ʻO ka IHG Owners Association, ka mea e hōʻike ana i nā pono o IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) nona nā hōkele franchise ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻolaha i kēia lā ua koho ʻia ʻo John Muehlbauer i ke kūlana o ka luna nui.
Mālama ʻo Muehlbauer i ka mikiona a ka ʻAhahui e hoʻonui ai i ka waiwai o nā mea waiwai i kā lākou mau hōkele IHG. Hoʻopili ia, e lilo ʻo ia i mea pilina mua ma waena o ka hui a me ka ʻoihana IHG. Ua kūleʻa ʻo Muehlbauer iā Don Berg, ʻo ia ka CEO o ka ʻAhahui mai ka manawa o 2015. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Berg i kona manaʻo e haʻalele i ka hopena o 2019 a ua komo i loko o ka hulina hope CEO. E noho ʻo Berg me ʻAhahui ʻona IHG ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā no nā mahina ʻeono e hiki mai ana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻololi maikaʻi ʻole.
ʻO Muehlbauer kahi ʻōiwi o Georgia nāna i lawe mai i 25 mau makahiki o ka hoʻokipa a me ka ʻike ʻoihana lawelawe i kāna kuleana hou. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma nā kūlana like ʻole ma IHG no 13 mau makahiki, e like me nā kuleana i ka mahele ʻana, kūʻai aku ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana, kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻolālā ʻoihana. Ma waena o kāna mau hana he nui, ua hana nui ʻo Muehlbauer i ka hana hou ʻana o IHG's Priority Club® Rewards i IHG® Rewards Club. Ma mua o ke komo ʻana i IHG, ua loaʻa ʻo Muehlbauer i kāna MBA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Georgia State a me kahi kekelē ʻoihana mai Georgia Tech. Ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i 12 mau makahiki ma Delta Air Lines, kahi i mālama ai ʻo ia i nā kuleana i ka hoʻolālā ʻoihana, IT sourcing, kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻokele huahana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
"Mahalo wau i ke koho ʻia no kēia kūlana," wahi a Muehlbauer. "He manawa kūpono ʻole kēia no kā mākou ʻoihana. ʻIke mākou ke ʻeha maoli nei nā haku, a pono mākou e ʻimi i nā ala e kōkua ai iā lākou e ola a hele i kēlā ʻaoʻao. Ua hana nui ʻo Don i nā hana he nui i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala, a ke manaʻo nei wau e hoʻomau i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea āpau āna i hana ai no nā lālā. Ke kakali nei wau i ka hana pū ʻana me ka hui holoʻokoʻa ma ka ʻAhahui e hoʻonui i ka makemake o nā mea nona a kōkua iā lākou e kia i ke ola a me ka hoʻōla hou ʻana ma 2021 a ʻoi. "
ʻO Kerry Ranson, ka luna hoʻomohala nui ma HP Hotels a me ka noho luna alakaʻi o ka Global Association 2015, i lawelawe ʻia ma ke kōmike hoʻolimalima CEO o ka ʻAhahui. "Ua hana mākou i kahi ala noʻonoʻo, ana i kā mākou ʻimi ʻana i ka CEO hou," wahi a Ranson. "Maopopo iā mākou nā ʻano e pono ai no ke kūleʻa i ke kuleana a ʻimi loa i nā moho me kēlā mau ʻano. ʻO ko John mau ʻike ākea me ka ʻoihana hōkele wale nō, akā ʻo IHG pū kekahi, he mea kūpono ia no ka ʻAhahui. ” Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Ranson, "ʻO kā John mōʻaukala me kā mākou hui ma kāna mau hana i hala ma IHG i hāʻawi iā ia i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna hana a-ʻo ka mea nui loa - ua hōʻike lima iā ia i ka manaʻo nui o ka hana a ka ʻAhahui ma ke ʻano he leo o nā IHG nona nā hōkele nona nā inoa āpau. ka honua. ”
E hana nui ʻo Muehlbauer a me kāna hui hoʻokele me ka Board Association ma nā hana āpau. ʻO Chair Wayne West III a me nā lālā o ka Papa 2020 e hoʻomau i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻAhahui i ko lākou mau kūlana i kēia manawa ma o 2021, e hōʻoia ana i ke kūlike a me ka ikaika i ka manawa ke hoʻomau ka poʻe ʻona i ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. ʻO ka IHG Owners Association, i hoʻokumu mua ʻia e Holiday Inn® hoʻokumu Kemmons Wilson ma 1955, ʻo ia ka hui mua o kāna ʻano ma ka hōkele ʻoihana. ʻO ka hui o ka honua i kēia manawa ke hōʻike i nā makemake o nā mea nona a ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,700 a me nā mea hoʻohana o kahi kokoke 3,700 IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) nā waiwai ma United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America a me ka Caribbean (AMER); ʻEulopa, ka Hikina Waena, ʻAsia a me ʻApelika (EMEAA); a me Kina Nui.
