ʻO Chris Tatum, Keith Regan, a me Karen Hughes ke kime hou o ʻekolu e alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana nui loa ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii: The Hawaii Visitors Industry.
He manawa haʻaheo hou kā ka hui ʻo Marriott Hotel ke hoʻonohonoho nei kekahi o kā lākou iho i ke ala no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Hawaiʻi.
Ua hoʻolaha ka Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) i ke koho ʻana i ʻelua mau alakaʻi hoʻokō koʻikoʻi i kēia lā, e kapa ana iā Keith Regan i luna hoʻomalu nui a ʻo Karen Hughes i hope pelekikena o ke kālepa a me ka hoʻomohala huahana. E hoʻomaka nā hana ʻelua i ka lā 17 o Dekemaba.
Hui ʻo Regan lāua ʻo Hughes koho hou ʻia ʻo Pelekikena a me CEO ʻo Chris Tatum i ke alakaʻi ʻana iā HTA i mua i ka hoʻokō ʻia o kāna nuʻukia e kākoʻo i kā Hawaii ʻoihana hoʻokipa. ʻO Tatum ka mea mālama iā Marriott Hawaii, ʻo Hughes ma mua me Starwood Hotels a me Resorts, ka mea a Marriott i mālama ai.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ka luna hoʻomalu o ka HTA ʻo Rick Fried i ke kaʻina ʻimi hoʻokō e koho ai i luna hoʻomalu luna a me hope pelekikena o ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā huahana i hoʻomaka ʻia ma Iulai 27. Ua noi ʻia he mau moho he nui no kēlā me kēia kūlana. ʻElua mau kōmike ʻokoʻa o nā lālā o ka papa HTA, hoʻokahi kōmike no kēlā me kēia kūlana, i kiaʻi i ke kaʻina hana a loiloi i nā pono o kēlā me kēia moho, kahi a nā mea hope loa i hoʻoholo ai no Tatum e hāʻawi i kāna mea i komo ai, e alakaʻi ana i ke koho ʻana o Regan a me Hughes.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻia, "Me Keith Regan lāua ʻo Karen Hughes e hui pū ana me Chris Tatum, loaʻa iā mākou kahi hui alakaʻi poʻokela ma kahi e alakaʻi iā HTA i ka hana ʻana i nā hana koʻikoʻi nui o ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka inoa ʻo Hawaii, ka huakaʻi kūʻai ʻana i nā mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii."Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu hoʻomalu, kuleana ʻo Regan no ka nānā ʻana i nā hana a HTA, me nā hana hoʻokele a me ka hoʻokele kālā e pili ana i nā ʻaelike, ka moʻohelu kālā, ka hoʻolālā papahana a me ka pono, nā ʻōnaehana ʻenehana ʻike, a me nā limahana, a me nā hana kālā a me nā hoʻokele no ka hana a me ka mālama ʻana. o ko Hawaii Kikowaena Kikowaena.
Ke neʻe aku nei ʻo Regan i Oahu mai Maui mai kahi āna i hana ai no 22 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, me nā makahiki he 12 me ke Kalana o Maui. I kēia manawa ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi hoʻokele no ke Kalana ʻo Maui mai Ianuali 2011. I kēlā kuleana, kuleana ʻo Regan no ka hoʻokele a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hana o ke kalana, e like me ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hoʻokō ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kulekele a me nā kaʻina hana e hōʻoia i ka lawe pono ʻana o nā lawelawe i nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea kipa.
ʻO nā kuleana nui o Regan no ke kalana ka mālama ʻana i ka moʻohelu kālā o ka makahiki, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pahuhopu wā lōʻihi a lōʻihi hoʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ola o nā kaiāulu, ka mālama ʻana i nā hana tactical āpau i ka wā pilikia a pilikia paha. nā hoʻolālā hana e hoʻonā i nā pilikia a hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka pane ʻana i nā loiloi.
ʻO ke pelekikena hope hou o ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala huahana, ʻo Hughes ke kuleana no ka mālama ʻana i nā hana a me nā papahana o ka HTA e kākoʻo i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hawaiʻi, e like me ke kaʻina kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ka ʻimi noiʻi ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻike hou, a me ka hoʻomalu a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻolaha o nā polokalamu mākaʻikaʻi āpau. kākoʻo i ka leʻaleʻa a me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi.Lawe ʻo Hughes ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻike kūʻai ma Hawaii i kāna kuleana hou ma HTA, e pili ana i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena hope o Meet Hawaii a me nā huakaʻi ʻoihana huakaʻi no ka Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) o Hawaii mai 2013 a 2015, a ma ke ʻano he pelekikena hope āpana o ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma Hawaii no Starwood Hotel & Resorts mai 2001 a 2006.
He ʻike nui ʻo Hughes ma Hawaiʻi a ma ka pae honua e alakaʻi ana i ka kūʻai ʻana, kūʻai, hoʻolaha, hōʻailona a me ka hoʻokele ulu ʻana no nā ʻoihana ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka leʻaleʻa, me nā hōkele, nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi a me nā hale kūʻai. ʻOiai ma HVCB, ua alakaʻi maikaʻi ʻo Hughes i kahi hui i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā i kālele ʻia i nā mea āpau e pili ana i nā papahana kūʻai ʻoihana-i-ʻoihana.
ʻ stateslelo ʻo kā misi ʻo HTA: E hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi iā Hawaii mākaʻikaʻi i kahi ʻano hoʻomau i kūlike me nā pahuhopu waiwai, nā waiwai moʻomeheu, ka mālama ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, nā makemake kaiāulu a me nā pono o ka poʻe kipa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Hughes brings nearly 20 years of tourism sales and marketing experience in Hawaii to her new role at HTA, which includes serving as vice president of Meet Hawaii and travel industry partnerships for the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) from 2013 to 2015, and as regional vice president of sales and marketing in Hawaii for Starwood Hotels &.
- Regan's key responsibilities for the county were being in control of the annual operating budget, assisting in the development of short- and long-term goals to improve the quality of life for communities, managing all tactical operations during an emergency or crisis situation, and developing action plans to resolve issues and ensure compliance in response to audits.
- The new vice president of marketing and product development, Hughes is responsible for supervising HTA's initiatives and programs to support Hawaii tourism, including tourism marketing strategy and planning, tourism industry research, development of new experiences, and the administration and coordinated promotion of all tourism programs supporting leisure and group travel.
