Hoʻolaha ʻo Louisville Tourism i nā loli alakaʻi

Ua hoʻolaha aku ke Komisina o ka huakaʻi ʻo Louisville i kahi papa hana i ka wā e hoʻi mai ana ka Pelekikena & CEO ʻo Karen Williams. E pani ana ka luna ʻoihana hoʻokipa ʻo veteran Williams i kāna mau makahiki he 30 ma ka hui kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Louisville i ka lā 30 o Iune, 2021. Ua koho aku ke Komisina i kēia manawa i ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui ʻo Cleo Battle e alakaʻi i ke keʻena hoʻokipa huakaʻi a ke kūlanakauhale i ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo William. 

ka ʻO Louisville Huakaʻi Hōʻike ʻo CEO i ka hopena ma nā tradeshows ʻoihana a me nā ʻaha kūkā a hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi alakaʻi a me ka nānā ʻana o ka ʻoihana kūʻai ma nā ʻano āpau o kāna hana kālā a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.

Ua hana ʻo Williams ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa no 40 mau makahiki e hoʻomaka ana ma ke ʻano he luna kūʻai aku ma ka Ritz-Carlton Hotel ma Atlanta. Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i 18 mau hōkele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻi ʻo Williams i Louisville a ua lawelawe ʻo ia i 23 mau makahiki ma kahi o ka Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, e hoʻi ana ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Hope Pelekikena ma 2012 a e hoʻi ana ma ke ʻano he CEO i ka makahiki 2014. International, Destination Marketing Association International a me APEX Komikina me ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻoihana. Ua noho ʻo Williams ma ke ʻano he noho no ka Destination & Travel Foundation, kahi hui aloha i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hoihoi o nā ʻoihana kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi a e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o ka huakaʻi a puni ka honua. I ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hana like ʻole a me ka lōʻihi o kāna hana hoʻokipa, ua loaʻa iā Williams ka makana ʻo Dan Mangeot i ka makahiki 2012 i hāʻawi ʻia i kekahi kanaka nāna i kōkua nui i nā hanana huakaʻi a Louisville.

ʻO kēia ka lua o ka manawa o Battle e hoʻopiha ana i kā Williams kuleana, ʻoiai ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ka Pelekikena Hope Pelekikena ma 2013 ma mua o kona koho ʻia ʻana ʻo COO ma 2019. Ua hana ʻo Battle i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa no 34 mau makahiki. Ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i Louisville, ua hala he 12 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena o Sales & Services no ka Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau ma Richmond, Va. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Battle i kāna ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma ka hōkele ʻoihana e hana ana no Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn a me Sheraton Hotels. He kamaʻāina ʻo Battle no Denver. Ua puka ʻo ia mai ke Kulanui ʻo Metropolitan State me kahi kekelē BA ma ka Hotel / Management Restaurant. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna Master of Business Administration ma 1997 mai ke Kulanui ʻo Averett ma Virginia. He ʻĀpana Hoʻokele Hopena ʻĀpono ʻelua ʻo ia (CDME) a ​​me Executive Executive Sales (CASE).  

Wahi a ka luna o ka papa ʻo Donald Lassere, "ʻO ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa kahi mākeke hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū nui loa no ka hana leʻaleʻa a me nā hālāwai. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Karen, ua ulu ka ʻāina ʻo Louisville me nā manawa kūpono e hoʻoulu ai i nā ʻaha a me nā mākaʻikaʻi i makemake nui ʻia a ua ʻike ke kūlanakauhale i ka ulu ulu ʻana o ka kipa ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau. Ke hana pū nei me Karen no ʻewalu mau makahiki, ʻike mākou he kuleana kūpono ko Cleo o ka ʻike, alakaʻi a me ka hihi e kōkua ai i ko mākou kaiāulu e hoʻonui i ko mākou manawa kūpono e like me nā wahi e like me mākou e neʻe ai i kahi manawa hoʻōla a rebound. "

Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer "He mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻonui i ka hopena o kā Karen Williams hopena i ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ʻike ʻia e Louisville i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, me ka piko ma mua o ka pandemia o 19 miliona mau malihini kipa ma ka makahiki 2019. Ma mua o kekahi o nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa o ko mākou kaiāulu. , cheerleaders hōʻeuʻeu, ua lawe mai ʻo Karen i nā mākau kupaianaha, ʻike a me ke ʻano o ka laulima ʻana i ka hana. Ua hana nui ʻo ia i ka hana pū ʻana me ke kūlanakauhale, ka mokuʻāina a me nā mea kuleana mākaʻikaʻi e kākoʻo kālā a kākoʻo i ka hana hou hou ʻana o KICC, kahi e hoʻonoho maikaʻi ai iā mākou i kahi mākeke hoʻokūkū ke hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hele hou, ma hope o ke ahulau. E haʻo wau iā Karen no nā kumu he nui, akā hilinaʻi wau i kāna papa, ka hui aupuni i kūkulu ʻia e lākou - a i kona hope, ʻo Cleo Battle, ka mea i hana pū me Karen no kekahi mau makahiki. Mahalo wau iā Karen e noho ana a hiki i ke kauwela e kōkua e hōʻoia i kahi hoʻololi maikaʻi a makemake wau e hoʻomaha nui - a huakaʻi! - i ka wā hoʻomaha. "