ʻO ka hele ʻana i loko o ka InterContinental Mark Hopkins e lawe mai i ka Luna Nui ʻo Michael Pace ma kahi o ʻekolu mau makahiki ʻoihana ma ka pōʻai hoʻokipa piha. "ʻO kaʻu hana hōkele mua ma ʻAmelika ʻo ia ʻo Convention Services Manager ma Mark Hopkins a ʻo koʻu hale noho mua he ʻumi poloka ka mamao," wahi a Pace. "He aloha nui koʻu i ka hōkele a me ke kaiāulu - he mea kūikawā maoli ka hiki ke hoʻi i kahi aʻu i hoʻomaka ai ma ʻAmelika."
Ua hoʻolaha ka InterContinental Mark Hopkins ma Kapalakiko iā Pace i Luna Nui hou o ka hōkele. ʻO Pace ka Luna Nui o ka Area no Sonesta Hotels, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel, Kapalakiko.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā Pace ke kuhikuhi i kahi ʻike pololei i alakaʻi iā ia e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana ma ka hoʻokipa, ua ʻike ʻo ia makemake ʻo ia e lawelawe a hoʻohauʻoli i ka poʻe. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula hōkele ʻo Bournemouth University ma ʻEnelani a hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ma Italia. Ma hope mai ua noho ʻo ia i ʻehiku mau makahiki ma nā kūlana hoʻokele like ʻole ma nā hōkele ma ʻEnelani, Farani, Kelemānia, a me kona ʻāina hānau ʻo Malta ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me kāna wahine.
Ua hoʻohiki mua ʻo Pace e hana i ʻelua makahiki ma ʻAmelika. Eia nō naʻe, ke kāhea nei ʻo ia i ka home, ua apo ʻo ia i ka moʻomeheu a me ke kaiāulu o ke kūlanakauhale. I loko o nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei ma Kapalakiko, ua hana ʻo ia me kekahi o nā hōkele maikaʻi loa a me nā hui hoʻokipa e like me ka hui hōkele ʻo Kimpton, W Hotel, Evolution Hospitality, CLIFT Hotel, sbe Group, a me Sonesta Hotels.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna ʻike hoʻokele like ʻole a me ka ʻoihana, ua alakaʻi ʻo Pace i nā hana hoʻomau ma nā ʻāina hōkele o Kapalakiko, ʻo ka mea mua i ka hana pū ʻana a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka papahana "Earthcare" ma Kimpton a ma hope e hoʻokau i nā hana hoʻomau a W San Francisco. Ua hoʻonohonoho kēia mau papahana i ke kūlana no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma kahi mamao a ākea. No kāna hana me W Hotel, ua loaʻa iā Pace ka makana ʻo Starwood's Sustainability Leader Award i ka makahiki 2010 me ka ʻike ʻana i kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hōkele e lilo i waiwai 7 o ka honua e hoʻokō i ke kūlana LEED EB Silver.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana hoʻokipa lanakila a me ke alakaʻi noʻonoʻo, kono pinepine ʻia ʻo Pace e kamaʻilio ma nā hālāwai kaiapuni aupuni. Me ka makemake nui i ka hoʻomau, ke aʻo ʻana, a me ka kamaʻilio malihini, komo ʻo ia i ke kaiāulu kūloko. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Pace ma ke ʻano he pelekikena no ka Hotel & Restaurant Foundation kahi e mālama ai ʻo ia i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $200,000 i ka makahiki ma nā haʻawina ma Kaleponi a ʻo ia ka luna o ka Papa Hoʻokele no ka California Hotel and Lodging Association a aia ma ka papa o ka Hotel Council. o Kapalakiko.
"Ke nānā nei au i kaʻu ʻoihana e like me kēia ala e ulu nei e hoʻohui i kaʻu mau kuleana ʻoihana a pilikino. Noʻu, ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ka holo ʻana i kahi ʻoihana - e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kaiāulu. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōkele akā loaʻa iaʻu ka hauʻoli nui i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hanauna hou o nā limahana hoʻokipa a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala e hoʻonui ai i kā mākou ʻoihana. ʻO kaʻu kuleana e hoʻihoʻi i ka mea hiki iaʻu.
He kamaʻāina ʻo Malta, maʻa ʻo Pace i ka ʻōlelo Maltese, Kelemānia, Italia, Palani, a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ma InterContinental Mark Hopkins, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka mahiʻai ʻana, ka holo kaʻa mauna, a me ka hoʻolimalima manawa me kona ʻohana ma Novato, CA.
