Ma ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo PATA Chair Peter Semone, "Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi mua iā Dr. Abdulla Mausoom, Kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi, Republic of Maldives no kona manawa a me kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka Papa Hoʻokō i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala. ʻO kāna kākoʻo a me kāna ʻike he waiwai nui iā mākou i ka wā koʻikoʻi no kā mākou ʻoihana e puka mai ana i ka maʻi maʻi. Makemake au e hoʻokipa hou iā Ms. Noredah Othman a hoʻokipa iā Kauka Gerald Perez i ka Papa Hoʻokō. ʻO kā lākou moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia a me kā lākou ʻike e hoʻolilo iā lākou i waiwai nui no PATA a me kā mākou mau lālā.
Me 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma Sabah Tourism, ʻo Ms. Noredah Othman ka luna lōʻihi loa me ka Sabah Tourism Board. ʻO ia ke kuleana o ke kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka wahi e hele ai.
Ua paʻa ʻo Ms. Noredah Othman i nā kūlana like ʻole mai ʻOkakopa 1990 a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Hope Luna Nui (Support Services) mai 2016. Ma mua o kēlā, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui no UK, ʻEulopa, Australia, a me nā mākeke USA mai 2011 a 2015. ʻO ia ka Luna Hoʻokele Kūʻai no UK, ʻEulopa, a me Australia mai 2005-2010.
ʻO Ms. Othman, he makuahine o nā keiki ʻekolu, ua hoʻopau i kāna aʻo ʻana ma Singapore, a hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he kōkua mākaʻikaʻi me ka Sabah Tourism Promotion Corporation (STPC), ka mea mua o STB, ma 1990. Ma waena o 1991 a me 2005, paʻa ʻo ia i ka kūlana o ka luna kōkua aupuni a ma hope ma ke ʻano he luna kamaʻilio. Ua loaʻa iā Ms. Othman ka haʻawina haumana PATA Foundation no Executive Development for Tourism (EDIT) Program ma 2015.
He kanaka hoʻolaʻa a hoʻokō ʻo Kauka Gerry Perez i hāʻawi i nā haʻawina nui i nā ʻano hana like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka lawelawe aupuni. Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Guam, ua puka ʻo ia mai Fr. Duenas Memorial School a loaʻa ke kēkelē laepua ma Forestry a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka Wildlife Management me nā hanohano mai ke Kulanui o Idaho. Loaʻa iā ia kahi Ph.D. i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kulekele lehulehu mai ke Kulanui o Alaska Fairbanks.
Ma kāna mau ʻoihana pilikino, ua hōʻike ʻo Kauka Perez i ke alakaʻi a me ka kūleʻa. Ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia i ka makahiki 2003 ma ke ʻano he Travel Retail Executive, kahi i mālama ai ʻo ia ma luna o 500 mau limahana i kāna mau makahiki 23. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea nona nā Micromed Suppliers a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o ka Guam Visitors Bureau. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Gerry i kāna ʻoihana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka Hale Hoʻohanohano ʻoihana ʻo Guam Chamber of Commerce ma 2017, a ua pani ʻo ia i ka White House Business Conference ma ke ʻano he ʻelele ma 1994.
Me ka paʻa paʻa ʻole i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua komo ikaika ʻo Kauka Perez i nā hui like ʻole a me nā hālāwai kūkā. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Hope Peresidena o ka Guam Visitors Bureau a he lālā hoʻokumu ʻo ia no ka ʻAhahui Cruise ʻo Micronesia. Ma ke ʻano he kamaʻilio kaulana, ua haʻi ʻo ia i kona ʻike ma nā ʻaha kūkā honua e like me ka Beijing International Forum on Chinese Overseas Travel a me ka SKAL Asia Tourism Congress. Hōʻike hou ʻia ko Gerry hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma o kāna mau lālā i ka Guam Tourism Foundation a me ka Papa Hoʻokō o ka Hui Kaʻahele ʻAsia Pākīpika (PATA).
Ma waho aʻe o kāna mau hana ʻoihana, ua hana ikaika ʻo Gerry i nā kuleana civic a me ke aupuni. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka GovGuam Retirement Fund Board of Trustees a me ka Hope-Chairman o ke Kulanui o Guam Board of Regents. Ua paʻa pū ʻo Gerry i nā kūlana ma nā hui e like me KGTF Public Television, ka Bureau of Budget and Management Research, ka Guam Economic Development Authority, a me ka 'Oihana Mahiai, kahi āna i hana ai ma ke ʻano he Wildlife Biologist.
Ms. Othman ame Kauka Perez e hui pū me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka Papa Hoʻokō e like me Peter Semone, Chair, PATA; Benjamin Liao, Hope Luna, PATA a me Luna Hoomalu, Forte Hotel Group, Chinese Taipei, Singapore; Suman Pandey, Kakauolelo/Puuku PATA a me ka Peresidena, Explore Himalaya Travel and Adventure, Nepal; ʻO Tunku Iskandar, Pelekikena Hui, Mitra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia; SanJeet, Luna Hoʻokele, DDP Publications Private Ltd., India; Luzi Matzig, Luna Hoomalu, Asian Trails Ltd., Thailand, a me Dr. Fanny Vong, Peresidena - Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), Macao, Kina, a me na lala koho ole, Soon-Hwa Wong, Luna Nui, AsiaChina Pte ., Ltd., Singapore a me Mayur (Mac) Patel, Luna o Asia, OAG, Singapore.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā lālā o ka Papa Hoʻokō hou ma ka PATA Annual General Meeting i mālama ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ma Iune 27, 2023.
