ka ʻO ka Convention Convention and Bureau of Bureau (PHLCVB) ua hoʻolaha ʻia ua koho lokahi ka Papa Hoʻokele a ua koho ʻo Gregg Caren i ke kūlana Pelekikena a Luna Nui. Ua lawelawe ʻo Caren ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena Hoʻokele, Sales and Strategic Business Development no ASM Global (SMG ma mua), ka mea hoʻokele ma luna o 350 mau wahi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma nā kūlana alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ʻoiai me ka hui no nā makahiki he 20. Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Caren ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki o ka ʻike ʻoihana a e hui pū me ka PHLCVB ma 8 Iune 2020.

"Ua lawe mai ʻo Gregg i ka waiwai o ka ʻike a me ke alakaʻi ʻana mai nā ʻaoʻao he nui o kā mākou ʻoihana, e like me ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma mua, ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hana pū ʻana me nā kikowaena o nā ʻaha kūkā, nā hōkele, a me nā CVB, ma loko a ma waena hoʻi o ka honua," wahi a Nick DeBenedictis, ka luna o PHLCVB. "Kamaʻāina ʻo ia me kā mākou mau mea kūʻai mai, ko mākou wahi a he hoa pili loa ia i ka hui i kāna kuleana ma ASM Global, ka mea hoʻohana o ka Pennsylvania Convention Center. Ke nānā nei mākou i ka nānā hou ʻana i ka hopena o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19, hilinaʻi nui mākou e alakaʻi ʻo Gregg i ka PHLCVB i ka holomua ma ka ʻaoʻao o Piladelapia.

“Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Julie Coker no ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i kona manawa ma ke ʻano he pelekikena & Luna Nui, a no kāna hana kupaianaha i hana ai me ka PHLCVB i nā makahiki he 10 i hala. Hauʻoli mākou e hiki iā Julie lāua ʻo Gregg ke hana pū i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻololi ma mua o kona haʻalele ʻana no ka hana mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma San Diego ma ka lā 28 Mei.

"Manaʻo mākou ʻo kā Gregg ākea ākea o ka ʻike a me ka laulima kūlike i kūpono kūpono e alakaʻi i ka PHLCVB," wahi a John McNichol, pelekikena a me CEO o ka Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, ʻo ia ka mea i noho ma ka noho o ke komite ʻimi no ka pelekikena a Luna Nui. "Hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i kā mākou ʻoihana, kā mākou mākeke a me nā mea kūʻai aku, a hilinaʻi mākou he hoʻololi maʻalahi kēia e kūkulu i kā mākou kūleʻa hou."

Ma kāna kuleana hou, e kiaʻi ʻo Caren i ka hana a PHLCVB e hoʻolaha a kūʻai aku iā Philadelphia ma ke ʻano he kuhina nui no nā hālāwai, nā ʻaha kūkā, nā hanana haʻuki, nā huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻē, a me nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi huakaʻi. E lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi nui no ka PHLCVB's turismo a me nā hoa aloha, e like me ka Pennsylvania Convention Center, a me nā hui ʻoihana kaiāulu, a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Piladelapia.

"Ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki he nui e hana pū ana me nā kikowaena o nā kikowaena a me nā wahi e pili ana i ka honua holoʻokoʻa, hauʻoli nui wau a hoʻohanohano ʻia e pani i koʻu ʻāina hānau he iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki i ke koena o ka honua," wahi a Caren. "Ma muli o ke kūlana o nā hihia i kēia manawa a me koʻu aloha no ka ʻāina ʻo Piladelapia ʻoi aku ka nui, he mana koʻikoʻi koʻu no ke kuleana civic. Hoʻokele ka PHLCVB i ka hopena waiwai i ko mākou kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻāina. Ke lana nui nei koʻu manaʻo i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hana hoʻōla hou a Piladelapia e ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka kime akamai loa ma PHLCVB, a me ka hana pū ʻana me nā hoa a me nā mea kuleana e kōkua i ka hoʻokele i kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻokipa i mua. "

Ma waho o kāna kūlana hou loa me ASM Global, ua lawelawe ʻo Caren ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Hope Pelekikena, Convention Center Division a me Strategic Business Development no SMG. Ma laila ʻo ia i kākoʻo ai i kahi pūnaewele puni honua o nā hanana kūkala a me nā wahi hōʻike ma ʻAmelika Hema, ʻEulopa, a me ʻAsia, e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā puke ʻana i nā hanana a hoʻonui i ka wāwae o ka hui. E hoʻomaka ana i kāna ʻoihana me nā Hōkele a me nā Hōkele ʻo Marriott, ʻO Caren kekahi ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma nā kūlana alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe me nā wahi hoʻokipa ma Atlantic City a ma ka Valley Forge Convention Center / Sheraton Valley Forge.

Ua mālama ʻo Caren i nā papa a me nā kuleana alakaʻi me ka International Association for Exhibitions & hanana (IAEE), ka National Association of Consumer Shows (NACS) a me ka International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM). He haumana ʻo ia no ke Kulanui Moku'āina ʻo Pennsylvania ma kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia kahi kekelē laepua no ka hōkele, ka hale ʻaina a me ka Management Institution.