Bureau. Ikhono likaGerry lebhizinisi elivelele liholele ekungenisweni kwakhe eGuam Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame ngo-2017, futhi wamela iNkomfa Yebhizinisi LaseWhite House njengesithunywa ngo-1994.
Ngokuzibophezela okungaguquki ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha, uDkt. Perez ubelokhu ebambe iqhaza ezinhlanganweni nezingqungquthela ezahlukahlukene. Njengamanje ukhonza njengePhini likaMongameli weGuam Visitors Bureau futhi uyilungu elisungula iMicronesia Cruise Association. Njengesikhulumi esidumile, wabelane ngobuchule bakhe ezithangamini zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-Beijing International Forum on Chinese Overseas Travel kanye ne-SKAL Asia Tourism Congress. Ukuzinikela kukaGerry embonini yezokuvakasha kubonakala ngobulungu bakhe kuGuam Tourism Foundation kanye neBhodi Eliphethe le I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
Ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yakhe yobungcweti, uGerry ubambe iqhaza elikhulu ezindimeni zomphakathi nezikahulumeni. Usebenze njengoSihlalo weBhodi Labaphathiswa BesiKhwama Somhlalaphansi sikaGovGuam kanye nePhini likaSihlalo we-University of Guam Board of Regents. UGerry uphinde wabamba izikhundla ezinhlanganweni ezifana ne-KGTF Public Television, Bureau of Budget and Management Research, iGuam Economic Development Authority, kanye noMnyango Wezolimo, lapho asebenza khona njenge-Wildlife Biologist.
UNksz Othman kanye UDkt Perez uzojoyina amanye amalungu eBhodi Eliphethe okuhlanganisa no-Peter Semone, uSihlalo, i-PATA; Benjamin Liao, iPhini likaSihlalo, i-PATA kanye noSihlalo, i-Forte Hotel Group, i-Chinese Taipei, eSingapore; USuman Pandey, uNobhala/uMgcinimafa u-PATA kanye noMongameli, Hlola i-Himalaya Travel and Adventure, eNepal; U-Tunku Iskandar, uMongameli weqembu, u-Mitra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia; I-SanJeet, uMqondisi Ophethe, i-DDP Publications Private Ltd., e-India; U-Luzi Matzig, uSihlalo, i-Asian Trails Ltd., e-Thailand, kanye noDkt. Fanny Vong, uMongameli – i-Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), i-Macao, e-China, kanye namalungu angavoti, u-Soon-Hwa Wong, i-CEO, i-AsiaChina Pte ., Ltd., Singapore kanye noMayur (Mac) Patel, Inhloko yase-Asia, i-OAG, Singapore.
Amalungu amasha eBhodi Eliphethe agunyazwa eMhlanganweni Omkhulu Wonyaka we-PATA obanjwe ku-inthanethi ngoJuni 27, 2023.
