IWorld Travel Awards (WTA) igqibe ukhangelo lwayo lonyaka lonke lohambo kunye nokhenketho olugqwesileyo ngoMnyhadala oqaqambileyo wokuGqibela oMkhulu ka-2010 kwihotele yaseLondon iGrosvenor House.
Emva konyaka ocela umngeni kolu shishino, imibutho equka i-American Express, iKuoni, i-InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, i-Europcar, kunye ne-Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority bonke babonise umnombo wabo okumgangatho wehlabathi njengoko babekhokela uhambo lwehlabathi kunye nokubuyisela kwakhona ukhenketho.
Eyongwe njenge "Oscars kuShishino lokuHamba" yiWall Street Journal, iWorld Travel Awards yamkelwa kwihlabathi jikelele njengelona wonga lokuhamba.
ILondon ibethe iNew York, iKapa, iRio de Janeiro, neSydney ukuze iphumelele “iNdawo eNgqwesileyo yeHlabathi” kunyaka apho abakhenkethi abafikayo kwikomkhulu banyuke baya kutsho kwizigidi ezingama-27 njengoko uchulumanco lukhula phambi kwe-Olimpiki ka-2012.
I-Etihad Airways iqhubekile nokukhula kwayo ngokwemozulu ngokuchola “iNqwelomoya eNkokheli kwiHlabathi liphela” unyaka wesibini ngokulandelelana, kulandela unyaka owabona umthuthi weflegi ye-UAE esungula iindlela ezintlanu ezintsha kwaye wadlala indima ephambili kunyaka ophinda uvuselelwe kuphapho.
Ingingi yee-VIPs ibizimase umsitho wegala, kuquka neNkosana yakhe yaseBukhosini uKhalid Al Faisal waseSaudi Arabia, othe waqokelela “uBuntu obuKhokelelwayo boNyaka” kuphuhliso lwakhe lokhenketho lwezenkolo kwisiXeko esiNgcwele saseMakkah kunye nomsebenzi wakhe wobuvulindlela kuKumkani. Isiseko seFaisal.
Ngeli xesha, usomashishini waseJamani uRegine Sixt, umongameli weSixt, uvotelwe “ngoMfazi woNyaka” ngendima yakhe ebalulekileyo kumbutho othe watyhutyha indlela yawo yokuwohloka.
Abanye ababekhona kwi-VIP baquka uDavid Scowscill, umongameli kunye ne-CEO, WTTC; Sally Chatterjee, i-CEO, VisitLondon; HE Chumpol Silapa-Archa, umphathiswa wezokhenketho nemidlalo, eThailand; UFiona Jeffery, usihlalo, iWorld Travel Market & Just a Drop; Alec Sanguinetti, i-CEO kunye nomlawuli jikelele, i-CHTA; UJosef Forstmayr, umongameli, CHA; Tan Sri Dr.Mohd Munir bin Abdul Majid, usihlalo, Malaysia Airlines; UDato' Lee Choong Yan, umongameli kunye ne-COO, iiResorts World Genting; Obekekileyo. Ed Bartlett, umphathiswa wezokhenketho, eJamaica; kunye noAdam Stewart, iCEO, iSanals Resorts International.
I-WTA Grand Final iphawule uvuthondaba lophando lonyaka wonke lokufumana ezona nkampani zihambayo zibalaseleyo kwihlabathi kwaye ilandela ukushisa eDubai, eRhawutini, eAntalya, eDelhi, naseJamaica.
Ulonyulo lwe-WTA 2010 lubonise iinkampani ezingama-5,000 kwiindidi ezili-1,000 kumazwe angama-162. Abaphumeleleyo bachongwe ngamawaka eengcali zeshishini kunye nabathengi kwihlabathi liphela bebevota kwi-Intanethi.
UGraham Cooke, umongameli nomseki weWorld Travel Awards uthe: “Lo nyaka, njengowokugqibela, usaqhubeka nokucela umngeni kuwo onke amanqanaba ohambo nokhenketho. Nangona kunjalo, abaphumelele iiMbasa zeHlabathi zokuHamba ngobu busuku babona umzabalazo kungekhona njengophawu lobuthathaka okanye ukusilela, kodwa njengethuba lokukhula kunye nokuhlaziya kunye nethuba lokubeka imodeli yeshishini labo kuvavanyo lokugqibela.
Wongeze wathi: “Ngokudibanisa ubuchule kunye namabhongo kunye nobuchule boshishino, le mibutho ikhokela ekubuyiseni ukhenketho kunye nokhenketho kwihlabathi liphela. Ngokwenza oko, bakwabethelela indima yoshishino njengenye yezinto eziphambili kuqoqosho lwehlabathi.”
Isekwe kwiminyaka eyi-17 eyadlulayo, iWorld Travel Awards izimisele ukuphakamisa imigangatho yenkonzo yabathengi kunye nokusebenza kweshishini ngokubanzi kulo lonke ishishini lamazwe ngamazwe.
Abathengi basebenzise ngakumbi uluhlu lwabaphumeleleyo njengesikhokelo esithembekileyo kunye neendlela zokuqinisekisa xa bekhetha iholide yabo. Iinkampani kunye neendawo zokuya eqongeni zabaphumeleleyo bafumana ukhuselo lwehlabathi kunye neenzuzo zorhwebo.
Ngena ku-www.worldtravelawards.com ukuze ufumane uluhlu olupheleleyo lwabaphumeleleyo behlabathi.
