ʻO Rob Rankin ka pelekikena hou o ka Ka Hui Hana Hōʻuluʻulu Komohana - ʻIlani.
Aia kēia hui me 32 o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi o ʻIrika e lawe like i nā mākaʻikaʻi 750,000 i ka mokupuni ʻo ʻIlani mai ʻō a ʻō. Hāʻawi kēia mau mea lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi i loko i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā lā hoʻomaha a me nā polokalamu hoʻokele ponoʻī MICE (Hālāwai, Paipai ʻAha, ʻaha kūkā & hanana) ʻoihana i kēlā me kēia wahi o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka Pelekikena ITOA Pelekikena Darren Byrne, ka mea i lawelawe i ka hui no nā makahiki ʻelua i hala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hele ʻana i ke kaulahao o ke keʻena iā Rob." Ua hana ʻia kēia ma kahi hālāwai o ka hui ma Ianuali 25, 2020, ma Dromoland Castle Hotel e kokoke ana iā Shannon.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1978, hana pū ʻo ITOA me Failte ʻIlani, Hoʻokipa ʻIlani a me Hoʻokipa ʻIrani ʻĀkau a he lālā ʻo ia no ka Hui ʻImi Hoʻohui ʻĀina ʻIlika (ITIC).
Ke kāhea ʻana iā ITOA "kanalua ʻole kekahi o nā hui i mahalo nui ʻia ma ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo ʻIlalani," ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rankin ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia e lilo i pelekikena o ka papa i lawelawe ʻia mai 2014.
"E like me kēlā me kēia manawa o ka ʻoihana, kū mākou i nā pilikia e like me ka kānalua ʻole e pili ana iā Brexit, nā hopohopo palekana honua a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono mākou e holomua i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana paʻa mau. No laila ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo aia kahi manawa puʻupuʻu i nā makahiki 2 e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Rankin.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ruth Andrews, CEO o ITOA, ua kōkua nui ʻo Rankin i ka ʻahahui mai kona komo ʻana a lilo i lālā o ka papa hoʻokō ma 2014. ʻIke wau e lawe ʻo ia i ka ikehu a me ka hoihoi nui i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā lālā a me ka pani o ka ITOA. ma loko o ka Hōʻikeʻike ʻInikia e hōʻike nei i ka nui a me ka pīhoihoi o kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e hāʻawi ana i ka 750,000 wā hoʻomaha a me nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana i ʻIlani i kēlā me kēia makahiki. "
