Ua hui pū ka IGLTA Foundation me ka ʻAhahui Huakaʻi Pākīpika (PATA) e hāʻawi i kahi manawa kūikawā no kahi haumāna mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hong Kong Polytechnic University e hele i ka He 35th Annual Global Convention a International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, hoʻonohonoho ʻia no Mei 9-12 ma Toronto, Kanada.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin e hele i ka ʻaha kūkā, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hanana hoʻonaʻauao mua a me ka hui pūnaewele no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi LGBTQ honua.
"Hoʻohanohano ʻia ka IGLTA Foundation e hui pū me kahi hui kaulana e like me PATA e hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono i nā poʻe ʻōpio i kā lākou ʻimi ʻana e hoʻomaopopo hou a hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi honua LGBTQ," wahi a IGLTA Foundation Board Chair, Gary Murakami, CMP, CMM, o MGM Resorts International. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo ikaika nei mākou ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me nā manawa pūnaewele ma ka IGLTA Annual Global Convention he kia o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka Foundation a ʻo ka hana pū ʻana me PATA kahi kī i kā mākou holomua."
Ke hana nei ʻo Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin, he lāhui Thai, ma kāna Kauka o Philosophy (PhD) ma ke Kula o Hotele a me ka Hoʻokele Hoʻokele (SHTM) ma The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Hāʻawi ka haʻawina ʻaha kūkā i kahi huakaʻi i uku ʻia a pau a hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻaha kūkā i ka hanana.
"ʻO koʻu hanohano nui a me ka manawa kūpono iaʻu e hāʻawi ʻia me ka Palapala Hoʻonaʻauao PATA/IGLTA e kākoʻo piha ana i kaʻu huakaʻi e hele i ka hui hoʻokipa LGBTQ nui loa o ka honua," wahi a Ms Vongvisitsin. "ʻOliʻoli loa wau i ka hoʻohui ʻana i koʻu ʻike pololei ma ke ʻano he mea kākoʻo LGBTQ, he lālā o ke kaiāulu transgender a me koʻu ʻimi noiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa e hāʻawi piha i ka noiʻi huakaʻi LGBTQ. Manaʻo wau ʻo kēia haʻawina ka hoʻomaka ʻana iaʻu, a ʻo kēia manawa e kōkua iaʻu e aʻo i nā hana maikaʻi loa mai nā loea mākaʻikaʻi LGBTQ.
ʻO kēia ke ono o ka makahiki a ka IGLTA Foundation i hāʻawi aku ai i kāna Papahana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Building Bridges i nā haumāna mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, a ʻo ia ka lua o ka manawa i hui pū ai ka hui ʻole me kekahi hui ma ka papahana. Ua hui pū ʻo IGLTA a me PATA i ka makahiki 2015 a ua wehe ʻia ke kaʻina noi no kēia kākoʻo hui ʻana i nā haumāna e hele ana i nā kula hoʻonaʻauao he mau lālā PATA International.
"Ua paʻa ka PATA i ka manaʻo nui he leo like ka poʻe huakaʻi a me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e pono ke lohe ʻia, a ke hana mau nei mākou e hoʻokumu i nā alahaka no nā poʻe a pau o nā ʻāina āpau e komo ai a e aloha ai kekahi i kekahi. Eia hou, ua lilo mākou i mea kākoʻo ikaika no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻōpio i loko o ka ʻāina. Hōʻike kēia haʻawina i kā mākou kūpaʻa i kēia mau hana ʻelua, "wahi a PATA Luna Nui ʻo Dr. Mario Hardy. "Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi pilikino iā Bella i ke koho ʻia ʻana no kēia manawa nui e loaʻa ai ka ʻike hohonu o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka hopena koʻikoʻi o ka huakaʻi gay a me ka wahine wahine i ka nohona a me ka hoʻokele waiwai a puni ka honua."
I ka makahiki 2017, ua kālele nā hana a PATA i ka Young Tourism Professional (YTP), e hoʻokūpaʻa ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike a me nā mākau o nā haumāna e komo ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka hoʻokele hoʻokipa a me nā papa degere e pili ana. Ua hōʻike pū ka ʻAhahui i ka pono nui e hoʻomohala a hoʻokō i nā kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono no nā YTP i ko lākou ʻimi ʻana i ka holomua ʻoihana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā mākau. I loko o ka makahiki, ua hoʻokumu ʻo PATA i ka māhele lālā haumāna YTP, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kahua no nā lālā haumāna YTP e hoʻopili ai i ka pūnaewele ʻoihana ākea o PATA.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana ʻo Ms Bella Vongvisitsin ka lanakila o ka PATA-IGLTA Foundation Sponsorship o kēia makahiki," wahi a Professor Kaye Chon, Dean, Luna Hoʻokele a me Walter Kwok Foundation Polofesa ma International Hospitality Management, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Ke Kulanui Politeknik Kong. "ʻOiai he mea mahalo ia i kāna talena, hoʻolaʻa a me kāna hana paʻakikī, pono mākou e mahalo iā PATA no nā manawa i hāʻawi ʻia i kāna mau lālā lālā. Ua haʻaheo ke Kula Nui ʻo Hong Kong Polytechnic University of Hotel and Tourism Management i ka lilo ʻana i lālā PATA a ua kākoʻo ʻo ia i nā hana he nui a ka ʻAhahui i ka holomua ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi honua.
ʻO ka hui kūleʻa ma waena o PATA a me IGLTA ua ʻae i nā hui ʻelua e kaʻana like i ka ʻike ma o ka noiʻi a me nā paʻi ʻana, hāʻawi i ke komo like ʻana i nā hanana, kākoʻo i nā kūlana kākoʻo i ʻae like ʻia, a hoʻonui i ke komo ʻana no ka pono o nā lālā o nā hui ʻelua. Ma ke ʻano o ka hui ʻana, e hāʻawi ana ʻo IGLTA i nā uku hoʻemi haumāna e hui pū me ka IGLTA 35th Annual Global Convention. Pono nā haumāna hoihoi e hele i ka leka uila [pale ʻia ka leka uila].
Eia kekahi, e hāʻawi pū ana ʻo PATA CEO Dr. Mario Hardy i ka ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi ma ka Hui Hui Kaʻahele LGBT+ ma Bangkok, Thailand mai Iune 29-30. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hanana e Out There Publishing, ʻoiai nā hoa kākoʻo e komo pū me PATA a me IGLTA.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka IGLTA Foundation Building Bridges Scholarship Program e kākoʻo i ka hanauna e hiki mai ana o nā ʻoihana huakaʻi LGBTQ (a me nā hoa pili). Hoʻokomo ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka Scholarship i ka papahana hui IGLTA holoʻokoʻa, e hōʻoia ana e loaʻa iā lākou ka manawa e launa pū me nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua, e loaʻa i ke aʻo ʻana mai ka poʻe ʻoihana i kā lākou mau wahi hoihoi a hele i nā kau hoʻonaʻauao.
