Pono ʻo Mr. Marriott Junior e haʻaheo no ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi o kāna iho, ʻo Chris Tatum, i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he kahu hale ma ka Hotele Royal Hawaiian. I kēia lā, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka ʻoihana a kēlā me kēia kanaka ma Hawaii, ka ʻoihana pilikino nui loa o ka Aloha Mokuʻāina. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka mea e holomua ai ka mokuʻāina a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻole, a ʻo ka hana a Chris Tatum he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o ka American Dream.
ʻO ka hope, ua hana ka Papa HTA i kahi hana kālaiʻāina a hoʻohuli i ke alakaʻi o ka hana koʻikoʻi ma Hawaiʻi i ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO kēia wale nō ke hōʻike i ke alakaʻi a he hoʻololi ia mai nā koho i hāʻule mua.
Ma 2016, ua haʻi ʻo CEO Bill Marriott Junior i ka WTTC Global Summit ma Wakinekona DC, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻolimalima pololei i kahi GM. ʻO kāna ʻike no Marriott Hotels and Resorts ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i nā talena i hoʻolimalima ʻia mai ka honua. I kēia lā, ʻo Marriott ka hale hōkele nui loa ma ka honua.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Chris Tatum ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma ke ʻano he kahu hale ma ka Royal Hawaiian Hotel i kona home kauwela mai ke kulanui.
Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke Kulanui Moku'āina o Michigan i ka makahiki 1981 me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hōkele a me ka hale 'aina, ua kōkua 'o Tatum i ka wehe 'ana i ka Maui Marriott Resort & Ocean Club ma Kaanapali a ma hope iho ua pi'i mau 'o ia ma nā kūlana alaka'i me Marriott ma ka 'āina nui o US. ma Asia a me Australia.
Ua hoʻopaʻa lokahi ka papa alakaʻi o ka Hawaii Tourism Authority i kēia lā i ke koho ʻana i ka luna hoʻokele kaʻapuni lōʻihi ʻo Chris Tatum i pelekikena hou a me Luna Nui.
I kēia manawa ʻo Tatum ka luna nui no Marriott Resorts Hawaii, aia ʻo Tatum e hoʻomaha ana mai kāna ʻoihana 37 makahiki ma Marriott e alakaʻi i ka HTA. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hana i nā pule e hiki mai ana ke hoʻokō ʻia nā koi kūpono no ka hana me ka mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke koho ʻana iā Tatum i kahi kaʻina hana a ka papa alakaʻi o ka HTA i hoʻomaka i ʻehā mahina i hala aku nei e ʻimi a koho i alakaʻi hou o ke keʻena kuleana no ka mālama ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi no ka mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi. ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 mau mea noi i ʻimi i ke kūlana ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaʻina ʻimi hoʻokō ma Iulai 27.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka HTA ʻo Rick Fried, ua nānā ke kōmike o nā lālā o ka papa a me nā lālā o ke kaiāulu i nā pono o ka poʻe noi, ma mua o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka papa inoa i kahi hui o ka poʻe hope no nā nīnauele i koho ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Tatum i ke kūlana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fried, "He hui kūpono ʻo Chris Tatum o nā ʻano, ka ʻike a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka lawelawe e pono ai ke alakaʻi i ka Hawaii Tourism Authority i mua, a me ka hiki ke alakaʻi i ka alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana koʻikoʻi o ko mākou mokuʻāina i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pono o nā kamaʻāina. nā mokupuni a pau.
ʻO Tatum, ka mea i neʻe i Hawaiʻi i kona wā ʻōpio a puka i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Radford ma Honolulu, he luna hoʻokō koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Hawaiʻi. Mahalo ʻo ia i kēia manawa kūpono e hoʻololi i kahi ʻoihana i kumu o kāna ʻoihana.
"He manawa hoʻokahi kēia i loko o ke ola e hoʻololi i koʻu home ma o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā brand hoʻomau e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻike o ka malihini me ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou ʻano o ke ola."
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Tatum i kona manawa a me kona akamai i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Hawaiʻi i ʻoi aku ma mua o kāna mau kuleana ʻoihana no Marriott. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association a me Oahu Visitors Bureau a he lālā nō hoʻi ʻo ia no ke Kōmike Hoʻomanaʻo 75th Anniversary o Pearl Harbor a me 2011 APEC Hawaii Host Committee. I kēia manawa, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.
I ka makahiki 2015, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Tatum i ka Legacy in Tourism Award e ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi's School of Travel Industry Management no ka ʻike ʻana i kāna alakaʻi ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā mokupuni.
ʻO nā kūlana hoʻokō o Marriott ʻo Tatum i komo i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena ʻāpana o Hawaii, Pacific Northwest, Northern California a me Utah, a ʻo ia hoʻi ma ke ʻano he pelekikena ʻāpana o North Asia, Hawaii a me ka Pākīpika Hema.
Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna noho wehe o ka Kauai Marriott Resort a me ka JW Marriott ma Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a ma ke ʻano he luna nui wehe no ka Hotel Brisbane Marriott ma Australia.
Ua hoʻi mai ʻo Tatum i Hawaiʻi no ka maikaʻi i ka makahiki 2001. Ma waho aʻe o kāna lawelawe kaiāulu, ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana hoʻokō koʻikoʻi no Marriott e kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna hōʻailona ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi. Ma mua o kona kūlana i kēia manawa, ua lawelawe ʻo Tatum ma ke ʻano he luna nui o ka Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort ma Maui, ka JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa ma Ko Olina, a me ka Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ka Luna Nui o ka Makahiki o Marriott.
