Yayingunyaka kucwangciso kodwa ngexesha lokuvula iVeki yokuHamba yaseAfrika ivalwa, iAfrika yayifumene iveki yayo yokuqala equka yonke iminyhadala yoshishino lokuhamba. Uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe oluthengayo lukunye nabo basuka kulo mmandla beza kubona ukuba imalunga nantoni na, ukwenza ushishino nokubeka i-Afrika ingqalelo. Imiboniso yeeReed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) ngokubambisana neReedThebe yaphehlelela umboniso wokuqala weshishini lokuhamba oye wahlanganisa iibrendi ezi-3 zehlabathi kunye kwilizwekazi elinye.

I-ILTM Afrika, i-IBTM Afrika kunye ne-WTM Afrika yenze impembelelo abaququzeleli ababeyicwangcise kwasekuqaleni. Kugxilwe kushishino lokuhamba olutofo-tofo, icandelo le-b2b MICE kunye necala lokuzonwabisa lokhenketho, isiganeko ngasinye siquka ukuqeshwa kweshishini okucwangcisiweyo kwangaphambili, abathengi abaqinisekisiweyo bamazwe ngamazwe abathe baqinisekisa ishishini lokuhambisa (abaninzi abangazange bandwendwele). Afrika ngaphambili), kunye nabasebenzi beshishini lokuhamba abasuka kwiAfrika iphela abaphumeleleyo ukuba ziindwendwe zorhwebo kwaye bagqibe nge-ajenda yeshishini labo. Konke kwadityaniswa kunye nokuxubana kweeseshoni zemfundo nolwazi, iinkomfa eziphambili neentlobo ngeentlobo zothungelwano kunye namaqela abonisa iKapa kwihlabathi.

“Inkxaso kunye nobungqina beshishini esithe saphunyezwa ngabo bebebaninzi. Iqela ngoku liqhuba kakuhle ngokucwangcisa iVeki yokuHamba yase-Afrika ka-2015, eyakuthi iqhubeke kwakhona e-CTICC. Sizibandakanya nababonisi abacele indawo engaphezulu, kunye nabanye abafuna ubukho kumboniso ongaphezulu kwesinye kunye nabaninzi abafuna ukubakho bobathathu. Intsebenziswano phakathi kwemisitho emi-3 iya kunika ishishini lezokhenketho e-Afrika kunye ne-Afrika ekwi-Afrika ekwi-sub-Sahara inqanaba elikhulu ngakumbi ngo-2015” utshilo uCraig Moyes, uMlawuli wePotfoliyo, iVeki yokuHamba yase-Afrika.

“Siceliwe ukuba sijonge amaphulo amatsha okuxhasa imisitho, simeme bonke abazimasayo ukuba babe kwiQonga elilandelayo kwaye bawele amathuba okunxibelelana phakathi kwemiboniso njengoko iveki iqhubeka. Sithatha yonke into kwaye siya kubhengeza ukuba u-2015 uya kujongeka njani kwiinyanga ezizayo. Kodwa sikholelwa ukuba siyifezekisile into ebesizimisele ukuyenza xa besiqala ukubhengeza izicwangciso zethu ngoJuni ophelileyo, ukuba siza kunikezela ngomsitho ohamba phambili kwihlabathi jikelele kushishino lwezokhenketho lwase-Afrika kwaye abo sisebenzisana nabo basixelele ukuba siyenzile”.

Iinkcukacha-manani (zisaza kuphicothwa ngokuzimeleyo) zizithethile ngokwazo. I-ILTM Afrika ibambe abathengi abavela kumazwe angama-31. I-IBTM Afrika yayinamazwe ali-17 amelwe kwaye i-WTM yamkele abathengi abavela kumazwe angama-47. Abaququzeleli batyala imali kwinkqubo yabathengi eyachithwa kakuhle kubathengi bamazwe ngamazwe abamalunga nama-700 ukuba babe eKapa ukuza kuzimasa iminyhadala yaloo veki.

Iinkomfa, iisemina, iindibano zocweyo kunye nezithethi eziphambili beziyinxalenye yamava kwaye ngaphezu kwe-10,000 yeentlanganiso ezaziwayo zenzeke.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

“We have been asked to look at new initiatives to support the events, to invite all those who attend to be at the next Forum and to cross over opportunities for networking between shows as the week progresses.
Focused on the luxury travel industry, the b2b MICE sector and the leisure side of tourism, each event comprised one-to-one pre-scheduled business appointments, pre-qualified international hosted buyers who had proven business to deliver (many who had not visited Africa before), plus travel industry professionals from across Africa who qualified as trade visitors and decided their own business agenda.
But we believe we have achieved what we set out to do when we first announced our plans last June, that we would deliver a leading global event for Africa's travel industry and our stakeholders have told us that we did”.