BANGKOK, Thailand - I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iyavuya ukuvakalisa ukuqaliswa kwe-PATA yaseHong Kong entsha ngoJulayi 27, 2012 kwi-Hotel ICON, e-Kowloon, eHong Kong, ngobusuku bentlanganiso yeBhodi yesiGqeba.
U-Eng João Manuel Costa Antunes, uSihlalo wePATA, uthe: “Usapho lwePATA luvuya kakhulu ukubona ukuvulwa kwakhona kweSahluko saseHong Kong. IHong Kong sesinye sezona zixeko zinamandla ehlabathini kunye nendawo yokhenketho eqolileyo enesakhono esikhulu sokufaka isandla ngendlela eyakhiwe ngakumbi kumbutho kunye nenjongo yawo yokwakha uphuhliso olunoxanduva lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho lwase-Asia Pacific. Kukuzinikela kunye nokuzibandakanya kwamalungu esahluko sasekhaya okwenza i-PATA ibe ngumbutho ophilayo kwaye iqinisekise ukuqhubeka kwayo njengoko sisiya kwisizukulwana esilandelayo. ”
ISahluko saseHong Kong sinosihlalo nguNksk Linda Song, uMlawuli oyiNtloko, i-Plaza Premium Lounge Management Ltd. Ingoma yenye yamalungu amathathu eBhodi yesiGqeba se-PATA aseHong Kong. Abanye nguMnu. Anthony Lau, uMlawuli weSigqeba, iBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseHong Kong; kunye noProf. Kaye Chon, iDini, iSikolo soLawulo lweeHotele noKhenketho, kwiYunivesithi yaseHong Kong Polytechnic.
UMnu Martin J Craigs, i-CEO ye-PATA, uthe: "IBhodi yethu yesiGqeba se-12 evela kumazwe ahlukeneyo e-Asia Pacific iya kuhlangana kulo Mgqibelo ngokufanelekileyo kwiziko eliphambili lokufunda lezokhenketho eHong Kong. Indima eyodwa ye-PATA kukumela amacala abucala nawoluntu ecandelo lezohambo nokhenketho (imibutho engama-8 esuka kumazwe angaphezu kwama-770 ngoku). Amalungu eshishini labucala makhulu kwaye anempembelelo njengeVISA, iCathay Pacific, kunye neMarriott, kunye nentaphane yeNTOs ibala kuthethelelo olulungelelanisiweyo lwePATA, [kunye] neeSME eziphantsi zixhomekeke kuphando lwePATAmPOWER kunye nemisitho yeTravel Mart ukwakha ishishini labo.
“Kwakhona ndivuyiswa kukwamkela iSigaba sePATA saseHong Kong kwakhona kwisangqa sentsapho. Eli lixesha elibalulekileyo kukhenketho lwaseHong Kong njengoko lufuna ukulingana kwaye luqinisekise ukuba ukhenketho luhlala lunamandla amakhulu njengakummandla weAsia Pacific, ”wongeze watsho.
Isahluko se-PATA saseHong Kong siza kudibanisa uluhlu oluhlukeneyo lokuhamba kunye namacandelo okhenketho. Ezi ziquka ukuhamba ngeenqwelomoya, ukwamkela iindwendwe, ukhenketho, amajelo eendaba, izifundiswa norhulumente. Imisebenzi yesahluko ibandakanya iisemina, isidlo sasemini sothungelwano kunye nezithethi zeendwendwe, kunye neenkomfa zoshishino.
UNksk. Linda Song, uMlawuli oyiSigqeba wePlaza Premium Lounge kunye noSihlalo omtsha wePATA Hong Kong Chapter, uthe: “Ukwabelana ngolwazi kubalulekile ekuphakamiseni umgangatho wamashishini ethu eenkonzo zokhenketho ngeli lixa kulondolozwa ilifa lenkcubeko ngendlela echaphazela indalo esingqongileyo. Umdibaniso wethu weengcali zokuhamba nezokhenketho ubekwe ngendlela efanelekileyo ukuxhasa inkqubela phambili elinganayo neyongeza ixabiso kwiziseko ezingundoqo zokhenketho ezifana nomgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu e-CLK.”
Ingcamango yeSahluko sePATA yamkelwa ngokusesikweni ngo-1957; injongo yayo ihlala izixhobo zayo ukunxibelelana utshintsho. Ingcamango ye-PATA Next Gen ijolise ekuqhubeni ukuhlanganisa abantu ubuso ngobuso, ngelixa usebenzisa ngobukrelekrele amajelo asekuhlaleni kunye neteknoloji entsha yonxibelelwano. Ngoku kukho izahluko ezingama-41 kunye nezahluko ezithandathu zabafundi kulo lonke elaseMelika, iYurophu, neAsia Pacific.
Ukuze ufumane inkcazelo engakumbi, nceda uqhagamshelane Nympha Leung at [imeyile ikhuselwe] okanye uJowie Wong [imeyile ikhuselwe] .
