Ua loaʻa iā Kathleen Matthews, ke poʻo nui o ka honua kamaʻilio a me ka luna pili aupuni ma Marriott International, kahi makana alakaʻi hanohano mai ka US Travel Association no ka mahalo ʻana i kāna mau haʻawina i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻomau, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻoihana.
Ua hui pū ʻo Matthews iā Marriott i ka makahiki 2006 ma hope o kona lilo ʻana i 30 mau makahiki ma Wakinekona, DC's ABC pili, WJLA, kahi i heleuma ai ʻo ia no 15 mau makahiki. I ka wā o kona noho ʻana, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Marriott i kāna Global Green Council a hoʻomaka i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hōkele i hōʻoia ʻia e LEED ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna hoʻolālā hoʻomau hou, a ua alakaʻi ʻo Matthews i kahi hana ma Kina e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai wai o kēlā ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Matthews i ka pilina me nā hui e like me ka Human Rights Campaign, a ua hoʻokumu i nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana ma US, a me nā ʻāina e like me Rwanda, India a me Haiti e hoʻolako i kahi ala i nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa no nā ʻōpio pilikia.
Ua haʻi ʻo Matthews i kona ʻike ma ka pae ʻāina a me ka honua ma o kāna lawelawe ma ka US Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board a ma ka World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Travel and Tourism. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka papa o ka US Travel a me kāna komite hoʻokō, a ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ʻo US Travel's Secure Tourism Summit ma 2017.
I ka makahiki 2015, ua haʻalele ʻo Matthews iā Marriott e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana ma ka lawelawe aupuni, a ke noho nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he noho o ka Maryland Democratic Party.
"He hopena mau loa ka hana a Kathleen ma ka Marriott a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, a haʻaheo wau i hiki iaʻu ke kāhea iā ia he hoaaloha pili," wahi a US Travel President a CEO Roger Dow.
Ua hāʻawi ʻo US Travel i ka makana iā Matthews i ka wā ʻahaʻaina hāʻule o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka hui.
ʻO ka poʻe i loaʻa mua i nā hanohano hanohano ʻo US Travel, ʻo ia ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Florida ʻo Rick Scott lāua ʻo Tom Nides, ka hope kākau ʻōlelo mua no ka hoʻokele a me nā kumuwaiwai ma ka US Department of State, ka mea i ʻike ʻia me nā luna consular o ke keʻena.
