Ua hauʻoli ka Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana iā Mark Crabb i Hope Pelekikena o Convention Sales & Services.
Hele mai ʻo Crabb i ke awāwa ʻo Coachella mai Sonoma County Tourism kahi āna i lawelawe ai ma ke ʻano he Luna Kūʻai Nui. Ua alakaʻi a mālama ʻo ia i kahi hui kūʻai ʻeiwa nāna i hoʻolako i nā lawelawe kūʻai aku a me nā lawelawe hoʻokipa no nā hālāwai kūloko a me nā mākeke huakaʻi honua. Ma 2016, ua alakaʻi maikaʻi ʻo Crabb i ka "Trio" o nā hoa (Sonoma County Tourism, Sonoma County Vintners Association a me Sonoma County Wine Grape Growers) ma ke ʻano he hui huakaʻi waina no ke kōmike hoʻokipa Super Bowl 50. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Crabb ma Destinations International (DMAI) Accreditation Board a he ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hōʻoia ʻia.
"Me ka ʻoi aku o 25 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ma ka ʻāina a me ka honua, hiki iā Mark ke kaʻana like i kona ʻike nui a me kāna mau mākaukau me kā mākou hui Kūʻai Kūʻai a me kā mākou Hoa Hoʻokipa," wahi a Scott White, Greater Palm Springs CVB Pelekikena & Luna Nui. "ʻOliʻoli mākou e hoʻokipa iā Mark i kā mākou ʻohana CVB a me ke kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa."
Ua lawelawe mua ʻo Crabb ma ke ʻano he Hope Luna Hoʻokele o ka Lee County Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB) ma Fort Myers, FL. ʻO kāna mau kuleana, ʻo ia ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻano hana a me nā hana kūʻai like ʻole o ka VCB. Ma mua o kēlā, ua lawelawe ʻo Crabb ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka Muncie/Delaware County Convention and Visitors Bureau a me ka Rising Sun/Ohio County Convention and Tourism Bureau. Ma ia mau kūlana ʻelua, ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana o ka poʻe huakaʻi leʻaleʻa a me ka ʻoihana, a me ke kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa, ʻaha kūkā a me nā mākeke haʻuki. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana me ka Anderson/Madison County Visitors and Convention Bureau ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o Sales.
Loaʻa iā Crabb kahi kēkelē laepua ma ke kālepa a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana mai ke Kulanui ʻo Purdue. Loaʻa iā ia kahi Fellow, Certified Destination Management Executive (FCDME) i koho ʻia ma o ka Destination International, Purdue University, a me ke Kulanui o Calgary. ʻIke ʻia ka papahana CDME e ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he hoʻokō hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe loa, me ka papa hana e uhi ana i ka ʻike, alakaʻi, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻoihana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka loli a me ka hoʻokūkū. Loaʻa iā ia kahi palapala hōʻoia ʻo Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) mai ka Convention Industry Council.
