ORLANDO, FL (Kepakemapa 8, 2008) - Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Kathryn W. Sudeikis, CTC, pelekikena hope o nā pilina ʻoihana no All About Travel in Mission, Kansas, me ka ASTA's 2008 Travel Agent of the Year Award, i loko o kāna hālāwai makahiki ma THETRADESHOW i Orlando. ʻO ka makana, i hoʻoulu ʻia e Joseph W. Rosenbluth, hoʻomaopopo i kahi lālā huakaʻi huakaʻi hana i hāʻawi nui i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a nona ka mana koʻikoʻi a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i hoʻonui i ke kūlana o nā huakaʻi huakaʻi.
"I loko o nā makahiki he nui aʻu i ʻike ai iā Kathy, ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i mea kōkua nui ʻole no ASTA, kā mākou ʻoihana āpau a me nā kuleana nui a nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi. He poʻokela ʻo ia no ka ʻoihana, alakaʻi i nā ʻelele ʻōpio a hoʻolaha i ka ʻelele he mea nui nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, "wahi a ka pelekikena a me CEO ʻo ASTA, ʻo Cheryl Hudak, CTC. "Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Kathy i kona ola i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kahi kanaka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e loaʻa i kēia makana ke ʻano ʻo ia i nā huaʻōlelo" agena huakaʻi. " Ke ʻōlelo ʻo Kathy ʻo ka ʻoihana huakaʻi he ʻoihana pili, ʻo ia hoʻi. Aia ʻo ia ma laila no kāna mea kūʻai aku - a me ka ʻoihana - ma mua, i ka wā a ma hope a me ka hanana. "
ʻO Sudeikis kahi pelekikena a me CEO ʻo ASTA National a ua lawelawe ʻo ia i ʻelua mau makahiki i kēia kuleana e hoʻomaka ana i ʻOkakopa 2004. Ma mua o kēlā, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena National no ʻehā mau makahiki. Ma mua o kona koho balota lāhui, he lālā ʻo Sudeikis o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ASTA e kū ana ma ke awāwa ʻo Missouri a me Midwest Chapters. Ua lawelawe ʻo Sudeikis i ka Society ma ke ʻano he presidin
ka luna o ka ʻAha Pelekikena Pelekikena Mokuna o ASTA a alakaʻi ʻo ASTA's 63rd World Congress ma St. Louis i ka makahiki 1993.
ʻO Sudeikis ke alakaʻi nui o ka hoʻopuka ʻana ma ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻana a nā mea kūʻai aku no ASTA. Ma ia kūlana ua kiaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a ka ʻAhahui e hoʻolaulaha i ka waiwai o ka mea huakaʻi huakaʻi a alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻolaha lehulehu, me ka huaʻōlelo, "Me ka ʻole o kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi, ʻo ʻoe iho nō ia."
ʻO kahi agena huakaʻi hana, ʻo Sudeikis e hōʻike mau nei i ka makasina Travel a me Leisure ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kekahi "Super Travel Agent" i kā lākou poʻe heluhelu. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Sudeikis ma ke ʻano he "Agena Huakaʻi o ka Makahiki" 2002 e ka poʻe heluhelu o ka makasina Travel Trade. I ka makahiki 2005, ua koho ʻia ʻo Sudeikis ma ke ʻano he “Huakaʻi Huakaʻi Pilikino o ka Makahiki” ma ka World Travel Awards ma Ladana a ma Kēkēmapa 2005, loaʻa iā ia ka makana ʻo Life Week Achievement Award. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka makasina Travel Agent ʻo "100 Wahine Mana Loa" i ka huakaʻi.
ʻO 40 mau makahiki ʻoihana ʻoihana, ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo Sudeikis i nā paʻi aupuni, e like me nā nūpepa ʻo Kansas City, The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times a me USA I KEIA lā. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā polokalamu kīwī kīwī lehulehu e like me FOX News, "The NewsHour me Jim Lehrer," "The Today Show" a me "CBS i kēia kakahiaka." Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā papahana lekiō, e like me National Radio Radio, Radio Free Europe a me ka Pūnaewele Pūnaewele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua haʻi ʻōlelo ʻo Sudeikis i nā hui i nā hanana ʻoihana he nui, e like me ka National Tour Association (NTA), ka ʻAhahui Huakaʻi Huakaʻi ʻo ʻAmelika (TIA), ka Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) a me nā Huakaʻi Huakaʻi Huakaʻi ʻo India, ʻApelika Hema , Australia a me Kelemania.
Ua loaʻa iā Sudeikis kona kūlana Certified Travel Counselor (CTC) ma 1976 mai The Travel Institute (ma mua o ka Institute of Certified Travel Agents) a ua loaʻa iā ia he lālā ola i ka makahiki 1983. Ke hana nei ʻo ia ma nā papa aʻoaʻo huakaʻi no Travel Leisure, Greaves Tours o India, Rail Europe, Dollar-Thrifty Automotive Group a me The German National Tourist Board. I ka wā ma mua, ua kūkākūkā ʻo ia ma nā papa ʻē aʻe e like me: Alamo Car Rental, The American Express Travel Agent Advisory Board, The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, Disney Attractions and the State of the Maine.
ʻO ka mikiona a ASTA (ʻAhahui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa) e kōkua i ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku i ka huakaʻi ma o ka hōʻike kūpono, ka ʻike like a me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka ʻoihana. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ASTA i kahi mākeke huakaʻi kūʻai e waiwai ai, e ulu ana a me kahi wahi uku e hana ai, hoʻopukapuka a hana i ka ʻoihana.
