Ukulandela udliwano-ndlebe olubanzi kunye novavanyo oluqhutywe yiBhodi eLawulayo yeCuraçao Tourism Development Foundation (CTDF), uMuryad de Bruin uye wabizwa ngokuba nguMlawuli osemthethweni we-Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) kunye noJacqueline Sybrandy-Obanjwe njengoMphathi weNgingqi eMntla Melika, zombini ezisebenzayo. ngoko nangoko.
UMnu. de Bruin uya kuthatha uxanduva lokubonelela ngesikhokelo sobuchule kunye nokukhokela ulawulo lwendawo kunye nombutho wentengiso; uya kusebenza njengomcebisi kurhulumente kwimicimbi yezokhenketho; kwaye imele iCuraçao kuwo onke amaqonga angqamene nokhenketho, ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Isikhundla esisebenza kunye noSekela Mlawuli.
Uzalelwe waza wakhulela eCuraçao, uMnu. de Bruin wazi kakuhle iinzame zokhenketho zesiqithi echithe iminyaka emithandathu enesiqingatha edlulileyo kwizikhundla zoManejala weNgingqi kwiBhodi yabaKhenketho yaseCuraçao. Kutshanje ubambe indima yoMphathi weNgingqi waseYurophu, esebenza kwibhodi yabakhenkethi eHague, e-ofisini yaseNetherlands kwaye iminyaka emibini ngaphambi koko kwindima enye yentengiso yaseMzantsi Melika, ekugqibeleni enoxanduva lokukhula kokhenketho kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo.
“Ukubuyela eCuraçao emva kokuchitha ixesha kwezi marike zamazwe ngamazwe, ndiye ndafumana ukuqonda okukhulu kwehlabathi kukhenketho, ukuthengisa kunye nobunkokeli beenkcubeko ezininzi kwaye ndijonge phambili ekuziseni la mava nam kule ndima,” utshilo uMnu de Bruin. “Ukubaluleka kokhenketho kwesi siqithi kuyinto ekhulayo kwaye ibalulekile kuphuhliso lwaso lwekamva kunye nempumelelo. Ndiziva ndithobekile ukuba ndidlale indima ekwandlaleni eso siseko kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Akukho nto ndiyicingayo endinoyenza.”
UNksz. Kwindima yakhe unoxanduva lokukhulisa abakhenkethi abafikayo, ulawulo lweqela lommandla kunye nokubonelela ngolwazi lolawulo (lweenkcukacha-manani). Ewufanelekele kakhulu lo msebenzi, u-Sybrandy-Held usebenze kwindawo yokhenketho yesiqithi ukusukela ngo-2008 xa wayeqala umsebenzi wakhe eFloris Suite Hotel. Ukusukela ngoko usebenze kwiihotele ezahlukeneyo eCuraçao kuwo wonke amasebe aquka ugcino-ndawo, iinkonzo zendibano, imisitho, ukuthengisa kunye nokuthengisa kwaye kutsha nje, njengomphathi jikelele eBlue Bay Hotel kunye neeNkonzo. Ngaphambi koko wayenguMlawuli weNtengiso kunye neNtengiso eBaoase Luxury Resort ngelo xesha ingeniso yegumbi inyuke ngaphezu kwe-150%, igqitha ingeniso ebiqingqiwe, ukuhlala kunye ne-ADR ngokungaguquguqukiyo kuyo yonke iminyaka emihlanu yokuhlala kwakhe.
Izibhengezo zezi zikhundla zimbini ziza njengoko ukhenketho lwesi siqithi luqhubeleka nokukhula, luphuma kwinyanga kaJulayi eyophula irekhodi. I-CTB inike ingxelo yeendwendwe ezingama-48,246 zokuhlala kule nyanga - okokuqala ngqa ukurekhoda iindwendwe ezingama-48,000 kwinyanga yehlobo, idlula abafikayo bakaJulayi ka-2019 (ngaphambi kobhubhane) kunye nabatyeleli abaphantse babe yi-11,000. Imakethi yase-US igqwesile lonke inani layo langaphambili elibhalisiweyo lokufika kweendwendwe kunye nenani elipheleleyo le-10,207 yabatyeleli base-US ngoJulayi, inani eliqhekeza irekhodi labatyeleli base-US kwinyanga enye.
"Ukubona amanani okukhula e-US kunye nepateni enyukayo kuyakhuthaza kakhulu kwaye indlela endingenanjongo yokuyibona icotha njengoko ndingena kule ndima," utshilo uSybrandy-Held. "Iminyaka yam eli-14 yokuthengisa ngokuthe ngqo kukhenketho kunye namava entengiso ibisoloko igxile kakhulu kwimakethi yaseMntla Melika kwaye ndijonge phambili ekugxileni kwimizamo yam yokuqhubeka nokulandela amanani ophula irekhodi kwesi siqithi."
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya ngendawo yokuya eCuraçao, nceda undwendwele curacao.com.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Most recently he held the Regional Manager Europe role, working out of the tourist board's The Hague, Netherlands office and for two years prior to that in the same role for the South American market, ultimately responsible for tourism growth out of the respective regions.
- “My 14 years of tourism-specific sales and marketing experience has always focused largely on the North American market and I look forward to concentrating my efforts there to continue to pursue record breaking numbers for the island.
- “Seeing the growth numbers for the US and upward pattern is incredibly inspiring and a direction I have no intention of seeing slow down as I step into this role,” Sybrandy-Held stated.
