Abantu abaqavile babizwa eHholo Labaholi base-US Travel “ngenxa yeminikelo eqhubekayo, ephawulekayo eye yaba nomthelela omuhle embonini yezokuvakasha, yakhuthaza impumelelo enkulu, futhi yaphakamisa nezindinganiso zomhlaba wonke.” Abamukeli bomklomelo basebenzela indawo yabo yokuqashwa ngokwenza kahle, kodwa futhi nangeminikelo ephakamise uhambo ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni jikelele.
Abaholi bendawo uTodd Davidson, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yeTravel Oregon, noSpurgeon Richardson, owayengumongameli wesikhathi eside we-Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, bazohlonishwa njengabazongenela u-2018 e-US Travel Association Hall of Leaders.
"Ngaphandle kokuba ngabaholi abasungula izinto futhi abacabangayo abamele abahamba phambili ekunyuseni nasekuphatheni izindawo, uTodd noSpurgeon babe ngabaholi ekukhuthazeni ukuhamba njengebhuloho elihlanganisa abantu namasiko ndawonye," kusho uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-US Travel Association kanye ne-CEO uRoger Dow.
UDavidson waqokwa waba ngumqondisi omkhulu weTravel Oregon ngo-1996 futhi waqokwa njenge-Chief Executive Officer yakhe ngo-2004. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha e-Oregon sezikhulile zaba imboni eyizigidigidi zamaRandi eziyi-11.8.
UDavidson uhole noma wasebenza emakomitini amaningi adinge ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi eWashington futhi aqinise kakhulu ukuhamba kwabo bonke-futhi wakwenza ngenkathi ehola iTravel Oregon ngokungaguquki ezindaweni eziphakeme. UDavidson ungusihlalo owedlule we-US Travel kanye noMnyango Wezokuhweba Ngezokuvakasha kanye neBhodi Yezeluleko Yezokuvakasha, kwathi ngo-2016, uNobhala Wezokuthutha wase-United States waqoka uDavidson ukuba asebenze eKomidini Likazwelonke Lokweluleka Ngengqalasizinda Yezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha.
Phakathi kokuningi okwenziwe nguDavidson, waqinisa ukumaketha kwamazwe omhlaba kweTravel Oregon, wakusiza kwaba ngumholi ezinhlelweni zezokuvakasha ezizinzile futhi wakhiqiza izincwadi eziwina imiklomelo, amawebhusayithi aqonde niche kanye nemikhankaso yokukhangisa. Ngenxa yalokhu, uDavidson waqokwa njengoMqondisi Wezokuvakasha Kombuso Wonyaka ngo-2006, kanti iTravel Oregon isizuze ama-Mercury Awards angama-20, okuhlanganisa nemiklomelo emibili ephezulu yeBest Overall State Marketing, ngo-2010 nango-2013.
"UTodd wakhe enye yezinhlangano ezithuthukisa ukuhamba kwezwe ezweni lethu futhi unikeze isikhathi sakhe ukuqhubekisela phambili imboni yethu ngokuzikhandla ngokuzinikela kumakomidi namabhodi amaningi kahulumeni, futhi engusihlalo webhodi le-US Travel," kusho uDow.
URichardson wasebenza njengomqondisi wezokumaketha wabe esengumongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-Six Flags Over Georgia kusuka ngo-1968 kuya ku-1991, wabe esesebenza iminyaka engu-17 njengomongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Atlanta CVB. Esikhundleni sakhe, i-Atlanta yaba ngomunye wamahhovisi okuqala ezweni ukuthuthukisa umnyango wezokuvakasha wezamasiko, ukuvula iwebhusayithi lapho iya khona, ukuqala uhlelo lokumaketha okwehlukahlukene nokuqala isisekelo sokusiza. Wayebaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yemidlalo yama-Olimpiki yango-1996 eyayibanjelwe e-Atlanta.
URichardson wasebenza njengosihlalo we-International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (manje eyi-Destinations International), i-International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, kanye neGeorgia Hotel and Travel Association, futhi wayengumongameli wangaphambilini weSouthheast Tourism Society.
"USpurge ubengamele ukukhula okukhulu kwe-Atlanta CVB ngokuba ngumholi onokwemigomo nobonayo obona ikhono lokuhamba lokuhlanganisa abantu bazo zonke izizinda," kusho uDow. “Ube yingqalasizinda yokwethulwa kwezokuvakasha nge-inthanethi entsha ngaleso sikhathi, kanye nokumaketha indawo ayeya kuyo ezinhlotsheni eziningi zamaqembu ezabantu — okwakusiza ukuphakamisa imvelo yamasiko nezebhizinisi e-Atlanta. Noma ikuphi kwalokhu kuzuziwe kuyaphawuleka kukodwa, naleyo mikhuba isibe indinganiso kuyo yonke imboni — nokuthi iqiniso lokuthi uSpurge angazibanga ngazo zombili kuyinto emangalisayo. ”
Ngalawa ma-inductions, ochwepheshe bemboni yezokuvakasha abangama-96 bangeniswe e-US Travel Hall of Leaders selokhu yadalwa ngo-1969. Ababambe iqhaza ngo-2017 kwakungu-Arne Sorenson, umongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu weMarriott International, noRandy Smith, umsunguli nosihlalo wenkampani yocwaningo lwezokuvakasha I-STR.
UDavidson noRichardson bazohlonishwa ngesikhathi sedina elihanjelwe abaholi bemboni yezokuvakasha abangaphezu kwekhulu esidlweni sakusihlwa sangoNovemba 100 ngesikhathi somhlangano webhodi yase-US Travel eWashington, DC
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Davidson is a past chair of US Travel and the Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and in 2016, the US Secretary of Transportation appointed Davidson to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure.
- URichardson wasebenza njengosihlalo we-International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (manje eyi-Destinations International), i-International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, kanye neGeorgia Hotel and Travel Association, futhi wayengumongameli wangaphambilini weSouthheast Tourism Society.
- “He pioneered the promotion of travel via the then-new internet, and also the marketing of his destination to a broad array of demographic groups—which served to elevate both the cultural and business environment of Atlanta.
