Ua hoʻolaha ka US Travel Association ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau limahana koʻikoʻi i kāna hui ma Wakinekona, DC.
ʻO Jeff Ajluni, ʻo ia ka luna kalepa nui o ka Trust no ka National Mall, i hui pū me ka hui ma Pepeluali 4 ma ke ʻano he pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana, kahi kūlana i hana hou ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Treon Glenn, he mea kōkua kānāwai ma ke keʻena ʻo Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) DC i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he luna nui o nā pilina aupuni. Ua hōʻea ʻo Tim Alford, ka luna hoʻomalu kamaʻilio no US Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), i ka lā 15 o Ianuali ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka pilina media.
"Pōmaikaʻi kā mākou hui i ka huki ʻana i nā talena kiʻekiʻe i loko o kahi mākeke hana paʻa loa ʻo Beltway-he hōʻike i ka ʻoihana maikaʻi a mākou e lawelawe nei," wahi a US Travel President a CEO Roger Dow. “Ua maopopo ko mākou lālā i kāna mau makemake no kā mākou alakaʻi hoʻolālā: hoʻokahi, e hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ko mākou hiki ke hoʻokō i ka ʻōlelo hoʻolaha pili aupuni kiʻekiʻe; a ʻelua, e hoʻonui i kā mākou hui ʻana ma ke ʻano e kūlike me kā mākou ʻoihana mua. ʻO ka hoʻolimalima ʻana iā Jeff, Treon a me Tim e hōʻailona ana e hele nei mākou i ka mokuahi piha i ka hopu ʻana i kēlā mau pahuhopu.
E mālama ʻo Ajluni i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana hou no ka hui, me ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hui a me nā kuikahi e hoʻopōmaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻia i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi US. E hōʻike pololei ʻo ia iā Dow.
Ua lilo ʻo Ajluni i ka hapa nui o kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokō i nā haʻuki ʻoihana, nā hana media a me nā ʻoihana leʻaleʻa ola. Loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana kūʻokoʻa o ka hana ʻana no ka National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, ka National Football League, ka English Premier League a me ka National Basketball Association. He kamaʻāina ʻo Ajluni no Bloomfield Hills, MI a he puka puka no ke Kulanui o Northwood ma Midland, MI.
He kōkua kau kānāwai ʻo Glenn no Sen. Nelson no ʻekolu makahiki. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo kulekele no ka US Senate Special Committee on Aging a, ma mua o kāna hana kau kānāwai, e hana ana no ka Associated Press. He kēkelē laeoʻo ko ke aupuni aupuni mai ke Kulanui o Norwich ma Vermont, a he kēkelē laepua ma nā haʻawina kānāwai mai ke Kulanui o Wisconsin. Ma ke kūlana alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻike ʻo ia i ka Hope Pelekikena Nui no nā Pili Aupuni ʻo Tori Barnes.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Alford mai ka makahiki 2017 ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kamaʻilio no Rep. Stivers, ʻo ia ka luna o ka National Republican Campaign Committee a hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana ma hope o ke kaʻina koho balota hope loa. No laila, lawe pū ʻo Alford me ia i kahi rolodex koʻikoʻi o nā hui media Beltway e hiki ai iā US Travel ke hoʻomau i ka haʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo waiwai ikaika o ka huakaʻi. Ua puka 'o Alford mai Ohio Wesleyan ma Mei 2014 ma hope o ka ho'okomo 'ana no Stivers a me Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). E hōʻike aku ʻo Alford iā Chris Kennedy, ka luna nui o nā kamaʻilio hoʻolālā.
