NEW YORK - ʻO ka huhū politika ma luna o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kālā o ka lehulehu ma nā ʻoihana ʻoihana e makaʻu nei i nā ʻoihana he nui mai ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi kūpono a hiki - inā ʻaʻole i nānā ʻia - ke kūʻai aku i nā tausani o nā hana ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa US, e like me ka hōkele, casino a me nā alakaʻi mokulele.
ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pena i nā huakaʻi a pau i nā hale hālāwai e like me Las Vegas e hōʻeha ʻia nā boondoggles, ʻaʻole kōkua, ka hoʻokele waiwai a hoʻopaneʻe i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, haʻi aku nā aliʻi huakaʻi i ka Reuters Travel and Leisure Summit ma New York i kēia pule.
"He mea hōʻino maoli ia i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi US a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi honua," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Dara Khosrowshahi, ka luna nui o Expedia Inc., ka US No.
"Ua loaʻa kēia demonization o ka huakaʻi hui a me ka huakaʻi hui e hoʻoweliweli maoli nei e hōʻeha maoli i ka ʻoihana o ka huakaʻi. Manaʻo mākou e emi ana ka ʻōlelo no ka mea e hōʻeha loa ia i ka ʻoihana.
Ua loaʻa i nā haneli o nā hui ʻAmelika e hakakā nei, mai nā titans kālā ʻo American International Group Inc. a me Citigroup Inc. a i ka mea hana kaʻa ʻo General Motors Corp (GM.N), ua loaʻa nā hōʻaiʻē aupuni a i ʻole ke kākoʻo ʻē aʻe i nā mahina i hala.
ʻO ka poʻe kālai'āina, i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ka lapuwale, ua lele lākou i ka manawa e mākaʻi i ka hoʻolilo ʻana o kēia mau ʻoihana, ma hope o ka mālama ʻana o nā kālā aupuni i ko lākou ola.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i Las Vegas a i lalo i ka Super Bowl ma ka dime o ka poʻe ʻauhau," i ʻōlelo kaulana ai ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama i Pepeluali.
Ke makaʻala nei nā ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe i ka huki ʻana i ka nānā me nā huakaʻi uila. ʻO Wells Fargo & Co, ka mea i loaʻa he $25 biliona mai ka papahana bailout aupuni, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻouna aku i nā limahana ʻinikua 40 i kahi hālāwai kūkā ma Las Vegas no kekahi mau lā akā ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e pale aku i ka hoʻopiʻi lehulehu.
ʻO ka boycott de facto o Las Vegas a me nā kikowaena hui ʻē aʻe e hōʻeha i kahi kūlana maikaʻi ʻole, wahi a nā alakaʻi ʻoihana.
Ma ka Pōʻakolu, ua hoʻokumu ka US Travel Association i kāna hoʻolaha "Meetings Mean Business" (www.meetingsmeanbusiness.com), kahi ho'āʻo a ka hui kālepa o ka ʻoihana e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻōlelo a pale i nā hui mai ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā tausani o nā hanana.
"Ua mamao loa ka pendulum," wahi a Roger Dow, ka pelekikena o ka US Travel Association i ka Pōʻakolu. "ʻO ke ʻano o ka makaʻu ke kumu i ka huki hou ʻana o nā hālāwai ʻoihana a me nā hanana, me ka hopena pōʻino i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, nā limahana ʻAmelika a me nā kaiāulu."
ʻO nā hālāwai, nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā hanana ʻē aʻe he 15 pakeneka o nā huakaʻi a pau o ʻAmelika, e like me ka hoʻolaha ʻana, e hana ana i $ 101 biliona ma ka hoʻolimalima, 1 miliona mau hana a kokoke i $ 16 biliona ma ka ʻauhau federal, mokuʻāina a kūloko.
"ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kēia manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole o kēlā me kēia huakaʻi i Las Vegas i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he boondoggle he kūlana lapuwale ia e lawe ai," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Stephen Holmes, ka luna nui o ka hōkele a me ka hui timeshare Wyndham Worldwide Corp. "Ke hana nui nei ia i kahi ʻoihana e like me kā mākou mea hoʻolako nui i nā hana a me ka vibrancy i ka ʻoihana."
Ua hoʻohenehene ʻo Sheldon Adelson casino mogul Las Vegas i ka lewa hou o ka makaʻu i ka leʻaleʻa i nā hanana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka hui.
"He aha ka manaʻo ma ʻaneʻi? ʻO ke aupuni, ma ke kālā ʻauhau, e ʻae wale i ka poʻe e hele i nā wahi ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke leʻaleʻa iā lākou iho, kahi e inaina ai lākou? Ua haʻi aku ʻo Adelson, ka luna nui o ka mea hoʻokele casino ʻo Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Ke manaʻo nei nō hoʻi nā mokulele i ka pilikia.
"ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā e kuhikuhi i nā manamana lima ua alakaʻi i nā ʻoihana, i kekahi mau hihia, ʻaʻole makemake e hele i kā lākou poʻe hana kiʻekiʻe e hele ana, me ka hopohopo e nānā lākou me he mea lā e hana hewa ana lākou," ʻo Doug Parker, ka luna nui o US Airways Group Inc. , i haʻi aku i ka piko ma ka Poalua.
"ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele o ka ʻoluʻolu o ka mokulele i kēia manawa, akā ʻaʻole kōkua ia. A ʻike wau ʻaʻole ia e kōkua i nā wahi e like me Las Vegas, "wahi a Parker. "ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻokele, akā he mea kōkua i kēia. ʻO ia ka mea a mākou e manaʻo ai ʻaʻole kūpono a ʻeha ia i kā mākou ʻoihana, ʻaʻole kōkua. "
