Yayin da 2024 ke gabatowa, kyakkyawan fata na Thurlby na nan gaba ya kasance mai haske. Abin da ya mayar da hankali a kai a bayyane yake: farfado da kasancewar Skål da kuma karfafa rawar da take takawa a masana'antar yawon bude ido ta Thailand.
Babban abin burgewa na wannan shekarar ya zo ne a watan Disamba lokacin da Skål Bangkok ya ha]a hannu da Ƙungiyar Balaguro na Asiya ta Fasifik (PATA) don wani taron bayar da agaji na biki a Hyatt Regency akan titin Sukhumvit. Taron ya hada fitattun shuwagabannin balaguro da yawon bude ido sama da 155 na kasar Thailand domin gudanar da bukukuwan cin abinci, inda aka tara makudan kudade ga kungiyoyin agaji na cikin gida. Thurlby ya bayyana cewa wannan taron ya ƙunshi manufofin shugabancinsa: haɗa manyan 'yan wasan masana'antu don haɓaka haɗin gwiwa da haɓaka haɓaka.
Canjin Jagoranci
A karkashin jagorancin Thurlby, Skål Bangkok ya ga farfaɗo. Mambobin kungiyar sun kai matsayi mafi girma a cikin shekaru, sakamakon kokarin wani kwamiti mai kwazo. Tawagar ta hada da mataimakan shugaban kasa Marvin Bemand da Andrew Wood, tare da Kanokros Sakdanares, wanda ya mamaye sabuwar rawar da aka kirkira ta mataimakin shugaban mata a jagoranci.
Wannan ƙungiya mai haɗin kai ta yi aiki don haɓaka ɗabi'ar Skål na "yin kasuwanci tsakanin abokai," samar da dama ga membobi don yin haɗin gwiwa da cin gajiyar juna.
Duk da haka, akwai kalubale. Thurlby ya yarda da tasirin cutar kan Skål International, wanda ya ga adadin membobin ya ragu. Tare da kulake 301 a cikin ƙasashe 84, Thurlby ya yi imanin ƙungiyar ta shirya don sabuntawa.
"Tare da yawancin damar duniya, mabuɗin shine mayar da hankali kan haɗin kai da haɗin gwiwa," in ji shi. "Dole ne mu tallafa wa juna kuma mu yi amfani da karfin hadin gwiwarmu don sake ginawa da bunkasa."
Mai da hankali kan Yawon shakatawa na Thai
Thurlby tana da sha'awar sha'awar duniya ta Thailand. Daga Bangkok mai cike da cunkoson jama'a har zuwa bakin tekun Krabi, kasar ta kasance abin magana ga matafiya na duniya. Duk da haka, Thurlby ya nuna damuwa game da halin da wasu kungiyoyin kulab din Skål ke ciki, kamar na Pattaya, Hua Hin, da Chiang Mai, wadanda yake fatan ganin an farfado da su.
"Thailand tana ba da kayayyakin yawon shakatawa mara misaltuwa," in ji shi. "Ta hanyar ƙarfafa kasancewarmu a duk faɗin ƙasar, za mu iya ƙirƙirar haɗin kai da tasiri mai tasiri."
Manufofin Shekarar da ke Gaba
Kamar yadda Skål Bangkok ke kallon 2025, Thurlby ya zayyana manyan manufofi guda uku:
- 1. Bayar da mata a cikin al'amuran jagoranci don haɓaka bambancin da haɗa kai.
- 2. Fadada zama memba ta hanyar sabbin dabaru da wayar da kai.
- 3. Gina dangantaka mai ƙarfi tare da masu tallafawa na gida don tabbatar da dorewa.
Ƙwarewar Thurlby a cikin tallace-tallace na dijital, wanda aka haɓaka ta hanyar ayyukansa a Move Ahead Media da kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Kwamitin IT na Skål International, ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓaka ayyukan ƙungiyar da ƙwarewar membobin. A shekarar da ta gabata, kungiyar ta duniya ta amince da gudummawar da ya bayar ta hanyar sanya masa sunan Skalleague Mai Koyi.
Bikin Gado
Yayin da Skål International ke bikin cika shekaru 90 da kafuwa, ta kasance babbar cibiyar sadarwa ta ƙwararrun yawon buɗe ido a duniya, tare da mambobi sama da 12,500 da suka mamaye ƙasashe 84. Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da zama zakaran yawon shakatawa, kasuwanci, da abokantaka, tare da haɓaka haɗin gwiwar da ke amfana da wuraren zuwa da ƙwararru.
Thurlby, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Skål Bangkok tun 2020, ya jagoranci kulob din tare da sadaukar da kai ga juriya, kirkire-kirkire, da haɗin gwiwa. Tare da hangen nesansa na 2025, yana da niyyar sanya Skål Bangkok a matsayin jagora a masana'antar kuma abin koyi ga wasu su bi.
