Mphotho ya ASTA Lifetime Achievement kwa Tom Conlin

ORLANDO, FL (September 8, 2008) - Lero, pamsonkhano wapachaka wa ASTA womwe unachitikira ku THETRADESHOW ku Orlando, Tom Conlin, yemwe anayambitsa Conlin Travel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) amapereka kwa anthu.

"Panthawi yonse ya ntchito yake, Tom sanangokhala mpainiya komanso kazembe wamakampani," adatero Cheryl Hudak, CTC, Purezidenti wa ASTA ndi CEO. "Ziribe kanthu kuti ndizovuta, waphunzira kuzolowera, ndipo chidwi chake nthawi zonse pakuyenda komanso makampani oyendetsa maulendo ndi chilimbikitso kwa onse."

Anayambitsa Conlin Travel mu 1959, atagwira ntchito ku US Air Force. Patatha zaka zisanu, adayambitsa Conlin Athletic Tours, yomwe idzakhala bungwe lovomerezeka la maulendo a Big 10. Kuyambira pamenepo wapita kukagula mabungwe ena ndikukulitsa bizinesi yake nthawi zambiri, ndikutsegula Conlin Enrichment Tours, kwa alumni ndi magulu apadera; Kuyenda kwa Conlin ku San Francisco, kampani yoyendera maulendo; Misonkhano Yamagulu a Conlin; Conlin Consulting, kampani yophatikiza ukadaulo; ndi Kuwoloka Malire, umwini wogwirizana womwe umapereka chithandizo chokwanira cha kayendetsedwe ka maulendo.

Pozindikira kufunika kwa olowa kumene oyenerera kwambiri m’makampani oyendayenda, mu 1983, Conlin ndi Joseph Hallissey anatsegula Sukulu Yoyendayenda ya Conlin-Hallissey. Mu 1998, adakhazikitsa Great Lakes Cruise Co., yomwe tsopano ikuyimira maulendo onse oyenda panyanja ya Great Lakes ndikubweretsanso sitima zapamadzi zopita ku Great Lakes pochita hayala zombo ziwiri zaku Europe, MV Columbus ndi Levant, kwa zaka zinayi zotsatizana.

Zina mwa zomwe adachita ndi zoyamba zambiri, zomwe Conlin Travel inali bungwe loyamba kubwereketsa Concorde ndi British Airways ndipo adayendetsa ulendo woyamba wa alumni kupita ku China. M'zaka zake zoyambirira zamalonda oyendayenda, Conlin adakonza zolembera mazana a ophunzira ku Ulaya ndikupanga lingaliro la University Abroad. Pambuyo pake, Conlin Travel idakhala malo ovomerezeka a US ku Levant, ulendo wapamadzi waku Europe.

Kunja kwa malonda ake, Conlin wakhala akugwira ntchito pamakampani onse ndipo anali pulezidenti wakale wa ASTA's Michigan Chapter, kuphatikizapo kutumikira m'makomiti angapo a dziko la ASTA, pakati pawo Komiti Yodziwitsa Anthu Oyenda.

Payekha, Conlin wakhala akugwira ntchito kwambiri m'dera lake ndipo mu May 2002 adalandira Mphotho ya Utumiki Wolemekezeka kuchokera ku Rotary Club ya Ann Arbor, komwe kuli pulezidenti wakale komanso membala wamakono. Conlin ndi membala wakale wa Board of Directors wa Conlin-Hallissey Travel School komanso woimira alumni pa Komiti ya University of Michigan pa Economic Status of the Faculty (CESF). Kuonjezera apo, amatumikira pa matabwa a Siena Heights University (Adrian, Mich.) komanso pa St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Community Health Board kuyambira 1997.

Ntchito ya ASTA's (American Society of Travel Agents) ndikuwongolera bizinesi yogulitsa maulendo kudzera pakuyimira bwino, chidziwitso chogawana komanso kupititsa patsogolo ukatswiri. ASTA imayang'ana msika wamaulendo ogulitsa omwe ndi opindulitsa, okulirapo komanso malo opindulitsa ogwirira ntchito, kugulitsa ndi kuchita bizinesi.