Eqala umsebenzi wakhe nge-Disney eminyakeni engu-38 edlule esengumfana webhasi, uGeorge Kalogridis, uqokwe njengomongameli we-Disneyland Resort e-Anaheim, eCalifornia. U-Kalogridis muva nje usebenze njengesikhulu esiphezulu se-Disneyland Resort Paris, lapho ayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuhola ithimba lezokusebenza kanye nokwengamela umgubho wokugubha iminyaka engu-15 oyimpumelelo kakhulu.
UKalogridis, 55, uzobika ku-Al Weiss, umongameli weWorldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Ungene esikhaleni sika-Ed Grier, osesula enkampanini.
"UGeorge ungumcabango wesu oqinisekisiwe ochwepheshe bakhe bokusebenza namakhono obuholi aqinile azomsiza ekuholeni i-Disneyland Resort," kusho u-Weiss. "Sijabule ngokumamukela eCalifornia futhi sibheke ngabomvu ubuholi bakhe njengoba siqhubeka nokwandisa nokukhulisa le ndawo ethandekayo."
Kusukela ngo-2000 kuya ku-2002, uKalogridis usebenze njengephini likamongameli ophezulu we-Resort Operations ye-Disneyland Resort, lapho abambe khona indima ebalulekile ekunwetshweni kokuqala kwendawo yokungcebeleka - ukuvulwa kwepaki ye-Disney's California Adventure kanye neDowntown Disney. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayebhekele ukusebenza kwansuku zonke kwawo womabili amapaki etimu namahhotela amathathu, kanye neDowntown Disney.
"Ngijabule kakhulu ngokubuyela eDisneyland, ikakhulukazi ngalesi sikhathi esijabulisayo sokwanda okukhulu," kusho uKalogridis. "Ngibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana nabalingisi abenza umlingo ezivakashini zethu nsuku zonke futhi ngibambisane nomphakathi wase-Orange County ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi i-Anaheim Resort Area iyaqhubeka nokuchuma."
Ngesikhathi uKalogridis ephethe i-Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, ubambe izikhundla eziningi eziphezulu, wazuza ulwazi olubanzi ngale kokusebenza nokuthengisa. Ngaphezu kwezindima zakhe zobuholi eParis nase-Anaheim, uKalogridis usebenze njengephini likamongameli we-Travel Operations e-Walt Disney World e-Orlando. UKalogridis uphinde wasebenza njengephini likamongameli wepaki ye-EPCOT yaseWalt Disney World, lapho, ngaphezu kokwengamela ukusebenza kwepaki, wahola uMgubho weMillennium weThe Walt Disney Company.
U-Kalogridis waqala umsebenzi wakhe enkampanini ngo-1971 njengomfana webhasi ngesikhathi kuvulwa i-Contemporary Resort e-Walt Disney World. Iminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu, wasebenza njengomphathi jikelele weGrand Floridian Beach Resort. Ubambe izindima eziphezulu kuHuman Resources e-Walt Disney World futhi wasebenza njengomunye wamalungu oqobo eqenjini lokuthuthukisa iDisneyland Resort Paris ngo-1988.
