VisitBritain/VisitEngland CEO Sally Balcombe ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia e haʻalele ana i ka hana i ka puna o kēia makahiki.
Ms Balcombe, ka mea i Luna Nui, mua o VisitBritain a laila o E kipa mai i ʻEnelani/E kipa aku iā ʻEnelani, no nā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻehiku, e haʻalele ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi aupuni e ʻimi i nā manawa hou.
Ms Balcombe ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hanohano ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi aupuni.
"I koʻu komo ʻana, i ka makahiki 2014, ua lilo mākou i ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe e kākoʻo ana i kahi ʻoihana holomua honua. A hiki i ka maʻi maʻi, ua hele kā mākou ʻoihana mai ka ikaika-i ka ikaika, e huki ana i nā helu helu o nā kipa ʻelua a me nā hoʻolimalima, hana i nā hana a me ka ulu waiwai.
"A laila ua paʻi ʻo COVID, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kā mākou ʻoihana. Ua hiki i kā mākou ʻāpana ke hoʻololi a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa ʻo COVID, me nā kikowaena kūkā e lilo i mau halemai a me nā hale moʻomeheu a me nā mea hoihoi e lawe ana i kā lākou hōʻiliʻili pūnaewele.
"Ke komo nei mākou i ka makahiki 2022, ke hoʻomau nei kā mākou ʻoihana i nā pilikia he nui a ʻo kā mākou manaʻo e hoʻolalelale koke i ka huakaʻi mai ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 ma ke kūkulu ʻana i nā malihini kipa i ka wikiwiki a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻoihana."
Mana Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi Pelekania (BTA) Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna hoʻomalu manawa ʻo Dame Judith Macgregor:
“Ma ka inoa o ka Papa BTA a E kipa mai i ʻEnelani/E kipa aku iā ʻEnelani Makemake wau e hoʻonui i kā mākou mahalo nui iā Sally no kāna alakaʻi koʻikoʻi a noʻonoʻo i nā makahiki he nui o ka hoʻomohala kūleʻa a no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻoihana i nā pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi, hoʻonohonoho i kāna mau mea nui a me ka hoʻolālā lōʻihi e kākoʻo i kēia ʻoihana paʻakikī. ma o ka pilikia a hiki i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a ma waho.
"Ua hāʻawi ʻo Sally i mea koʻikoʻi a mau loa i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o UK, ʻaʻole wale i ka wā o kona noho ʻana ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui. E kipa mai i ʻEnelani/E kipa aku iā ʻEnelani, akā me kahi ʻoihana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 mau makahiki i ka huakaʻi. Makemake mākou iā Sally i ka maikaʻi loa no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “On behalf of the BTA Board and VisitBritain/VisitEngland I would like to extend our huge thanks to Sally for her outstanding and creative leadership over so many years of successful development and for steering the agency through the difficulties of the pandemic, setting its priorities and longer-term strategy to support this hard-hit industry through crisis to recovery and beyond.
- “As we enter 2022, our industry continues to be confronted by many challenges and our focus is to drive immediate tourism recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by building back visitor spend as quickly as possible and supporting the industry.
- “Sally has made a significant and lasting contribution to the UK's tourism industry, not only during her tenure as CEO of VisitBritain/VisitEngland, but with a career spanning more than 40 years in travel.
