Ongena endimeni kaSihlalo eshiywe nguJohn Longley AM, nguMichael Meade, isikhulu sezokuvakasha nezivakashi kanye nomeluleki onolwazi olunzulu lokuphatha nokumaketha oluthathe iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane.
I-Perth Region Tourism Organisation Inc. (PRTO) namuhla ikhethe uMeade esikhundleni sikaSihlalo ophumayo u-Longley osebambe lesi sikhundla iminyaka eyishumi nane.
UMichael usebenze kulo lonke elase-Asia-Pacific ezindimeni eziphezulu zokuthengisa nezokuphatha nezinkampani ezinkulu zamahhotela nezinhlangano zezokuvakasha. Ubeyibamba lika-CEO weTourism Fiji futhi wasiza ekumiseni kabusha isizwe sisuka ekubeni yisifunda saba wumkhiqizo womhlaba wonke. Wasiza iVanuatu ukuba ilulame esivunguvungwini esibhubhisayo ngohlelo lokubuyisela ezokuvakasha.
UMichael waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokundiza neBritish Airways e-UK, wathuthela ePerth endaweni
1970s. Ubeyingxenye yethimba elivula ngaphambilini i-Esplanade Hotel Fremantle (manje eyi-Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges) kanye ne-Merlin Perth Hotel (manje eyi-Hyatt Regency Perth) kanye ne-Observation City Resort Hotel (manje eyiRendezvous Hotel Perth Scarborough).
Kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule uMichael ube nephothifoliyo ebanzi ehlanganisa uMqondisi Wesifunda Wezokumaketha, i-Australia, i-New Zealand, iNingizimu Pacific ye-Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), iPhini Likamongameli Eliphezulu Lokuthengisa Nokumaketha eqenjini elikhulu lamahhotela e-China i-Jin Jiang Hotels elizinze e- I-Shanghai kanye nePhini Likamongameli Eliphezulu Lokuthengisa Nokumaketha Rendezvous Hospitality Group ngaphambi kokuhola i-Tourism Fiji njengeBamba Lesikhulu Esiphethe ngo-2011 no-2012. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-20 ezinze e-Sydney uMichael ubuyele ePerth ngo-2017 futhi unguThishanhloko we-2M Hospitality iseluleko sokumaketha nokuphatha. .
UMichael ujoyina Amalungu Akhethiwe amahlanu kanye Namalungu Aqokiwe amane, akhethwe ngenxa yamakhono awo asethwe ukuze agcwalise labo abakhethwe isisekelo sobulungu be-PRTO. Okhethweni lwalo nyaka kwaba nezindawo ezintathu ezingenele ukhetho, okuyi-Avon Valley enabaqokiwe abathathu, iFremantle & Rottnest Island enabaqokiwe ababili kanye neSunset Coast enabaqokiwe abathathu. Kulandela ivoti, u-Victoria Williams oqokwe esikhundleni se-Avon Valley, u-Olwyn Williams we-Fremantle & Rottnest Island kanye no-Nathan Baker we-Sunset Coast.
"Sijabule ngentshisekelo yokufaka isandla kuBhodi lethu, elihlinzeka ngomkhombandlela wamasu we-Destination Perth", kusho uSihlalo ophumayo osesebenze isikhathi eside u-John Longley AM. “UMichael uqokwe njengelungu leBhodi emhlanganweni wethu webhodi ka-Okthoba futhi waphinde wakhethwa njengoSihlalo namuhla. Ngingathanda ukwamukela uMichael mathupha eBhodini futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ngidlulisela induku kuSihlalo oqeqeshwe kakhulu”. Amalungu Ebhodi Asanda Kuqokwa ahlanganisa noScott Alderson, Umqondisi Wezokuthengisa, Amahhotela Ama-Crown Perth kanye no-Deb Carr, Umphathi Wegatsha - WA, ATEC.
“Kuyisahluko esisha se-Destination Perth; siqale unyaka wezimali nge-CEO entsha u-Tracey Cinavas-Prosser, kulandela ukuthatha umhlalaphansi kuka-Noeleen Pearson ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nane. Ngisijabulele kakhulu isikhathi sami njengoSihlalo wePRTO,” kusho uJohn. “Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi njengoSihlalo sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi nami ngithathe umhlalaphansi ngivule ithuba lokuthi isizukulwane esisha sakhele phezu komsebenzi esiwutholile ngesikhathi sami sokuphatha”.
Amalungu eBhodi asanda kukhethwa naqokiwe ajoyina Ibhodi elikhona lika-Jeromy Cotterill - Ilungu Elikhethiwe u-Perth, u-Grant Brinklow - Umgcinimafa & Ilungu Elikhethiwe i-Swan Valley & Darling Range, u-James Mulholland, uMqondisi, i-Rottnest Fast Ferries - Ilungu Eliqokiwe kanye no-Myrianthe Riddy. Umnikazi, iMandurah Cruises - Ilungu Eliqokiwe.
