Ua hoʻolaha ʻo American Queen Voyages i kēia lā ua koho ʻia ʻo David Giersdorf i ka pelekikena ʻoihana no American Queen Voyages. E hōʻike aku ʻo Mr. Giersdorf iā Kevin Rabbitt, ka luna hoʻokō nui, Hornblower Group.
"Hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Hornblower Group i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā huakaʻi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka nui o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā moku hou, kā mākou hui rebrand, hoʻonui ʻenehana, pūnaewele a me nā mea kūʻai aku a me ka wehe ʻana i kahi keʻena hou ma Fort Lauderdale, e hoʻokomo iā mākou i loko o ka puʻuwai. ka ʻoihana holo moku," wahi a Kevin Rabbitt, ka luna hoʻokele nui, Hornblower Group. "I mea e hoʻolalelale ai i kēia mau pahuhopu, pono mākou i kahi mea hiki ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hui me ka ʻike hohonu o ka ʻoihana, ka ikaika ikaika a me nā ʻano ʻoihana koʻikoʻi e hōʻoia i ka hana ʻana i nā hana kūpono i kā mākou hoʻolālā ulu. Hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā David, ko mākou hoaaloha a me ka ʻoihana moku holo moku, i ke kuleana o ka pelekikena. Me ka makemake o David, ka ʻike hana hoʻoikaika ikaika a me ka manaʻo o ka ʻoihana, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hāʻawi ʻo ia i ke alakaʻi e pono ai mākou e kūkulu a hoʻopaʻa i nā manawa kūpono āpau no nā hana a American Queen Voyage.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Mr. Giersdorf ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo i ka American Queen Voyages no aneane ʻekolu makahiki a lawe mai i ka makemake nui a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻoihana holo moana holoʻokoʻa o Hornblower me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa kahakai. Venture i uka, a ʻo ka mea hou aku nei, ka hoʻolaha kūleʻa ʻana o Ocean Victory, kā mākou ʻike ʻo Alaska Expedition.
Ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Pelekikena, ʻo Mr. Giersdorf ke kuleana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻolālā pāʻoihana holoʻokoʻa o ʻAmelika Queen Voyage e hāʻawi ana i ke alakaʻi i ka hui alakaʻi e hana i ka waiwai hoʻomau no nā mea kuleana āpau e like me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana, ka hana hou, ka hana a me ke kūkulu hou ʻana. ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o Giersdorf i hui pū me Isis Ruiz, ka mea i hui pū me ʻAmelika Queen Voyages ma ke ʻano he Luna Kūʻai Nui e kiaʻi i ke kūʻai aku, ke kūʻai aku ʻana, ke kikowaena kikowaena a me ka hoʻokele waiwai.
E lawelawe ʻo Mr. Giersdorf ma ke ʻano he pelekikena ʻoihana no ka manawa a hiki i 18 mahina.
"Ke lawelawe nei au ma ke ʻano he kākā'ōlelo pili no ka American Queen Voyages a me Hornblower Group i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēlā kuleana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena ʻoihana o ka moku holo moana," wahi a Mr. Giersdorf. “He manawa hauʻoli kēia no ka māhele, a ke kakali nei au i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kahi hui hoʻolaʻa e kūkulu ana ma luna o ka hoʻoilina waiwai o kēia hui. Ua hiki iaʻu ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana nui i ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā makana Alaska hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia me Lanakila Moana, ka mea i hoʻomaka i kāna holo hoʻomaka me ka lanakila nui. Ua ikaika au e alakaʻi i ka hui i kēia wā ulu hou no American Queen Voyages ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ka hui i nā ʻike kupaianaha no kāna mau malihini.
Ua hele mai ʻo Mr. Giersdorf i ka Mōʻīwahine ʻAmelika me 40+ mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he luna kiʻekiʻe, kākāʻōlelo, a me ka lālā o ka papa ma ka honua holo moku & ʻoihana huakaʻi e hana pū ana me kekahi o nā inoa nui loa i ka holo ʻana, ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi me ka hana pū ʻana me kahi lehulehu. $1B+ brand portfolio a ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o kekahi mau hōʻailona holo moana, huakaʻi, a me nā lawelawe kālepa.
Ma ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa o Mr. Giersdorf, ua unuhi ʻia kona ʻiʻini a me kona hoihoi no ka moku holo moana ma o nā papahana milestone nui. Me ka ʻohana, ua paionia ʻo ia i kekahi mau hanana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Alaska, nona a hoʻokele i ka Glacier Bay National Park hale noho a me ka ʻae holo moana huakaʻi, a kūkulu i kahi laina holo moku liʻiliʻi alakaʻi honua, a kūʻai ʻia aku i kahi hui Fortune 50. ʻO ka hana hou a Giersdorf i ka ʻoihana moku holo moana e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā Windstar Cruises ma ke ʻano he "180 ° Mai Ordinary" alakaʻi i ka honua holo moku holo moana a alakaʻi pū i ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o Holland America Line ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi honua holo moana laina ma o ka mea kaulana " Kaulima o ka Excellence" initiative.
Ua hui pū ʻo Giersdorf i ke kūkulu ʻana i CF2GS i kahi hui lawelawe kālepa hoʻolālā honua, a ua kūʻai ʻia aku iā Foote Cone Belding/True North Communications a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka Global Voyages Group ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi i ka mokuahi mokuahi a me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi (Expedition; River; ʻO nā moku liʻiliʻi)
Ua lawelawe ʻo Giersdorf ma nā papa like ʻole, me ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o CLIA (ka Cruise Lines International Association). He mea kākau hoʻi ʻo ia: Hard Ships - Navigating Your Company, Career, and Life Through the Fog of Disruption Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo Giersdorf ma ke ʻano he mea haʻiʻōlelo nui no nā ʻaha kūkā ʻoihana a komo ma ke ʻano he loea ʻoihana ma nā ʻano podcasts a me nā manawa ninaninau. e uhi ana i nā kumuhana e like me ka Global Cruise Industry, Leadership, Innovation, Endurance Sports & Mindset
Ua hele ʻo Mr. Giersdorf i ke Kulanui o Wakinekona a ua hoʻopau i kahi papahana ʻo Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management ma Entrepreneurship. Noho ʻo ia i Bend, Oregon i kēia manawa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Hornblower Group i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka ʻAmelika Queen Voyages, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka nui o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā moku hou, kā mākou hui rebrand, hoʻonui ʻenehana, pūnaewele a me nā mea kūʻai aku a me ka wehe ʻana i kahi keʻena hou ma Fort Lauderdale, e hoʻokomo iā mākou i loko o ka puʻuwai. ka ʻoihana holo moku," wahi a Kevin Rabbitt, ka luna hoʻokele nui, Hornblower Group.
- Giersdorf has served in the role of advisor to American Queen Voyages for nearly three years and brings a deep passion and understanding of Hornblower's overnight cruise industry including supporting the acquisition and reimagining of the independent shore excursions business, Venture Ashore, and more recently, the successful launch of Ocean Victory, our Alaska Expedition experiences.
- ʻO ka hana hou a Giersdorf i ka ʻoihana moku holo moana e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i Windstar Cruises ma ke ʻano he "180 ° Mai Ordinary" alakaʻi i ka laina holo moana boutique alakaʻi honua a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻonui a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o Holland America Line ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi honua holo moana laina ma o ka mea kaulana " Kaulima o ka Excellence" initiative.
