EBERLIN, eJamani – Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, lonke ulwazi lweengcali kwi-ITB Berlin Convention 2012 lufumaneka ngokukrwada nje, iindwendwe zicofa nje ku-www.itb-kongress.com/program ukuze zijonge okokuqala inkqubo yendibano yeentsuku ezintathu. Njengetanki yokucinga ephambili kushishino lwezokhenketho, i-ITB Berlin Convention 2012 iphinde yakwazi ukukhusela ukuzimasa izithethi ezidumileyo. Ukususela ngo-Matshi 7-9, kwiNgqungquthela ye-ITB yaseBerlin, inxalenye yomboniso ohamba phambili wokurhweba ngohambo lwehlabathi, izithethi ezihamba phambili ezivela kwishishini lezokhenketho kunye namanye amacandelo ziya kugxininisa iindlela zamva nje kunye nokuxoxa ngamathuba kunye nemingeni ejongene noshishino lwezokhenketho lwehlabathi kwixesha elizayo. Kungenwa simahla kwiindwendwe ezirhweba ngamatikiti e-ITB Berlin.
Usuku ngalunye kwezi zintathu lunesihloko esikhethekileyo. Usuku lokuqala lunikelwe kwiindlela eziphambili zokhenketho, ushishino, kunye noluntu kwi-ITB Future Day. Amalungu akwizikhundla eziphezulu zePhaneli yezoKhenketho eziLawulayo aza kuphonononga amathamsanqa angoku kunye nawexesha elizayo kushishino lokuhamba ngenqanawa kumazwe ngamazwe. ULarry Pimentel, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Azamara Club Cruises; Peter Shanks, uMongameli kunye noMlawuli oLawulayo weCunard Line; Pier Luigi Foschi, uSihlalo weCosta Cruise Lines; UMichael Bayley, i-VP yeSigqeba seMisebenzi yaMazwe ngaMazwe yeRoyal Caribbean International; kunye no-Enzo Visone, i-CEO ye-Silversea Cruises, iya kuxubusha ukukhula kwamva nje kwemfuno, kunye nemingeni kumxholo wokukhuselwa kwendalo kunye noxanduva loluntu.
UGqr Bernd Fauser, iNtloko ye-Global Top Accounts Travel kwi-Google, iya kuhambisa inqaku eliphambili kwizinto ezintsha ezifana ne-Google Hotel Finder kunye ne-Google Offers, kunye nendlela kwixesha elizayo, ubugcisa be-revolutionary bunokunceda ukuthengisa iindwendwe. Enye intetho iya kujongana nophando olwenziwe yi-UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) kunye namathemba okhenketho kwixesha elizayo kwiMeditera, ngokujonga kwi-2030. UGqr. Taleb Rifai, uNobhala Jikelele we UNWTO, kulindeleke ukuba lundwendwele kwiqela lenjongo. Ngenxa yeziganeko zakutsha nje, le nkqubo iza kubandakanya imijikelo yengxoxo malunga nengxaki yamatyala emali.
Usuku lwesibini lubonisa i-ITB Hospitality Day, eya kugxininisa kwimingeni ejongene nemarike yehotele. Ngenxa yenani elikhulayo leempawu kweli candelo lentengiso, elinye lamaphepha linomxholo othi “Iibhrendi kuyo yonke indawo: zingaphi iibrendi ezinentsingiselo?” Ngomhla wesibini, izithethi ziya kube zithetha malunga nendlela yokubhukisha iiphothali eziqhuba ngayo inkqubo yodibaniso, iziphumo zokuthengisa, “imfazwe yetalente,” kunye nendlela yokunika umdla kwizifundiswa eziselula kwimisebenzi yoshishino lweehotele. Kwixesha lezidubedube kunye neentlekele zendalo, enye into ekwi-ajenda iya kubandakanya ulwazi malunga nendlela iihotele ezinokukhusela ngayo iindwendwe zazo kwixesha elizayo. I-HospitalityInside.com, inethiwekhi yolwazi olusebenzisanayo lweentatheli kunye nabaphathi abaphezulu kwishishini leehotele lamazwe ngamazwe, liqabane losasazo lwe-ITB Hospitality Day.
NgoLwesine, umhla we-8 kuMatshi ka-2012, ikwabonisa uSuku lwe-ITB CSR. Kwiphaneli ephambili, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kuphonononga umba wohambo olungenazithintelo. Kwingxoxo yeStudiosus, kugxilwe kumalungelo oluntu kushishino lwezokhenketho. UPeter-Mario Kubsch, uMlawuli oLawulayo weStudiosus Reisen; UJürgen Büchy, uMongameli weDRV; kunye noKlaus Brähmig, ilungu lepalamente yaseJamani, baza kuxoxa ngento enokwenziwa ukuze kukhuselwe amalungelo abantu kwiindawo zokutyelela.
NgoLwesihlanu, ngoMatshi 9 2012, kuya kuqhutywa uSuku lwe-ITB lweNtengiso noSasazo. Abathunywa abazimase le minyhadala baya kuboniswa imizekelo esebenzayo yamaphulo entengiso exesha elidlulileyo ebekungafanelanga ukuba sikhutshelwe ngawo, kunye nalawo ancomekayo kakhulu. Intatheli yokuhamba kunye nomhambi wehlabathi, u-Doug Lansky, uya kuba neengcamango ezichukumisayo zeendlela ezintsha zokuthengisa kunye nemilinganiselo. UGqr Daniel P. Glasner, i-CEO ye-Groupon Central Europe, uya kuhlola ukuba i-Groupon ingasetyenziselwa ukuthengisa iimveliso zokhenketho. Kuya kubakho kwakhona iphepha elixubusha impembelelo yokulinganiswa kwabasebenzisi kwiiphothali zokuphonononga uhambo kunye nokuba ezinye ziyinkohliso. Uvavanyo olulodwa lwe-ITB kunye ne-FH Worms luqaqambisa iinkalo apho le ngxaki isenzeka rhoqo kunye nendlela iireyithingi zenziwa ngayo ngomgunyathi. Ezinye izihloko ziquka amajelo eendaba ezentlalo kunye neendlela ezifana nokusetyenziswa ngokubambisana. U-Arne Bleckwenn, uMlawuli oLawulayo we-Wimdu, uzakube ethetha ngokwabelana ngezinto anazo, umkhwa okhulayo, kunye nokubhukisha iindawo zokulala zabucala kunye nokwabelana ngeehambo ukuya kwiindawo ekuyiwa kuzo.
NgoLwesihlanu, umhla we-9 kweyoKwindla yowama-2012, ugxininiso lwePhaneli ye-Innovator kuSuku lokuHamba lwe-ITB luya kuba kumafutha azinzileyo afana negesi evela kumoya kunye nokuveliswa kwamandla elanga. Kumba wothutho lomoya, ingxoxo-mpikiswano iya kuphonononga imithwalo evela kwirhafu yokuhamba ngomoya kunye neSikimu sokuRhweba se-EU Emissions Trading. Esinye isihloko iya kuba yimarike yokuhamba yabaqeqeshi yaseYurophu, ejongene notshintsho olukhulu. Ukuvulwa kwemarike yokuhamba yomqeqeshi wemigama emide, kunye nendibaniselwano entsha edumileyo yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye nokhenketho lwabaqeqeshi basekhaya, nako kuya kuba kwi-ajenda.
Ngokunxuseneyo nezi ziganeko zikhankanywe ngasentla, i-ITB Destination Days nayo iya kuqhubeka ngalo lonke ixesha le-ITB Berlin Convention 2012. Ezi ziza kujongana ikakhulu nemingeni ejongene nolawulo lwendawo ekusingwa kuyo. Ukongeza kwiimarike ezikhulayo zaseAsia, kugxininiswa kwakhona kwiintlobo zokuhamba ezinokukhula okuphezulu, okufana nempilo kunye nokhenketho lwenkcubeko. Ingcaphephe yezempilo evunyiweyo lihlabathi jikelele, uKeith Pollard, uzakube ethetha ngamathuba avezwa ngulo mzila uphambili wokhenketho, ngakumbi ngokuchasene nemeko yotshintsho lwabantu. Ezinye iiseshini ziya kuhlala kwi-Arab spring kunye nefuthe layo kwishishini lokuhamba, kunye nokwanda kwemarike yokuhamba kwe-gay kunye ne-lesbian.
I-ITB Young Professional Day esanda kuqaliswa, equka izihloko ezifana noqeqesho lomsebenzi kunye nezifundo zeyunivesithi zokhenketho, kunye neentsuku zokuHamba ngeShishini kunye neNkomfa yeTekhnoloji yokuHamba PhoCusWright@ITB, iya kujikeleza inkqubo ye-ITB Berlin Convention 2012.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- From March 7-9, at the ITB Berlin Convention, part of the world's leading travel trade show, leading speakers from the tourism industry and other sectors will be highlighting the latest trends and discussing the opportunities and challenges facing the global travel industry in the future.
- Bernd Fauser, Head of Global Top Accounts Travel for Google, will deliver a keynote on innovations such as the Google Hotel Finder and Google Offers, and how in the future, revolutionary technologies can help to sell tours.
- In an age of unrest and natural disasters, another item on the agenda will include information on how hotels can protect their guests in the future.
