Ua hōʻike aku nei ka Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) i ka Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) me kāna makana PATA Gold hanohano no ka "2016 Shop Guam e-Festival Mobile Campaign" ma ka ʻāpana "Marketing Media - Mobile Travel Application MA". Ua nānā ka papa luna kānāwai o PATA i 220 mau manaʻo mai 77 hui a me nā kānaka mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻae ʻo GVB i ka makana ma ka PATA Gold Awards Luncheon and Presentation ma Kepakemapa 15 ma ka Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Macau Government Tourist Office. I kēia makahiki, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā luna hoʻokele o ka ʻoihana mai nā wahi a puni o Asia Pacific.
"Hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou e ʻike ʻia e PATA no kā mākou hana me ka Shop Guam e-Festival," wahi a GVB Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Nathan Denight. "ʻO nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai ma ka Bureau no ka poʻe o Guam a he hōʻailona kēia i ka hana paʻakikī a me ka hana hou a kā mākou hui e hoʻoikaika nei i ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Guam i ka honua."
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Shop Guam e-Festival e GVB i ka makahiki 2012 ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi kūʻai kūʻai honua mua loa o ka mokupuni a ua ulu aʻe e hoʻohui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka "Smart Tourism" ma o kāna ʻenehana loea. Hāʻawi ka app i ka ʻike manawa maoli e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai, nā lawelawe, a me nā hana i nā malihini a me nā kamaʻāina ʻoiai e hoʻolaha ana iā Guam ma ke ʻano he wahi hou, ʻano, a me nā ʻano like ʻole e kūʻai ai.
I ka makahiki Fiscal 2016, ua loaʻa i ka ʻahaʻaina he 300,000 mau malihini kipa i hōʻea mai a ua hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o $15 miliona ka waiwai o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka media. Eia hou, ua huki ka ʻahaʻaina i 180 mau ʻoihana kūloko mai Guam e komo i ka hoʻolaha me ka huina o 262 mau makana kūikawā.
"ʻO Shop Guam ka hanana kūʻai nui loa ma ka Pākīpika Komohana a loaʻa iā ia kahi hui i mahalo nui ʻia e ka honua, e like me PATA, e ʻike i nā hana e hana ʻia e hoʻololi i ka ʻenehana i kēia hanana pūlima GVB he mea ia e haʻaheo ai ko mākou poʻe," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o Global Marketing Pilar. Laguaña. "Mahalo mākou iā PATA no kēia makana hanohano, a me kā mākou mau hoa hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka kūleʻa o Shop Guam."
E hoʻi mai ana ʻo Shop Guam e-Festival no kāna makahiki 6 mai Nowemapa 10, 2017 a hiki i Pepeluali 28, 2018. Loaʻa ka polokalamu manuahi ma ka Apple App Store a me Google Play Store.
