Ua kapa ʻia nā poʻe hanohano i ka US Travel's Hall of Leaders no "nā haʻawina hoʻomau, ʻike ʻia" e hopena maikaʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a hoʻonui i nā kūlana o ka ʻoihana.
Nā alakaʻi ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo Elliott L. Ferguson, II, pelekikena a Luna Nui o Kaumakaiwa DC, a me Peter F. Herschend, ka mea hoʻokumu o Herschend Enterprises, e hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia ka 2023 inductees i ka US Travel Association Hall of Leaders, ua hoʻolaha ka hui i ka Pōʻalua.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Ferguson ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele o Destination DC mai ka makahiki 2009, ua paʻa mua ʻo ia i ke kuleana o ka hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe no ʻehiku mau makahiki.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Herschend Enterprises ʻo ia ka ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao ʻohana nui loa o ka honua. ʻO kāna mau limahana 12,000+ e hoʻokipa i ka 15 miliona mau malihini makahiki ma mua o ʻelua mau kaukani leʻaleʻa ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.