I-NEW YORK - Umsindo wezopolitiko ngenxa yokusetyenziswa kwemali kawonkewonke kwi-perks yenkampani yoyikisa iinkampani ezininzi kude neendleko zokuhamba ngokusemthethweni kwaye zinokuthi - ukuba zingaqwalaselwa - zixabisa amawaka emisebenzi kwishishini leendwendwe lase-US, ngokutsho kwehotele, i-casino kunye neenkokheli zeenqwelomoya.
Imizamo yokupeyinta konke ukuhamba ukuya kumaziko endibano afana neLas Vegas njengoko i-boondoggles iya kulimaza, ingayi kunceda, uqoqosho kunye nokulibaziseka ukubuyiswa, iinkosi zokuhamba zatshela iReuters Travel and Leisure Summit eNew York kule veki.
"Kuyinto yokwenyani kwishishini lokuhamba lase-US kunye neshishini lokuhamba kwihlabathi," uDara Khosrowshahi, umphathi oyintloko we-Expedia Inc., i-US No. 1 i-agent ye-intanethi ye-intanethi, uxelele ingqungquthela ngoLwesibili.
“Kukho le demon yohambo lweshishini kunye nokuhamba kweqela nto leyo isoyikisa ngokwenene ukwenzakalisa iziseko zohambo. Siyathemba ukuba i-rhetoric iya kuncipha kuba ilimaza ishishini. ”
Iinkampani ezininzi zase-US ezitsala nzima, ukusuka kwi-American International Group Inc. kunye ne-Citigroup Inc. ukuya kwi-automaker General Motors Corp (GM.N), baye bafumana imali mboleko karhulumente okanye enye inkxaso kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Abezopolitiko, bebona umva ngokuchasene nokubawa kunye nobudenge benkampani, baye batsibela ithuba lokuya emapoliseni inkcitho yezi nkampani, emva kokuba imali yoluntu iqinisekise ukusinda kwazo.
“Awunakuthatha uhambo oluya eLas Vegas okanye uhle uye eSuper Bowl kwidayimane yabarhafi,” utshilo uMongameli uBarack Obama edume ngoFebruwari.
Iinkampani ezikumgangatho ophezulu ngoku zilumkele ukutsala umdla ngohambo olunobukhazikhazi. I-Wells Fargo & Co, efumene i-25 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwinkqubo yebheyile karhulumente, yayinesicwangciso sokuthumela abasebenzi be-inshurensi abangama-40 kwinkomfa yaseLas Vegas iintsuku ezininzi kodwa bagqiba kwelokuba baphephe ukukhala koluntu.
Ukwayikiswa kwe-de facto kweLas Vegas kunye namanye amaziko endibano kwenza imeko ibe mandundu, iinkokeli zeshishini zithi.
NgoLwesithathu, uMbutho wokuHamba wase-US uphehlelele iphulo lawo elithi “Meetings Mean Business” (www.meetingsmeanbusiness.com), ilinge leqela lezorhwebo lokutyhalela umva ngokuchasene nentetho kunye nokuthintela iinkampani ekurhoxiseni amawaka emisitho.
"I-pendulum ijike kakhulu," utshilo uRoger Dow, umongameli we-US Travel Association ngoLwesithathu. "Imeko yoloyiko ibangela ukurhoxiswa kwembali yeentlanganiso zeshishini kunye nemisitho, enefuthe elibi kumashishini amancinci, abasebenzi baseMelika kunye noluntu."
Iintlanganiso, iindibano kunye nezinye iziganeko zenza phantse i-15 yeepesenti zohambo lonke lwase-US, ngokutsho kwephulo, ukudala i-101 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinkcitho, imisebenzi ye-1 yezigidi kunye ne-16 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwirhafu ye-federal, karhulumente kunye neyendawo.
"Ukuthatha le mbono ingalunganga ngayo yonke into yokuhamba ukuya eLas Vegas ngoku njenge-boondoggle yinto nje yobudenge ukuthatha," uStephen Holmes, umphathi oyintloko wehotele kunye nenkampani ye-timeshare iWyndham Worldwide Corp. uxelele ingqungquthela yeReuters ngoLwesibini. "Kwenza umonakalo omkhulu kwishishini elifana nelethu elibonelela ngemisebenzi kunye nokuvuselela uqoqosho."
Imogi yekhasino yaseLas Vegas uSheldon Adelson wahlekisa ngomoya omtsha wokoyika ukonwaba kwimisitho exhaswa yinkampani.
“Yintoni intsingiselo apha? Ukuba urhulumente, ngemali yabarhafi, uya kuvumela abantu ukuba baye kwiindawo abangenako ukuziyolisa kuzo, apho baye bakuthiya khona?” U-Adelson, umphathi oyintloko wekhasino osebenza eLas Vegas Sands Corp. kunye novulindlela weshishini lendibano, uxelele ingqungquthela ngoLwesibini.
Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya nazo ziziva zixinene.
“Iinzame zeCongress zokukhomba ngeminwe zikhokelele kumashishini, kwezinye iimeko, angafuni ukuba nabadlali bawo abaphambili abahambayo, besoyikela ukuba baza kujongeka ngathi benza into engalunganga,” uDoug Parker, umphathi oyintloko we-US Airways Group Inc. , uxelele ingqungquthela ngoLwesibini.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo ayingomqhubi wenqwelo-moya ethambileyo ngoku, kodwa ayincedi. Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ayizincedi iindawo ezifana neLas Vegas,” utshilo uParker. “Ayingomqhubi, kodwa inegalelo koku. Yenye esicinga ukuba ayilunganga kwaye iyonakalisa uqoqosho lwethu, ayincedi.”
