UJohn Boon wayeyimveliso edlamkileyo yexesha apho ukhenketho olungena ngaphakathi, kwaye ukhenketho lwamaqela angenayo ngokukodwa, lwalulawula ukhenketho. Wayengomnye wamandla amakhulu kolu shishino.
Njengabaninzi abathi kamva bavelela ekuhambeni, uJohn waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwiGlobal Tours. Kwiminyaka yakhe yamashumi amabini wafudukela e-American Express njengomanejala wekhontrakthi yengingqi yase-UK nase-Ireland apho indima yakhe yathi yandiswa ngokukhawuleza ukugubungela iScandinavia. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe, u-Amex, ngoko ke wayengoyena mhlanguli mkhulu wabathengi baseMelika eYurophu, wayengoyena mntu uphambili kubakhenkethi kunye nearhente yokuhamba njengoko yayilikhadi lentlawulo. Apha uJohn waba nodumo oloyikekayo lobuqhophololo obuhambelana nothethathethwano, udumo awayenalo ngalo lonke ixesha lomsebenzi wakhe.
Ukukwazi kukaJohn ukusebenzisana nabantu, kunye nolwazi lwakhe oluneenkcukacha ngemveliso, lwamnceda kwisikhundla sakhe esilandelayo sokulawula intengiso kunye nokusebenza kulo lonke icandelo elingenayo le-American Express UK. Le ndima, eyayibandakanya zombini ishishini kunye nokuzonwabisa, yamenza enye yeenkokeli zokhenketho eBritani. Ngaloo ndlela wayengusihlalo wendalo weBritish Incoming Tour Operators Association (ngoku eyi-UKinbound).
Umnqweno wokuba ngumphathi weshishini wamtsalela ekubeni abe ngumalathisi oyintloko weSovereign Tourism. Oku ukhokele kwiminyaka yeshishini elinesaqhwithi phakathi kwe-1986 kunye ne-1991, ngaphambi kokushiya i-Anglo World (awanceda ukuyithengisa kwi-Trina Tours) kwaye emva koko Khetha Ukuhamba. Kwakuye ngeli xesha, wamiselwa njengosihlalo weZahluko zamazwe ngamazwe ze-American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). Le yayiyindima awayeyithanda kakhulu: emele amalungu angaphezu kwama-2,000 e-ASTA kumazwe ngamazwe kwiinkomfa, waqhuba iisemina kwihlabathi jikelele. Emva koku, umsebenzi wakhe kwi-JAC Travel wambona ephakama ukuba abe yintloko yezivumelwano kunye nokusebenza kwi-2008.
E-JAC, nakuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, uJohn wafundisa ngomzekelo: kukho amakhulukhulu wabaphathi beshishini lezohambo abafunde kuye indlela yokuhlawula, inkontileka, kunye nokusebenza kokhenketho.
NgoJanuwari 2010, uJohn wajoyina Umbutho wabaqhubi babakhenkethi baseYurophu njengentloko yeenkonzo zobulungu, indima eyenzelwe yena. Wayebonisa ukuba uyilelwe loo ndima: amava akhe angenakuthelekiswa nanto kunye noluhlu lwabafowunelwa lwalusetyenziswa ngeyure. Suku ngalunye wayebonakalisa umdla wobutsha owawubamangalisa oogxa bakhe abancinane. Kwiinyanga ezintathu e-ETOA, i-bonhomie yakhe, amandla, kunye ne-edge yenza impembelelo enkulu.
NgoFebruwari, uJohn wayevuyiswa kukufumana ibhaso lokuPhumelela koBomi kwi-UKinbound kwinkomfa yabo yonyaka.
UJohn wayesebenza nzima ekwenzeni izivumelwano ezintsha ze-ETOA xa kwafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza phakathi ku-Epreli. Ngoxa wayebonakala echacha kutyando olwalandelayo yaye esempilweni entle, wahlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo esibulalayo.
Ushiya intombi, uGeorgia, kumtshato wakhe noVivienne, owaphela ngoqhawulo-mtshato.
UJohn Boon; umsebenzisi womkhenkethi; owazalwa ngoMeyi 16, 1943; wasweleka ngoAprili 22, 2010.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In the early seventies, Amex, then the biggest deliverer of American clients in Europe, was as much a major tour operator and travel agency as it was a charge card.
- John's ability to engage with people, and his detailed knowledge of the product, helped him in his subsequent position in charge of sales and operations for the entire inbound division of American Express UK.
- In his mid-twenties he moved to American Express as a regional contracts manager for UK and Ireland where his role was soon expanded to cover Scandinavia.
