UMike Croucher, umakhi omkhulu we I-Travelport, izokwethula inkulumo yosuku lokuvula ngo Ukuhambela Phambili, esebenzisa isipiliyoni sakhe esikhulu emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe bezokuvakasha ukuze aqinise umyalezo wokuthi inguquko yedijithali ekuhambeni ayikaqali ukusebenza.
I-Travel Forward yokuqala, umcimbi omusha ogxile kwezobuchwepheshe obambisene neWTM London, wenziwa kusukela ngomhla ka-5 - 7 Novemba 2018 e-ExCeL London, e-UK eNorth Hall (ekungeneni 9 no-10). Inkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaCroucher yenzeka ngosuku lokuvula, ngoMsombuluko ngo-9 ekuseni eKeynote Theatre.
Njengomakhi omkhulu, uCroucher unesibopho sokusungula, ukuthuthukisa kanye nokwethula ingqalasizinda yezobuchwepheshe lapho kusebenza khona indawo yokuhweba yezokuvakasha eTravelport, manje nasesikhathini esizayo. Ubuchwepheshe budinga ukwesabeka ukusingatha ukukhula kweTravelport kanye nobufakazi besikhathi esizayo ukubhekana nanoma yiziphi izinguquko zamasu ezinhlelweni zayo zebhizinisi.
Umphumela walokhu ukuthi akadingi nje kuphela ukwazi ngokuseduze ngobuchwepheshe obukhona manje, izinto ezintsha ezizayo kanye namathrendi wabathengi kepha futhi akwazi ukusebenzisa lolu lwazi kumongo webhizinisi.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwezobuchwepheshe bokuhamba kwandulela i-inthanethi iminyaka eminingi.
UCroucher uthweswe iziqu zezibalo e-Loughborough University ngo-1980 - kwenzeka okufanayo ngonyaka ofanayo nowe-WTM London yokuqala ngqa - ngaphambi kokuchitha unyaka njengomfundi othweswe iziqu ze-telefoni yaseSweden i-giant Ericsson. Ubuye wachitha iminyaka embalwa njengonkontileka ngaphambi kokuthola iqhaza lakhe lokuqala lokuzinikela kwezokuvakasha ngo-1983 njengomphathi wohlelo omkhulu weSAS Scandinavian Airlines.
Kusukela lapho, ukugxila kwakhe kwezobuchwepheshe bekugxile kubuchwepheshe bokuhamba kuphela, nendlela yakhe yomsebenzi ekhombisa ukuthuthuka kwesizinda okuningi kanye nomhlaba obanzi wezohwebo. Ujoyine uGalileo ngo-1988 ngesikhathi lapho izinhlelo zokusatshalaliswa komhlaba zase-US zazifuna ukungena eYurophu.
Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva wajoyina i-BA futhi wayekhona lapho kusungulwa izinjini zokuqala zokubhuka ze-inthanethi, ukuthuthukiswa kwama-ejenti wokuhamba online kanye nokukhula kwabathwali ababiza kancane.
Wayesene-BA ngo-2007, unyaka lapho i-Apple yethula khona i-iPhone yokuqala futhi kwaqala iminyaka ye-smartphone. Isikhathi sakhe eBA sasihlanganisa nokuvela kweFacebook neTwitter, ukukhula okungayeki nokwandiswa kweGoogle, izinsuku zokuqala ze-Uber ne-Airbnb, okuyiyona eyinhloko yefu nedatha enkulu. Ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kwase kuqalile. IBlockchain yayilinde ezimpikweni.
Uthathe indima yakhe njengamanje neTravelport e2014.
Inkulumo yakhe yosuku izothinta konke okungenhla futhi inikeze umongo walokho uCroucher azokuhlonza njengezindawo eziseqhulwini ezithakazelisa imboni yezokuvakasha. Uzosabalalisa indawo yamanje yobuchwepheshe ezintweni ezibaluleke kakhulu zebhizinisi - iselula, ubuhlakani bokufakelwa, idatha enkulu, ifu le-hybrid, i-Intanethi Yezinto ne-blockchain.
IBlockchain izoba ngenye yezindawo zokuxoxa ezinkulu eTravel Forward, kanti uCroucher uzokwabelana ngokucabanga kweTravelport mayelana nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obufushane, obuphakathi nendawo kanye nobude besikhathi eside. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka likhiphe iphepha elimhlophe elithi "Blockchain futhi lasabalalisa ubuchwepheshe beleja eTravelport" elalihlonza amacala okusetshenziswa ohambweni.
Kodwa-ke, ngeminyaka engamashumi amathathu yokuhlangenwe nakho kwetheknoloji yezokuvakasha, uCroucher uyakwazi futhi ukubona ukuthi i-blockchain - futhi empeleni ezinye izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe ezinesimo se-buzzword njengamanje - ngeke zisebenze.
URichard Gayle, Umphathi Wemicimbi, iTravel Forward uthe: “Siyajabula ukuthi sithole omunye wochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe kwezokuvakasha abanolwazi olunzulu nabasebenza kule mboni namuhla, kwenye yezinkampani ezisungula izinto kakhulu kulo mkhakha.
"Inkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaMike Croucher izohambisana ngokuphelele nezinhloso zethu ze-Travel Forward: ukucabanga phambili, ukufundisa nokujabulisa, ngokugxila ngokungapheli ekutheni ubuchwepheshe bungasetshenziswa kanjani yimboni yezokuvakasha ukuze izuze ekuguqulweni okuqhubekayo kwedijithali."
