ʻO Helen Marano, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Marano Perspectives a me ke kākā'ōlelo kūikawā no ka World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), ua kohoia i kahu no Ka Huakaʻi Huakaʻi no na makahiki 3 e hiki mai ana. Ua kākoʻo lōkahi ʻia kona koho ʻia e ka papa luna mālama aloha ma kāna hālāwai hope loa.
Loaʻa iā Helen ka waiwai o ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kahua honua, ma mua o kona lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena Nui WTTC, a alakaʻi i ka National Travel & Tourism Office o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he "wahine hoʻoikaika ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi" e ka International Institute of Peace Through Tourism (IIPT), me kahi makana 'Celebrating Her' no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kuʻikahi honua e hāpai ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he ikaika no ka maikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Helen Marano: "Haʻaheo wau i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he kahu no Travel Foundation a ke kakali nei au e hana pū me ka hui e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki a me nā hana o ke aloha. ʻAʻole i loaʻa kahi manawa koʻikoʻi e kākoʻo i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a hauʻoli wau i ka hui ʻana i kahi hui e pāʻani nei i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi i ke kōkua ʻana i nā wahi a me nā ʻoihana e hana i kā lākou ʻāpana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kuleana kūpono no ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Noel Josephides, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka Travel Foundation: “Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā Helen ma ke ʻano he kahu. He waiwai nui kona ʻike nui a me kona ʻike i ka hui, ʻoiai i ka manawa koʻikoʻi e manaʻo mākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi Luna Nui hou i nā mahina e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana o Helen i ka ʻoihana a me ke koʻikoʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau e kōkua iā mākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka holomua o ka Travel Foundation i nā makahiki i hala, e kākoʻo ana iā mākou e hōʻea i kahi lehulehu me kā mākou leka a hoʻonui i kā mākou hopena.
Ke manaʻo nei ka Travel Foundation e hoʻolaha koke aku i ke koho ʻana i Luna Nui hou, ʻoiai ua mākaukau ʻo Salli Felton e haʻalele i ka hana ma Kepakemapa.
ʻO ka papa o nā kahu mālama aloha pū kekahi:
- Noel Josephides; Lunahoomalu o Sunvil Holidays
- ʻO Rodney Anderson, ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 mau makahiki ʻoihana kīwila, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele, Marine a me nā lawaiʻa ma Defra
- ʻO Jane Ashton, Luna Hoʻomalu ma TUI Group
- ʻO John de Vial, Luna Hoʻokele o ka mālama kālā ma ABTA
- ʻO Debbie Hindle, Luna Hoʻokele ma Four Travel
- Alistair Rowland; Luna Kūʻai Nui ma The Midcounties Co-operative a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ABTA
