Ua lilo ʻo Julie Coker i pelekikena a me pelekikena hou o ka ʻO San Diego Tourism Authority (SDTA) i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hui e hana i kāna hoʻolālā hoʻōla no ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa kūloko, kahi i kū nui ʻia e ka Covid-19 pilikia. ʻO Coker, kahi loea ʻoihana hoʻokipa me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻike, hele mai i San Diego ma hope o ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a me luna hoʻomalu o ka Hale ʻAha Kūkākūkā o Philadelphia a me nā malihini kipa.
Ma mua, hoʻomaka ʻo Coker i kāna kuleana hou me ka SDTA i Malaki akā hoʻopaneʻe i kāna lā hoʻomaka e hiki ai iā ia ke kōkua i ka Convention Convention a me nā Bureau of Visitors e hoʻokele i ka maʻi ahulau e hoʻomau nei. I loko o kēlā hoʻololi, hāʻawi ʻo Coker i kāna uku no laila hiki i nā lālā o ka hui hora ke hoʻomau i ka hana.
I loko nō o nā manawa paʻakikī, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Coker ua hauʻoli ʻo ia e kōkua i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo San Diego e hoʻi i ka ʻoihana a hoʻopaʻa i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he kūlana mua loa o ka ʻāina.
"ʻAʻole kānalua ʻo San Diego kahi wahi kūikawā e hāʻawi nei i nā malihini kipa he waiwai nui o nā ʻike mai kā mākou kahakai a me kā mākou mau awāwa i ko mākou mau kaiāulu hoihoi a me kā mākou waiwai waiwai a me nā mōhai moʻomeheu," wahi a Coker. "Makemake wau e kōkua i ka haʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo o San Diego i ka honua a me ka ʻumeʻume ʻana i nā mea kipa a me nā ʻoihana hou aku e pono ai kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai kūloko."
Ua haʻi ʻo ka luna ʻo SDTA ʻo Daniel Kuperschmid, ua pōmaikaʻi ka ʻoihana i ka mālama ʻana o Coker i kēia mau manawa paʻakikī.
"Kaulana ʻia ʻo Julie ma loko o ka ʻoihana no kāna alakaʻi ikaika a maikaʻi hoʻi. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o kāna ʻike a me kāna ʻano hiki ke hana i mea waiwai nui i ka hui a me ke kaiāulu mākaʻikaʻi kūloko ke hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou hoʻihoʻi hou, "wahi a Kuperschmid. "Lawe pū ʻo ia i kahi kuanaʻike hou a me ke kuko no ka mākaʻikaʻi e lawelawe maikaʻi i ka SDTA a me San Diego."
Ma mua o kona noho pelekikena ʻana a me CEO o ka Hale ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻo Philadelphia a me nā malihini kipa, ua lawelawe ʻo Coker ma ke ʻano he pelekikena pelekikena o ka hui. Ua noho ʻo Coker i 21 mau makahiki me Hyatt Hotels, kahi āna i mālama ai i nā kūlana luna nui no nā waiwai ma Piladelapia, Kikako a me Oakbrook, ʻIlinoi. Ma waena o kāna mau hana he nui, ua lawelawe ʻo Coker ma ke ʻano he noho o ka American Hotel & Lodging Association's Women in Lodging council, a ma ke ʻano he hoa noho o ka US Travel Association's Meetings mean Business. Hoʻohui ʻia, he lālā ʻo ia no ka National Society of Minorities in Hospitality a no ka Philadelphia Chapter of Links, Hoʻohui ʻia. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma nā papa aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo o ka International Airport Philadelphia, Boy Scouts o ʻAmelika - Cradle to Liberty Council, Temple University's Hospitality and Tourism a me ka moku ʻo Philadelphia Center City. He kahu waiwai ʻo ia no ka International Association of Exhibits Events (IAEE). Lawelawe ʻo ia ma luna o nā kōmike hoʻokō o ka ʻAmelika Huakaʻi Huakaʻi, Destination International a me ka Chamb of Commerce ʻo Greater Philadelphia. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka hui pelekikena ʻo Meia Jim Kenney ma ke ʻano o ka ʻaoʻao huakaʻi.
I kāna kuleana hou, e alakaʻi ʻo Coker i ka hoʻokele a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka SDTA e hōʻoia i ke kūʻai kūpono ʻana, kālepa ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka ʻāina no ka pōmaikaʻi waiwai o ke kaiāulu o San Diego. E lilo ʻo ia i alakaʻi alakaʻi kaiāulu e hana pū ana me nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kalana, nā ʻoihana ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma kahi a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana e hōʻoia i ka ulu a me ka pono o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa.
Ua hoʻololi ʻo ia iā Joe Terzi, ka mea nāna i hoʻolaha i kona hoʻomaha loa ma 2019 ma hope o 10 mau makahiki o ka lawelawe ʻana. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Terzi i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka SDTA i ka wā o ka hoʻololi, ke kū ʻana i lalo i ka lā Mei 30.
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