Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Visit Salt Lake (VSL) i kēia lā i ke koho ʻana iā Kaitlin Eskelson i pelekikena hou a me Luna Nui, ʻo ia ka ʻehā o ka poʻe e paʻa i kēia kūlana ma ka mōʻaukala 36 makahiki o ka hui. E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 16 o Malaki, e alakaʻi ʻo Eskelson i nā hana a VSL e hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana malihini kipa o Salt Lake ma o ka huki ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo i nā hālāwai, nā ʻaha kūkā, nā hanana a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa ʻoiai ʻo ia ke alakaʻi i ke kuleana kaiapuni.
"Pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi moʻolelo lōʻihi o nā poʻe mākaukau kiʻekiʻe e alakaʻi iā Visit Salt Lake a, ma ke ʻano he komite ʻimi, makemake mākou e hōʻoia e hana mākou i nā mea āpau i ko mākou mana e hoʻomau i kēlā hoʻoilina," wahi a Taylor Vriens, ka luna o ka VSL's. Papa Luna a me ke komite huli. "Ke hilinaʻi nei mākou e hoʻomau ʻo Kaitlin i kēlā kuʻuna. ʻO ka ikaika o Kaitlin, ka ʻike, ka ʻike ʻoihana a me ka hoʻomākaukau nui i hoʻokaʻawale iā ia i ka hopena. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻimi ʻāina holoʻokoʻa loa a loaʻa iā mākou ka hoihoi nui iā Salt Lake mai kahi lehulehu o nā moho akamai a mākaukau. Hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā Kaitlin i ka hoʻokele o Visit Salt Lake a ke hilinaʻi nei e kōkua ʻo ia i ka neʻe ʻana i kā mākou huakaʻi i mua i kahi kiʻekiʻe hou.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ka E kipa aku iā Salt Lake hui a mahalo wau i ke komo ʻana i kēia hana, he mea hoihoi a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, "wahi a Eskelson. “ʻO Salt Lake kahi huakaʻi kupaianaha. He hui hoʻohālikelike ʻole ia o ka ethos kūlanakauhale a me ka mantra mauna i hui pū ʻia me ke kaiāulu honua, ka moʻomeheu a me ka meaʻai. Manaʻo wau e kaʻana like i ka moʻolelo ʻo Salt Lake me ka honua.
ʻO ka ʻoihana a Eskelson i loko o ka ʻoihana malihini he nui a ʻano like ʻole, me kahi ʻehiku mau makahiki me VSL mai 2006-2013 ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi no ke kūʻai aku a me ke kālepa ʻana. Ma hope o kona manawa mua me VSL, ʻo Eskelson ke alakaʻi o ka pilina hoa a me ka hoʻolālā honua no ka Utah Office of Tourism mai 2013-2017 a, ʻo ka mea hou loa, ka luna hoʻokō o ka ʻIuta Mākaʻikaʻi Hui Hana Hana. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua hoʻohana ʻo Eskelson i ka manawa me ka Park City Chamber & Visitors Bureau.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau kūlana, ua noho ʻo Eskelson ma ka US Travel's ESTO Development Team a me Brand USA's Executive Marketing Committee, a ua loaʻa iā US Travel's 2017 "Best Cooperative Marketing Program" a me ka VSL's 2009 Dianne Nelson Binger Sales Leadership Award. I ka makahiki 2019, ua kākau ʻo ia i ka papahana hoʻonaʻauao ʻenehana ʻo Utah Hospitality & Tourism Management Career Technical Education e kau ana i ka manaʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā limahana ma nā kula kiʻekiʻe.
Ua loaʻa iā Eskelson kahi Bachelor of Business Administration mai ke Kulanui o Minnesota a me kahi Master of Public Administration mai ke Kulanui o Utah.
ʻO ke Kōmike Huli Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o VSL he ʻano nui o nā lālā kaiāulu ʻo Salt Lake e pani ana i nā makemake like ʻole, me:
- ʻO Taylor Vriens, Luna Hoʻomalu - Pelekikena, Hōʻike Hou & Nā Hanana a me ka Luna Papa VSL
- ʻO Chris Erickson, Hope Luna Nui - GM, Grand America Hotel a me ka Luna Hoʻokele VSL i hala koke aku nei
- Erin Litvack – Hope Meia ʻo Salt Lake County
- ʻO Dan Hayes - GM, Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Salt Palace & Mountain America Expo Center
- ʻO Nancy Volmer - Luna Hoʻokele o nā Kūkākūkā a me nā Kūʻai, ʻo Salt Lake City International Airport
- ʻO Carlene Walker - ka luna o ka Moku'āina mua a me ka luna o ka Papa VSL ma mua
- ʻO Christine Redgrave - Zions Bank a me VSL Board Chair Elect
- ʻO Alan Rindlisbacher - EDCUtah a me ka luna o ka Papa VSL kahiko
- Ric Tanner – GM, Hotele Monaco
- Erik Christiansen - Loio, Parsons, Behle & Latimer a me ka luna o ka Papa VSL mua
Ua kōkua ʻia ke kōmike ma kāna ʻimi ʻana e Mike Gamble lāua ʻo Kellie Henderson o SearchWide Global, he hui hulina i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻāina e ʻike nui ana i ka C level DMO a me nā ʻimi Hoʻokipa. ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi hoʻonaʻauao hou i piha i ka ʻai i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ka hale noho, ka pō a me nā koho leʻaleʻa, kahi huakaʻi kūpono no ka ʻaha kūkā a me ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa like.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “I am thrilled to be a part of the Visit Salt Lake team and am honored to be in this role, which is both exciting and surreal,” said Eskelson.
- Visit Salt Lake is a private, non-profit corporation responsible for the promotion of Salt Lake as a vibrant, modern destination brimming with unexpected dining, lodging, nightlife and entertainment options, a destination well suited for convention and leisure travel alike.
- The committee was assisted in its search by Mike Gamble and Kellie Henderson of SearchWide Global, a nationally recognized search firm that specializes in C level DMO and Hospitality searches.
