Ukungena kwindima yokuba nguSihlalo eshiywe nguJohn Longley AM, nguMichael Meade, isigqeba sokhenketho kunye nomoya wokubuk 'iindwendwe kunye nomcebisi kulawulo olubanzi lwesicwangciso kunye namava okuthengisa ahlala ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amane.
I-Perth Region Tourism Organisation Inc. (i-PRTO) namhlanje inyule uMeade endaweni kaSihlalo ophumayo uLongley obambe esi sikhundla iminyaka elishumi nane.
UMichael usebenze kulo lonke elase-Asia-Pacific kwiindima eziphezulu zentengiso kunye nolawulo kunye neenkampani ezinkulu zehotele kunye nemibutho yokhenketho. WayeliBambela eliyi-CEO ye-Tourism Fiji kwaye wanceda ekubekeni ngokutsha isizwe ukusuka kwingingqi ukuya kwi-brand yehlabathi. Uncedise iVanuatu ukuba ichache kwinkanyamba etshabalalisayo ngesicwangciso sokubuyisela ukhenketho.
UMichael waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye neBritish Airways e-UK, wafudukela ePerth kwi
Ngo-1970. Wayeyinxalenye yeqela lokuqala lokuvula i-Esplanade Hotel Fremantle (ngoku eyi-Esplanade Hotel Fremantle yiRydges) kunye neMerlin Perth Hotel (ngoku eyi-Hyatt Regency Perth) kunye ne-Observation City Resort Hotel (ngoku eyiRendezvous Hotel iPerth Scarborough).
Kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo uMichael ebenephothifoliyo ebanzi ebandakanya uMlawuli weZentengiso, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific kwiqela leIntercontinental Hotels (IHG), uSekela Mongameli oPhezulu wentengiso kunye neNtengiso kwelona qela likhulu lase China iJin Jiang Hotels ezinze I-Shanghai kunye ne-Sekela lika Mongameli oPhezulu kwiNtengiso kunye neNtengiso yeRendezvous Hospitality Group ngaphambi kokuya kwi-Tourism Fiji njengeGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba esiLawulayo ngo-2011 nango-2012. Emva kweminyaka engama-20 isekelwe eSydney uMichael ubuyele ePerth ngo-2017 kwaye uyiNqununu ye-2M Hospitality ingcebiso kwezentengiso nolawulo .
UMichael ujoyina aMalungu aNyuliweyo amahlanu kunye naMalungu amane aTyunjiweyo, akhethelwe ubuchule bawo obusetyenziselwe ukongeza abo banyulwe sisiseko sobulungu bePRTO. Iindawo ezintathu ebezikhuselwe kukhetho lwalo nyaka, ezazise-Avon Valley ezinabatyunjwa abathathu, i-Fremantle ne-Rottnest Island enabatyunjwa ababini kunye ne-Sunset Coast enabonyulwa abathathu. Ukulandela ivoti, uVictoria Williams njengomgqatswa onyuliweyo weAvon Valley, uOlwyn Williams weFremantle kunye neRottnest Island kunye noNathan Baker weSunset Coast.
"Siyavuya ngumdla wokufaka isandla kwiBhodi yethu, ebonelela ngesikhokelo sobuchule bendawo esiya kuyo ePerth", utshilo uSihlalo ophumayo uJohn Longley AM. “UMichael wachongwa eBhodini kwintlanganiso yethu yebhodi ka-Okthobha waphinda wanyulwa njengoSihlalo namhlanje. Ndingathanda ukwamkela uMichael kwiBhodi kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ndigqithisa induku kuSihlalo oqeqeshwe kakhulu ”. Amalungu eBhodi amatsha abandakanywayo abandakanya uScott Alderson, uMlawuli weNtengiso, iiNdawo zeCrown Perth kunye noDeb Carr, Umphathi weSebe- WA, ATEC.
“Sisiqendu esitsha se-Destination Perth; Siqale unyaka-mali nomphathi omtsha u-Tracey Cinavas-Prosser, kulandela ukuthatha umhlala-phantsi kukaNoeleen Pearson emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesine. Ndilonwabele kakhulu ixesha lam njengoSihlalo wePRTO kakhulu ”utshilo uJohn. “Emva kweminyaka emininzi njengoSihlalo lifikile ixesha lokuba nam ndithathe umhlala-phantsi ndenze indlela yesizukulwana esitsha esizakhela phezu komsebenzi ofezekisiweyo kwisithuba sam”.
Amalungu eBhodi asandula ukunyulwa kunye nokuchongwa ajoyina iBhodi ekhoyo yeJeromy Cotterill - Ilungu elonyuliweyo uPerth, uGrant Brinklow - uNondyebo kunye neLungu elinyuliweyo Swan Valley kunye neDarling Range, uJames Mulholland, uMlawuli, iRottnest Fast Ferries - Ilungu elonyuliweyo kunye neMyrianthe Riddy. Umnini, I-Mandurah Cruises-Ilungu elonyuliweyo.
