ʻO nā alakaʻi ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo Joe DʻAlessandro, ka pelekikena a me CEO o ka San Francisco Travel Association, a me Ernest Wooden Jr., ka pelekikena a me ka CEO o ka Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, e hoʻohanohano ʻia ma ke ʻano he 2020 i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka ʻAhahui Huakaʻi ʻAmelika Hale o nā alakaʻi, hoʻolaha ka hui i ka Pōʻakolu.
Ua kapa ʻia kekahi mau kānaka hanohano i ka Hale Alakaʻi o US Travel no "nā kōkua i kākoʻo ʻia a koʻikoʻi hoʻi i hopena maikaʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a hāpai i nā kūlana ʻoihana ākea."
Me kēia mau hoʻokomo ʻelua, ua koho ʻia nā luminaries ʻoihana huakaʻi 102 i ka US Travel Hall of Leaders mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai i 1969.
"He alakaʻi poʻokela ʻo Ernie me kahi ʻoihana hanohano i ka huakaʻi a me ka hoʻokipa, e wāwahi ana i nā ālai a e ʻaʻā ana i kahi ala i ukali ʻia e nā poʻe ʻē aʻe," wahi a ka Pelekikena Pelekikena ʻo US Travel a me CEO ʻo Roger Dow. "Aia mau ʻo Joe i ka wana nui o ka hoʻolaha huakaʻi a me ka hoʻolauna huakaʻi, e hoʻonoho nei i ka pā kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke kūlanakauhale i aloha ʻia a puni ka honua.
"ʻAʻole i lawelawe wale kēia mau alakaʻi kūpono i kā lākou mau hui me ka ʻokoʻa akā ʻo ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, e kōkua nui nei i ka ulu ʻana o ka huakaʻi i loko a ma loko hoʻi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa."
Ua alakaʻi ʻo DʻAlessandro i ka San Francisco Travel Association ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me CEO ma hope o 2006 a he ʻelele ʻeleu no ka moʻomeheu a me nā hoʻoilina o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kāna kūleʻa i ka hoʻokele hoʻokele kahi i hoʻonui i ka nui o nā malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki i Kapalakiko-e piʻi ana i 30% mai ka 2009 a ua haʻi wiwo ʻole ʻo ia i nā pilikia o ke kūlanakauhale me ke kumu a me ke aloha.
Ma ke poʻo o San Francisco Travel, ua hoʻohana nui ʻo DʻAlessandro i ka ʻenehana ʻenehana e hoʻonui nei ma o ka ʻapo ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā kalepa kikoʻī kikoʻī, e hana ana i nā launa pū me ke kaiāulu hōkele, nā wahi hoihoi a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka poʻe kipa. ʻO DʻAlessandro kahi mea hoʻomohala nāna i hoʻomohala i ka Apana Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā ʻo San Francisco, nāna i hoʻokumu i kahi hanana kālā hoʻomau e mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano he hiʻohiʻona kūloko no ka hoʻolaha mākaʻikaʻi.
Ma mua o ke komo ʻana i San Francisco Travel, ʻo Pelekikena Nui ʻo DʻAlessandro a me CEO o ka ʻAhahui Kipa o Portland Oregon mai ka makahiki 1996 a i ka 2006 a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi o ke Kōmike Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻo Oregon mai ka makahiki 1991 a hiki i ka 2006. ʻO kā US Travel's National Council of State Tourism Directors i 1995.
Ua lawelawe ʻo DʻAlessandro i nā papa ʻoihana he nui, e like me ka papa alakaʻi o ka US Travel Association, e kipa aku iā Kaleponi a me Super Bowl 50 Host Committee.
"He alakaʻi nui a makemake nui ʻo Joe i ka holomua ʻana i ko San Francisco ʻaoʻao ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka honua," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Meia ʻo Kapalakiko ʻo London Breed. "Ua kākoʻo kāna hana i ka hoʻonui ʻana o Mosone Center, ka mea i kōkua iā San Francisco e hoʻomau i ko mākou kūlana ikaika i ke kaha kiʻi ʻana i nā ʻaha a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā mākou mau hana kūloko a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. Laki mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoa ikaika ma Joe ke hana pū nei mākou e hoʻihoʻi palekana i nā huakaʻi i Kapalakiko. "
ʻO ka hana a Wooden i ka hoʻokipa a me ka hoʻokipa ua kāpili ʻia me ʻehiku mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me luna hoʻomalu no ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻo Los Angeles Tourism & Convention, kahi i haʻalele ai ʻo ia i Iune. Ua lawelawe ʻo Wooden ma ke ʻano he pelekikena pelekikena, nā māka honua me ka Hilton Hotels Corporation, kahi i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka luna o ka hōkele ʻAmelika ʻAmelika kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, e alakaʻi ana i nā hana no 3,000 mau waiwai ma 80 mau ʻāina. Ua paʻa ʻo Wooden i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe me Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Omni Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree na Hilton a me Promus Hotel Corporation.
Ma lalo o Wooden, ua ʻike ʻo Los Angeles i ka huakaʻi wāwahi hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo, me ka hoʻokipa ʻana ma mua o 50 miliona mau malihini kipa a puni ka honua i ka makahiki 2018 - ka hopena o kahi pahuhopu nui i hoʻokumu ʻia e Wooden i ka hoʻomaka o kona noho ʻana. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i ko Los Angeles huakaʻi helehelena o ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Kina, kahi i hoʻokumu ai i nā keʻena manawa piha e lawelawe i ka mākaʻikaʻi i loko o LA Wooden i kapa ʻia i ka papa inoa Power 100 o EBONY® Magazine a lawelawe i nā papa he nui, e like me ke Kōmike Hoʻokele o US Travel, ʻo Los ʻO Chamber of Commerce Area o Angeles, e kipa aku iā Kaleponi a me ka US Advisory Board.
"He ʻelele ʻo Ernie no ka ʻuhane Angeleno, a he poʻokela o nā waiwai a me nā leo e haʻaheo ai iā mākou e kāhea aku iā Los Angeles home," wahi a ka Meia ʻo Los Angeles ʻo Eric Garcetti. "ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana o Ernie i loko o ka US Travel Hall of Leaders kahi mea mahalo nui i kahi ʻoihana kupaianaha - pehea ʻo ia i kōkua ai i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻokipa i ʻenekini o kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, pehea ʻo ia i kaʻana like ai i kā mākou moʻolelo me ka honua, a pehea i hoʻonui ai i ka ʻike o ko mākou kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he kahi huakaʻi no nā moeʻuhane, nā mea hana, nā malihini kipa, a me nā mea ʻike maka mai ʻō a ʻō o ka honua. "
E hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo DʻAlessandro lāua ʻo Wooden e ka papa alakaʻi o US Travel i ka manawa o ka hālāwai virtual virtual i ka lā 18 o Nowemapa a e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ʻi ke kanaka i kahi ʻaina awakea me ka US Travel board ma kahi lā e hoʻoholo ʻia ai i kēia makahiki aʻe.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
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- Prior to joining San Francisco Travel, D'Alessandro was president and CEO of the Portland Oregon Visitors Association from 1996 to 2006 and served as executive director of the Oregon Tourism Commission from 1991 to 2006.
- “Ernie is an ambassador of the Angeleno spirit, and a champion of the values and voices that make us proud to call Los Angeles home,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
