ʻO Roger Dow, ka peresidena puka a me Luna Nui o ka US Travel Association, e hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia ka 2022 inductee i loko o ka US Travel's Hall of Leaders, ua hoʻolaha ka hui i ka Pōʻalima.
Me ka hoʻokomo ʻana o Dow, ua kapa ʻia ʻo 104 mau kukui huakaʻi kaulana i ka US Travel Hall of Leaders mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai i ka makahiki 1969 e ʻike i "nā haʻawina hoʻomau a kaulana i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi."
"He mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kahi mea kākoʻo maikaʻi loa no ka huakaʻi i kēia lā ma mua o Roger Dow. ʻO kāna koho ʻana i ko mākou kino hanohano e hōʻike ana i kāna mau haʻawina lehulehu a me ka mahalo nui a me ka mahalo nui o kā mākou ʻoihana, "wahi a Carnival Cruise Line Pelekikena a me US Travel National Chair Christine Duffy. "I kona hoʻopau ʻana i kāna ʻoihana kaulana ma ke ʻano he poʻo o ka US Travel a, ma mua, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o Marriott, hoʻohanohano ʻo ia i nā mea a pau a Roger i hoʻokō ai e holomua a alakaʻi i kēia ʻoihana a me kāna mau limahana."
Ua alakaʻi ʻo Dow iā US Travel ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi nui no 17 mau makahiki.
Ma mua o kona koho ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 2005, ua lawelawe ʻo Dow no 34 mau makahiki ma Marriott International, kahi i alakaʻi ai ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana kūʻai honua a me ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka papahana aloha hotele mua, ʻo ia ka Marriott Bonvoy a me ke kāleka hōʻaiʻē Marriott pili. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo Dow ʻo kāna hana nui loa ma Marriott ʻo kāna kūpaʻa mau makahiki i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻumi tausani o nā mea kūʻai aku.
Ma US Travel, ʻo ka hana hou a me ka noʻonoʻo mua a Dow i loaʻa ai nā lanakila kau kānāwai, me ka hoʻokumu ʻana, ka hana ʻana a me ka hana hou ʻana o Brand USA, ka hui kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi o ka lāhui. Mahalo i kēia mau hoʻoikaika ʻana, a me kāna hoʻonui ʻana i ka hōʻike kālepa IPW o ka US Travel a me ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā lāhui he ʻumi i ka US Visa Waiver Program i kona wā ma US Travel, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka huakaʻi inbound i US i ka 61% i ka wā o Dow.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Dow i ke kūkulu nui ʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka huakaʻi ma Wakinekona a ua mālama ʻo ia i nā hālāwai he nui me nā pelekikena o ʻAmelika e noho nei, nā kākau ʻōlelo Kuhina a me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo. Eia hou, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Hui Mean Business Coalition, kahi e hoʻonoho ai i ka waiwai a me nā pono o nā hālāwai ʻoihana, nā hōʻike kālepa, nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā ʻaha kūkā.
No ke kōkua ʻana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi i kāna manawa nui o ka pono, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Dow i ka hoʻomaha federal e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi a me ka hoʻihoʻi kālā no nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā hui kūʻai huakaʻi. Ua hakakā maikaʻi ʻo ia a me ka hui huakaʻi US no ka wehe hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi mokulele honua a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o Covid ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana.
Ua loaʻa iā Dow nā hanohano a me nā makana he nui, a ua paʻa i nā noho ma nā papa he nui, e like me ASAE, GWSAE, MPI Foundation, PCMA, Tourism Diversity Matters, RE/MAX International, Travel Institute, a me ke Kōmike Kālepa o US Chamber of 100, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ma mua o kāna huakaʻi huakaʻi, ua lawelawe ʻo Dow i ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ka 101st Airborne Division ma Vietnam, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ka Bronze Star a me nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe. Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui ʻo Seton Hall a ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Alumnus Nui loa ma 2012.
E hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Dow e ka US Travel board of directors ma kahi pāʻina ma Nowemapa 14, 2022, i kāna hālāwai hāʻule.
Loaʻa kahi papa inoa o nā poʻe hanohano Hall of Leaders ma mua maanei.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Prior to his appointment in 2005, Dow served for 34 years at Marriott International, where he led the company's global sales and marketing functions, notably developing the first hotel loyalty program, which would become Marriott Bonvoy and the related Marriott credit card.
- Prior to his travel career, Dow served in the United States Army with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, where he received the Bronze Star and other citations.
- Dow has received multiple honors and awards, and has held seats on several boards, including ASAE, GWSAE, MPI Foundation, PCMA, Tourism Diversity Matters, RE/MAX International, the Travel Institute, and the U.