Ngokungakhathazwa yingxaki ebangelwe kukudodobala kwezoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela kushishino lokuhamba, iBahrain International Travel Expo BITE 2009 isiganeko sokuqala sohambo kunye nokhenketho lwezokhenketho lwaseBahrain (B2C) kulo mmandla, zonke zimiselwe ukuvulelwa unyaka wazo wesi-5 oyimpumelelo ukusukela nge-14 kaMeyi. Ngomhla we-16, i-2009 phantsi kolawulo loBuphezulu bakhe uShaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Crown Prince kunye nosihlalo weBhodi yoPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho lwaseBahrain.
Iziganeko zeMagnum kunye noLawulo lweMiboniso (MEEM), abaququzeleli be-BITE bayavuma ukuba kunzima ukufanisa inani lerekhodi lababonisi kunye nabathengi abanomgangatho owenziwe ngumboniso ofunyenwe kunyaka odlulileyo. Kodwa umboniso kufuneka uqhubeke, utshilo uJamil Wafa, umseki kunye nosihlalo weqela, uMagnum Holding, inkampani yabazali ye-MEEM.
“I-BITE sisibhambathiso esisenzileyo eBahrain nakwiNkosana yoBukhosi uShaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, oxhase lo mboniso ukusukela oko wasungulwa. Sizakuqhuba nesithembiso nokuzibophelela kwethu nangona kukho imingeni,” utshilo uWafa.
“Iinkampani ezininzi eziphambili zengingqi nezamazwe ngamazwe zithatha inxaxheba ngendlela enkulu, kwaye akukho kuthomalalisa kumgangatho walo mboniso,” wongeze watsho uWafa.
Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, i-BITE yindibano yenkampani elungileyo, ukudibana nabantu abafanelekileyo, ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Indawo apho iingqondo ezinkulu zidibana khona!
I-BITE ibonelela ngeqonga elifanelekileyo lokuhlangana kunye nabaqhubi abadumileyo kunye namazwe aphesheya ukusuka kwinqanaba elinqamlezileyo lamashishini anxulumene nokuhamba ukusuka kwiinkampani zeenqwelomoya, iinkampani ezirentisayo ngeemoto, iindibano kunye nemiboniso, imizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa, iindawo zokuchithela iiholide zempilo kunye ne-spas, ababoneleli ngendawo yokuhlala ehotele, ukhenketho lwezonyango, Abaququzeleli beMICE, iindawo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi, iibhodi zokhenketho, abakhenkethi, i-inshurensi yokuhamba, kunye noshicilelo lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho ukunxibelelana nabathengi abamalunga nama-20,000 kunye nabathengi bamanye amazwe beMICE phantsi kophahla olunye.
Zininzi izinto ezothusayo zenkcubeko kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane ezicetywayo kwi-BITE stage extravaganza. Ababonisi abaninzi behlabathi balungiselele imisebenzi ekhethekileyo equka abadanisi besizwe, iimvumi, iimvumi, kunye nabadlali njengenxalenye yenkcubeko yenkcubeko kumboniso walo nyaka. Ukongeza, i-BITE 2009 lithuba elihle lokuba abahambi bafumane uluhlu olubanzi lokunyuswa kunye nezivumelwano ezikhethekileyo ababonisi abanazo kwabo bathengi baceba iholide. I-BITE yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yeendwendwe ukufumana ulwazi lwamva nje malunga neentsingiselo zeshishini lokhenketho kunye neepakethe zeeholide zencwadi ezilungiselelwe ukuhambelana nohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kunye neemfuno zabo.
Kwilinge lokukhuthaza ukhenketho eBahrain, iBITE, kunyaka wesine olandelelanayo, iququzelela iNkqubo yaBathengi abaSizingileyo. Le nkqubo iqala ngoMeyi 13 – 16, 2009 kubacwangcisi beMICE bamazwe ngamazwe (iiNtlanganiso, iiNkuthazo, iiNkomfa kunye neMiboniso). Zonke iingcali ezimenywe kwi-Hosted Buyers Programme zinoxanduva lokucwangcisa, ukulungelelanisa, ukucebisa, kunye nokwenza izigqibo zemali kwimisitho yabo yeMICE yamazwe ngamazwe ngaphandle kwamazwe abo.
Inkqubo ebanzi yendawo yokusingwa ibandakanya iintlanganiso zomntu ngamnye phakathi kwabathengi kunye nabathengisi kumboniso wohambo kunye nethuba elihle lokubonisa i-Bahrain yodumo lwe-Arabia ububele kunye nolonwabo. Abathengi abaSizindayo baya kufumana okokuqala inkomfa egqwesileyo kunye neendawo zokungenisa izihambi iBahrain ekufuneka ibonelele, jonga izibonelelo kwiSekethe yaMazwe ngaMazwe yaseBahrain, iRoyal Golf Club, kwaye undwendwele iindawo ezahlukeneyo zenkcubeko nezembali ebukumkanini. Inani leepropathi ezigqwesileyo zaseBahrain, ezinje ngeRitz Carlton Bahrain Resort kunye ne-Spa, i-Banyan Tree, iCoral Beach, iCaramel Café, kunye ne-Elite Resort & Spa, ziya kubamba aBathengi abaSizinda ngesidlo sasemini kunye nedinala ngexesha lotyelelo lwabo.
I-Tamkeen, kunye ne-Bahrain Training Institute (i-Travel Academy), i-Bahrain Institute for Hospitality and Retail (BIRD), kunye neBhanki yoPhuhliso lwaseBahrain iya kuthatha inxaxheba kwi-BITE ukugqamisa indima yeNgxowa-mali yoMsebenzi ekuxhaseni icandelo labucala kunye neshishini lokhenketho ngokukodwa. . I-Tamkeen imema amashishini amancinci naphakathi kwicandelo lezohambo kunye nokhenketho ukuba axhamle kwiNkqubo yoNcedo lokuKhula (GAP) ngenkqubo yabo yenkxaso-mali eyilelwe ukuxhasa ii-SMEs ukuba zigcineke kwaye zandise ukufikelela kweemveliso kunye neenkonzo zabo ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwi-BITE. UTamkeen uza kuqaqambisa amathuba emisebenzi kubemi base-Bahrain njengenxalenye yomzamo weNgxowa-mali yezaBasebenzi wokubonelela ngezakhono zomntu onobuchule kwimisebenzi eyongeziweyo.
Igqiza elinamalungu angama-35, elikwinqanaba eliphezulu elivela eYiphutha, likhokelwa nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho u-HE Mr. Zuhair Garana, liza kuthabatha inxaxheba kwi-BITE 2009 ukukhuthaza imbali yelizwe kunye nelifa lemveli.
I-BITE ikhulile kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo ukusuka kumboniso we-2005 kunye namazwe e-14, ababonisi be-40, indawo ye-1,100-sqm, kunye neendwendwe ze-12,500 kumazwe angama-44, ababonisi be-120, i-8,000 sqm yendawo, kunye neendwendwe ze-18,000 kwi-2008. ngeenxa zonke 100 ababonisi ukusuka malunga 40 amazwe ukuba yinxalenye BITE 2009 obambe indawo 6,500 sqm.
Abaxhasi bePlatinum yiBhodi yoPhuhliso loQoqosho lwaseBahrain (EDB) kunye ne-Etihad Airways. I-Qatar Airways, iGold Sponsor, kunye neGulf Air ngabathwali abasemthethweni. I-BITE ixhaswa ngokusebenzayo nguMphathiswa weNkcubeko kunye noLwazi, i-Capital Governorate, kunye noMboniso we-Bahrain kunye noGunyaziwe weNgqungquthela. I-Elite Hospitality yiHotele eseMthethweni, iVoice FM iSiteshi sikanomathotholo esisemthethweni, kunye neAl Hilal Group iMedia Partners.
Umfanekiso kwinkomfa yenkomfa yokwazisa (L ukuya ku-R): U-Abraham John, uMlawuli oyiNtloko, i-MEEM; UKarim F Sherif, uSekela Ntloko yeMishini, uMzi wozakuzo weRiphabhlikhi yama-Arab yaseYiputa; Ahmed Ali Al Nawakda, phantsi kweCandelo, uKhenketho lwaseBahrain; UJamil A Wafa, uMseki kunye noSihlalo weQela, iMagnum Holdings; U-Abdullellah Ebrahim Al Qassimi, uMlawuli oyiNtloko, uTamkeen; U-Hisham Al Baradie, uSihlalo, i-MEEM; kunye noDebbie Stanford-Kristiansen, uSekela Mlawuli oyiNtloko, iBECA.
