UTom Nutley uthatha umhlalaphansi ngoMashi ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengama-25 engusihlalo weReed Travel Exhibitions (RTE). Uqokwe esikhundleni esisha setoho sokubonisana nomongameli ongeyena umphathi we-RTE, kusukela ngo-April.
Indima yakhe izothathwa uRichard Mortimore, umqondisi ophethe we-RTE.
U-Alastair Gornall, oyi-CEO ye-Reed Exhibitions UK uthe: “UTom ufake isandla esikhulu eMibukisweni ye-Reed futhi ube nesibopho sokuthuthukisa imibukiso emisha engu-14 kanye nokusiza ekusunguleni impumelelo emangalisayo neqhubekayo ye-World Travel Market, umcimbi omkhulu we isigaba sokuhamba.
“Ngithanda ukuthatha leli thuba ngibonge u-Tom ngayo yonke imizamo yakhe kule kota yekhulu edlule futhi ngimfisela umhlalaphansi onenzuzo enhle.
“Iphothifoliyo ye-RTE isesimweni esihle sokubhekana nezinselelo zika-2008 futhi u-Richard Mortimore nethimba lakhe bazophatha futhi baqhubekisele phambili indlela yamasu esigaba.
“Kuyangijabulisa futhi ukuthi u-Tom wamukele indima yesikhashana yokubonisana njengomongameli we-RTE futhi uzoqhubeka nokusisiza ekuthuthukiseni nasekukhuliseni ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha”
U-Tom Nutley uthe, “Ngiyijabulele kakhulu iminyaka engu-25 edlule no-Reed futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngendlela imibukiso ye-Reed Travel Exhibitions ethuthuke ngayo kanye neqembu engibe nelungelo lokusebenza nalo.
"Ngijabule ngokuthi uReed unginikeze ithuba lokuqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwesikhathi esizayo kwe-RTE".
I-RTE ingumgqugquzeli womhlaba omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni wemicimbi yokuhweba ngezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa i-Arabian Travel Market e-Dubai ye-Middle East kanye nesifunda sase-Pan Arab kanye ne-EIBTM e-Barcelona, imihlangano yaminyaka yonke yomhlaba kanye nombukiso wemihlomulo.
U-Nutley wasungula i-RTE futhi waba usihlalo wayo wokuqala ngqa ngoFebhuwari, 2003. Waphayona i-RTE's Meridian Club, umqondo omusha omkhulu ekukhangiseni ngobudlelwano bamakhasimende, okuvumela abaphathi abakhulu ukuthi baxoxisane ngezinkontileka zokuthenga ezinkulu endaweni egxilile yebhizinisi kuya kwebhizinisi.
Ubambe iqhaza elibonakalayo nezinhlangano ezihamba phambili zemboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa neWorld Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO), i-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) kanye ne-Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT).
UNutley uzoqhubeka njengomgcinimafa kanye nomphathiswa we-Just a Drop, inhlangano esiza abantulayo ngamanzi, eyasungulwa yi-World Travel Market egameni lemboni yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe cishe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
