- Engenamsebenzi futhi enesibambiso sokubambisa kanye nezingane ezi-4 okufanele azondle, ngesibindi uNick wasungula i-Insight International Tours.
- Ngo-1990, waba nguSihlalo wokuqala we-European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), eyasungulwa ngenhloso yokunxenxa yonke imboni ezingeni le-EU.
- Naphezu kokufeza kwakhe okuningi, wezwa ukuthi impumelelo yakhe enkulu yayikukushada noHelen, owashiya uhlangothi lwakhe phakathi neminyaka engama-62 beshadile.
Abantu abaningi bazobe sebemazi ohambweni olulodwa lwempilo, belazi iqhaza lakhe elimangazayo, bengazi ukuthi wayemangalisa nakwezinye.
Wayengumfana wokuqala oyinhloko ongumJuda waseClifton College, ukaputeni wama-cadet nokaputeni we-XV yokuqala. Wayemele iLiverpool, iLancashire neNgilandi njengomdlali webhola lombhoxo wesikole futhi wathola icala laseNgilandi njengomdlali wegalofu wesikole. Wathola umfundaze wombuso ezibalweni futhi wathola indawo eClare College Cambridge lapho afunda khona umthetho. Ngawo lowo nyaka athola ngawo iziqu zokuqala, waphinde wamela iCambridge kwiVarsity Match. Usho ngemuva kwalokho ukuthi ukuphuma e-turf eTwickenham kwesinye sezikhathi zokuziqhenya kakhulu empilweni yakhe. Kepha ngenkathi leso kwakuyisikhathi sakhe sokuziqhenya kakhulu, wezwa ukuthi impumelelo yakhe enkulu yayikukushada noHelen, owashiya uhlangothi lwakhe phakathi neminyaka engama-62 beshadile.
Ngemuva kokuyeka eyunivesithi, wakufanelekela ukuba ngummeli, waba ngowesine ezweni kowamanqamu wamabhawa. Kodwa-ke, umthetho wawungeyona eyakhe, futhi wakhetha umsebenzi webhizinisi, waqala efemini yomndeni njengomphathi wesitolo sefenisha iCourts eWalton eThames.
Enhliziyweni, wayengusomabhizinisi, futhi akubanga isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba afune ukuphuma. Esekelwa ngomunye wabomalume bakhe, wathenga isabelo kwi-Overseas Visitors Club (OVC), okuyibhizinisi elise-Earls Court, eLondon, aligijimisa iminyaka eyishumi, futhi ngokwenza lokho, wakha okwakuzoba “indawo” abantu abasha abavakashela e-UK okokuqala besuka e-Australia, eNew Zealand, eNingizimu Afrika, nakwezinye izindawo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Backed by one of his uncles, he bought a share in the Overseas Visitors Club (OVC), a venture in Earls Court, London, which he ran for a decade, and in doing so, created what was to become “the destination” for young people visiting the UK for the first time from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and elsewhere.
- However, the law was not for him, and he opted for a career in business, starting out in the family firm as manager of the Courts furniture store in Walton on Thames.
- At heart, he was an entrepreneur, and it was not long before he wanted to branch out.
