UKathy Sudeikis, i-CTC, ebizwa ngokuba nguMmeli woKhenketho we-ASTA wonyaka

I-ORLANDO, FL (nge-8 kaSeptemba 2008) -U-Kathryn W. Sudeikis, CTC, usekela-mongameli wobudlelwane benkampani kwi-All About Travel in Mission, Kansas, uhlonitshwe namhlanje nge-ASTA's 2008 Travel Agent of the Year Award, kwintlanganiso yayo yonyaka e-THETRADESHOW eOrlando. Eli bhaso, liphefumlelwe nguJoseph W. Rosenbluth, liqonda ukuba lilungu learhente yokuhamba ethe yenza igalelo elikhulu kwishishini lokuhamba kwaye ifuthe lalo elinamandla kunye nomsebenzi wobungcali lihambise phambili iwonga leearhente zokuhamba.

“Kwiminyaka emininzi ndimazi uKathy, ubonakalise ukuba ngummeli ongadinwayo egameni le-ASTA, ishishini lethu lilonke kunye nendima ebalulekileyo edlalwa ngabathunywa bezohambo. Ube yintshatsheli yolu shishino, ecebisa abameli abancinci kwaye esasaza umyalezo wokuba iiarhente zokuhamba ziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yeshishini lokuhamba, utshilo umongameli we-ASTA kunye ne-CEO, uCheryl Hudak, CTC. “UKathy unikele ubomi bakhe kwishishini lezokhenketho kwaye akukho mntu ndimcingayo ongcono onokufumana eli mbasa njengoko efanisa amagama athi 'iarhente yokuhamba.' Xa uKathy esithi ishishini lokuhamba lishishini lobudlelwane, uthetha oko. Ukho ngenene kubathengi bakhe - kunye neshishini - phambi, ngexesha nasemva kunye nomsitho. "

USudeikis wayesakuba nguMongameli weSizwe we-ASTA kunye ne-CEO kwaye usebenze isithuba seminyaka emibini kule ndima eqala ngo-Okthobha ka-2004. Phambi koko, usebenze njengoSekela Mongameli weSizwe iminyaka emine. Phambi konyulo lwesizwe, uSudeikis wayelilungu leBhodi yaBalawuli ye-ASTA emele iMissouri Valley kunye neZahluko eziPhezulu zeMidwest. USudeikis ukwasebenzise uMbutho njengo mongameli
Igosa le-ASTA leSahluko saBongameli beSahluko kunye ne-ASTA ye-63 yeHlabathi yeNgqungquthela eSt.

USudeikis wayengumphathi wemicimbi ekhokelayo kwiphulo lokwazisa abathengi nge-ASTA. Kwindima leyo wayejongana neenzame zoMbutho zokukhuthaza ixabiso learhente yokuhamba kwaye wakhokela kwiphulo lobudlelwane noluntu, ngesiqubulo esithi, "Ngaphandle kommeli wohambo, uwedwa."

Iarhente yokuhamba esebenza, uSudeikis uvela rhoqo kwimagazini yoKhenketho noLonwabo njengenye yeengcebiso zabo ze "Super Travel Agent" kubafundi babo. I-Sudeikis yathathelwa ingqalelo njenge-Arhente yoHambo yonyaka ka-2002 ngabafundi bephephancwadi iTravel Trade. Ngo-2005, uSudeikis wonyulwa njengo- “Travel Association Personality of the Year” kwiiWorld Travel Awards eLondon nangoDisemba 2005, wafumana iTourship Weekly magazine yeLifetime Achievement Award. Uye wavela nakwiphephancwadi le-Travel Agent's "100 Most Powerful Women" ekuhambeni.

Igqala leminyaka engama-40 kwishishini, uSudeikis uhlala ecatshulwe kupapasho lukazwelonke, kubandakanya amaphephandaba e-Kansas City, iChicago Tribune, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times nase-USA NAMHLA. Uvele kwiinkqubo zikamabonakude zesizwe ezininzi kubandakanya neendaba ze-FOX, "iNewsHour noJim Lehrer," "i-Today Show" kunye ne "CBS Ngale ntsasa." Uye wavela kwiinkqubo ezininzi zikanomathotholo, kubandakanya iRadio yeSizwe kaRhulumente, iRadio yasimahla yaseYurophu kunye nenethiwekhi yomkhosi oxhobileyo.

Isithethi esiphumeleleyo, uSudeikis uthethe namaqela kwiminyhadala emininzi yoshishino, kubandakanya uMbutho weSizwe woKhenketho (i-NTA), uMbutho woShishino lwezohambo eMelika (TIA), uMbutho weHlabathi weeNqanawa zeCruise (i-CLIA) kunye neMibutho yeeArhente zokuHamba zaseIndiya, eMzantsi Afrika , Australia naseJamani.

U-Sudeikis uzuze ulwahlulo lwakhe lwe-Certified Travel Counselor (CTC) ngo-1976 ukusuka kwi-Travel Institute (eyayiyi-Institute of Certified Travel Agents) kwaye wanikwa ubulungu ubomi bonke ngo-1983. Okwangoku usebenza kwiibhodi zeengcebiso ze-arhente yohambo lwezoLonwabo lokuHamba, i-Greaves Tours of India, Rail Europe, Dollar-Thrifty Automotive Group and The German National Tourist Board. Ngaphambili, uye wabonisana kwiibhodi ezahlukeneyo ezibandakanya: I-Alamo Car Rental, I-American Express Travel Agent Advisory Board, i-Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, i-Disney Attractions kunye ne-State of the Maine.

Umsebenzi we-ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) kukuququzelela ishishini lokuthengisa ukuhamba ngokumelwa ngokufanelekileyo, ulwazi ekwabelwana ngalo kunye nophuculo lobungcali. I-ASTA ifuna indawo yentengiso yokuthengisa enenzuzo, ekhulayo kunye nendawo enomvuzo yokusebenza, ukutyala imali nokwenza ushishino.