Iintsuku ezimbini zokuqala ezingama-40th ushicilelo lweNtengiso yeHlabathi yokuHamba (WTM) eLondon wabona abathathu kumashishini okuhamba abaphathi abaphezulu bethetha ngokuhamba kwabo kweshishini kunye nemibono ngekamva.
Abatyalomali babona ihotele njengesindululo esishushu ngenxa yenani labahambi abakhulayo kwihlabathi, ngokwe Hilton ulawulo.
NgoMvulo wabona USimon Vincent, Usekela-mongameli olawulayo ka-Hilton kunye nomongameli we-EMEA, baxelele abaphulaphuli be-WTM London ukuba ukunyuka kweenqwelomoya kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali kunye nabakumgangatho ophakathi, ngakumbi e-China, kwakuthetha ukunyuka kwemfuno yeempawu zehotele kuyo yonke indawo.
"Iihotele njengodidi lweasethi kubatyali mali ziye zaba sisindululo esinomtsalane ngakumbi," utshilo.
IHilton ngoku isebenza kwiihotele ezingama-516 kwihlabathi liphela phantsi kweempawu ezili-17 ezisusela kubunewunewu ukuya kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Ukuza kuthi ga ngo-2006 uphawu kuphela kwiphothifoliyo yayo eyayisebenza ngaphandle kweNyakatho Melika yayinguHilton uqobo. Inkampani yabucala yokulinganisa yabucala iBlackstone ihlawule i-26 yezigidigidi zeedola kwiqela ngo-2007 kwaye yaqala ukuyandisa kumazwe aphesheya ngaphambi kokuyithatha esidlangalaleni kwaye yaphuma kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ngoku, utshilo uVincent, iimveliso ezinjengeMotto, Hampton kunye noDoubletree bahlala ecaleni kwamagama afana noConrad noWaldorf Astoria. La, watsho, athetha ukuba iqela lingagcina ukuthembeka phakathi kwabathengi balo, ngakumbi i-100 yezigidi kunye namalungu e-Hilton Honors scheme. "Bonwabile ngokutshintsha phakathi kweempawu," utshilo. “Bangamagorha endlela phakathi evekini kodwa abathengi ababizayo ngeempelaveki nangeholide. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba sinalo mxube. ”
Ubize iSaudi Arabia kunye neTurkey njengeendawo ezinkulu zokukhula kwiqela. Uthe i-Egypt "ibinzima kakhulu" emva kweminyaka emine yokuvalwa kweenqwelo moya zase-UK eziya eSharm el-Sheikh, neyathi yaphakanyiswa ekupheleni kuka-Okthobha. Uthe iipropati zaseLondon "zazibhabha", ngenxa yenxalenye yobuthathaka obuhle, kodwa wachaza imeko "njengeyona inzima" kwimimandla yase-UK.
UHilton ubhiyozela i-100 yayoth unyaka, kulo nyaka kwaye uVincent wathi unembali yokuzingca. “Sivelise itshokholethi emdaka, iPina Colada kunye nesaladi yeWaldorf. Sibe ngabokuqala ukubonelela ngemeko yomoya kunye negumbi, ”utshilo.
Umseki kunye ne-CEO yenethiwekhi yexabiso eliphantsi yaseYurophu Wizz Air wabelane ngeresiphi yakhe yempumelelo yenkampani ngomhla weSibini weWTM.
UJózsef Váradi Inqwelo moya yakhe eyenze ingxelo nge 292 yezigidi zeerandi kunyaka ophelileyo, ichaze ukungaqiniseki kweshishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, isithi: “Awuyazi into eza kuhamba gwenxa. Inye kuphela into oyaziyo kukuba kukho into engazukuhamba kakuhle kwaye nendlela oqhuba ngayo ishishini. ”
Echaza ngokuhamba kwakhe ngenqwelomoya, ngethuba engena kwicandelo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukuze axhase iMalev Hungarian Airlines, eyayiphethe iflegi yaseHungary kude kube ngo-2012, wathi: “Akukho mntu uyiqondayo into endiyenzayo, kuquka nam. Ngelo xesha ndandicinga ukuba ndenza impazamo enkulu. Yayisesona sigqibo sobuchule endakha ndasenza.
“Lo nto indikhokelele kwiWizz Air. Ndigxothiwe eMalev kwaye kwafuneka ndifumane umsebenzi omtsha. Siyi-airline esebenzayo, eyomeleleyo. Nantso ke ishishini esikuyo. "
UVaradi washiya iMalev ngo-2003 kwaye waseta iWizz Air, ngoku esebenza ngeendlela ezingama-700 ukuya kwiindawo ezili-151.
Wongeze wathi: “Asiloshishini lesisa. Kufuneka senze imali kwaye kufuneka sibe nenzuzo ngokweqhinga. Asihambi ezindleleni ngenxa yokubhabha. Yonke indlela nganye kufuneka ibe nenzuzo. ”
Inqwelo moya yenze icandelo lase-UK, iWizz Air UK kunyaka ophelileyo. “Inenzuzo ukusukela kusuku lokuqala. Sijonge eLondon njengophawu oluphambili lweWizzAir, ”wongeze watsho.
UVaradi uthe ubona iBrexit njengethuba.
“Ukusukela ngevoti yaseBrexit, iWizz Air ikhule ngaphezulu kwe-60% yamandla e-UK. Siyayithanda imakethi yase-UK kwaye sithanda ukusebenza kwethu e-UK. Sijonge iBrexit njengethuba lethu. I-UK ihlala icebo kakhulu kuthi, nokuba kwenzeka ntoni ngeBrexit. ”
Ukugcina umxholo wokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, usuku lwesibini lweWTM eLondon nalo lubonile Virgin Atlantic Ndithembisa ukuguqula isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseManchester "sibe yinqaba esemantla", kunye nezicwangciso zokwandisa kulindeleke ukuba zityhilwe ngomhla wokugqibela weWTM eLondon.
Kwiseshoni kumsitho we-ExCeL, umphathi oyintloko UShai Weiss Uthembise isibhengezo ngoLwesithathu, "Mhlawumbi into enokwenza nokusweleka kukaThomas Cook." Umqhubi owisiweyo wayenendlela ye-transatlantic yeendlela ezicwangcisiweyo ezivela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esikumantla kwaye iVirgin inokuthi ithathe indawo yezinye zazo.
"Sizimisele ukukhonza i-Powerhouse yaseNyakatho kunye nenqaba esemantla," utshilo. Sele sidibanise iNew York, iBarbados kunye neLas Vegas kwaye sizokwenza ngaphezulu. Sisisona sithwali sikhulu kunye neVirgin Connect kwaye i-terminal entsha ine-lounge yeVirgin kunye negumbi leeholide leVirgin. Kuthi, lithuba elihle lokuba senze imali. ”
Uthe wayenecebo "lokuphumelela eManchester" ngaphambi kokuwa kukaThomas Cook. Umphathi ngoku wayekwimo yokwandiswa, utshilo, emva kokumiswa kwakhona kwenkampani kunye ne-49% yeqabane iDelta eyayibone ingumjelo weendlela ezingenanzuzo.
"Isicwangciso sethu kakhulu ukuba lilungu losapho lwe-Delta kwaye sifuna ukubonwa njengoyena mntwana mhle kwaye uthandekayo," utshilo.
Utshintsho lubandakanya ukuvalwa kweenkonzo zaseDubai, athe u-Weiss akazange enze nzuzo kwiminyaka eli-11. Intombi enyulu isandula ukusungula inkonzo yaseHeathrow-Tel Aviv kwaye iqala ngeenqwelomoya ukuya eSan Paulo ukusuka eHeathrow kunyaka olandelayo.
U-Weiss ubonise ukuba inqwelomoya ifuna ukuphinda iqale iinqwelomoya ukusuka eHeathrow isiya eJapan, kodwa ifuna ukutshintsha izikhululo zeenqwelo moya ukusuka kwindawo ebikade iye kuyo, iNarita, iye eHaneda, ekufutshane nesixeko.
Ngaphandle kwesicwangciso sakhe sokwandisa, u-Weiss uthe "akanangxaki" ngeefowuni ezivela kwi-KLM yabathengi ukuba baqwalasele ukubhabha kancinci. Kodwa wongeze wathi: "Xa ujonga kwi-1,500km nangaphezulu, abantu kufuneka babhabhe, andikholelwa ekubuyeni umva."
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Keeping to the aviation theme, the second day of WTM London also saw Virgin Atlantic promise to turn Manchester airport into its “fortress in the north”, with expansion plans expected to be revealed on the final day of WTM London.
- In a session at the ExCeL event, chief executive Shai Weiss promised an announcement on Wednesday, “Maybe something to do with the demise of Thomas Cook.
- Monday saw Simon Vincent, Hilton's executive vice president and EMEA president, tell a WTM London audience that the rise of budget airlines and the middle classes, particularly in China, meant soaring demand for hotel brands across the spectrum.
