Iingcali zezokhenketho ezinempembelelo, abavelisi kunye neenkokheli zeengcinga zamazwe ngamazwe zimiselwe ukuphonononga ukuhamba kwexesha elizayo kunye neendlela zokhenketho kwi-PATA Annual Summit 2017 e-Negombo, eSri Lanka.
I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iqokelele umgca ohlukeneyo kunye oguqukayo wezithethi kunye neepaneli ukuze babelane ngolwazi lwabo kunye nolwazi kwinkomfa yosuku olunye eyenza into ebalulekileyo kwiNgqungquthela yalo nyaka (PAS 2017), ebanjwe yiSri. Lanka Convention Bureau kwaye kuqhubeka ngoMeyi 18 - 21 eJetwing Blue Hotel.
Under the theme ‘Disruption. Innovation. Transformation: The Future of Tourism’, the event also features a half-day UNWTO/PATA Ministerial Debate where industry leaders and government representatives discuss ’The Shift to Recognized Sustainability Leadership’ and ‘The Sharing Economy in Travel and Tourism’.
“Sichulumancile ukuhlanganisa olu luhlu lwezithethi luchulumancisayo kwiNgqungquthela yoNyaka yePATA. Ezi zithethi zimele iinkampani eziye zahamba phambili ekuphazamiseni, ekuqulunqeni nasekuguquleni imboni yezohambo kunye nokhenketho lwehlabathi, "kusho i-CEO yePATA uGqirha Mario Hardy. “Eli lelona thuba lifanelekileyo kubo bonke abachaphazelekayo kushishino lokuhlala besazi ngotshintsho olukhawulezileyo olwenzekayo kwimeko yanamhlanje ehlala iguquka.”
Confirmed speakers for the event include Andrew Chan, Founder and CEO of ACI HR Solutions; Dr. Daiana Beitler, Asia Regional Director of Microsoft Philanthropies; Erick Stephens, Chief Technology Officer-APAC, Microsoft; Greg Klassen, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Ha Lam, Co-founder and COO – Triip.me; Hiran Cooray, Chairman – Jetwing Hotels; Jeremy Jauncey, Founder/CEO – Beautiful Destinations; Lawrence Leong, Former Assistant Chief Executive (International Group) – Singapore Tourism Board; Muna Haddad, Managing Director -Baraka; Oliver Martin, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Rafat Ali, Founder/CEO – Skift; Ryan Bonnici, Marketing Director – HubSpot; Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing APAC – TripAdvisor; Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Thao Nguyen, Head of Strategic Partnerships, APAC – Airbnb; Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President, International Affairs, Office of the President & CEO, Etihad Airways; and Wong Soon-Hwa, Regional Director APAC – Blacklane.
Lo msitho uphonononga izihloko ezahlukeneyo ezibandakanya 'Ukulawula ukuphazamiseka ngokuYila', 'Utshintsho lweNtengiso', 'uPhando lokuQala', 'Ukuphazamisa iShishini lokuHamba', 'Ikamva lokwenyani loKhenketho: Abaqeqeshi abancinci boKhenketho', kunye 'noKwamkela ukuphazamiseka: A Uyilo lwekamva loKhenketho'.
Iiparadesi ezingaphuhliswanga elunxwemeni, ilifa lenkcubeko etyebileyo ngendlela eyothusayo, iintlobo ngeentlobo zezilwanyana zasendle kunye namava ohambo, kunye nokwamkela abantu ngokufudumeleyo kunye nokutya okungenakuphikiswa - kodwa kuthatyathwe izihlwele zabakhenkethi - kwenza iSri Lanka ibe yindawo yetropiki kumhambi oqondayo. Ibekwe kufutshane neSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBandaranaike, iNegombo yindawo yabathandi bokutya kwaselwandle enokubanjwa okutsha okukhoyo kwindawo yokutyela eyahlukeneyo kunye nemivalo. Kungenjalo, thatha isikhephe ukhwele ecaleni kwemijelo yaseDatshi okanye ungene elwandle ukuze ubambe isikhitshane seenqanawa zokuloba. I-Negombo yayingomnye wemithombo ebalulekileyo yesinamoni ngexesha lamaDatshi, kwaye iimpembelelo zaseYurophu zisekhona.
Registered delegates for the conference also receive complimentary access to the PATA/UNWTO Ministerial Debate on Saturday, May 20.
I-airline esemthethweni ye-PAS 2017, i-SriLankan Airlines, iyavuya ukunika izaphulelo zomoya ezikhethekileyo kubathunywa ababhalisiweyo abahamba besuka kwi-intanethi ye-SriLankan Airlines. Izaphulelo zikwakhona kubathunywa abahlala kwiihotele ezisemthethweni ze-PAS 2017.
PHOTO: Top Row: L/R: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General – World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Andrew Chan, Founder and CEO of ACI HR Solutions; Andrew Jones, Chairman – PATA; Greg Klassen, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; and Ha Lam, Co-founder and COO – Triip.me. Second Row: L/R: Hiran Cooray, Chairman – Jetwing Hotels; Jeremy Jauncey, Founder/CEO – Beautiful Destinations; Lawrence Leong, Former Assistant Chief Executive (International Group) – Singapore Tourism Board; Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO – PATA; and Muna Haddad, Managing Director – Baraka. Third Row: L/R: Oliver Martin, Partner at Twenty31 Consulting Inc.; Rafat Ali, Founder/CEO – Skift; Ryan Bonnici, Marketing Director – HubSpot; Sarah Mathews, Head of Destination Marketing APAC – TripAdvisor; and Wong Soon-Hwa, Regional Director APAC – Blacklane. Bottom Row: L/R: Thao Nguyen, Head of Strategic Partnerships, APAC – Airbnb and Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President, International Affairs, Office of the President & CEO, Etihad Airways.
