UMartha Sheridan, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), umemezele namuhla ukuthi uzoshiya isikhundla sakhe ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ukuze abambe iqhaza elifanayo e-Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.
“Phakathi nomsebenzi wami, ngibone indawo yaseProvidence/Warwick ikhula iba indawo esezingeni lomhlaba futhi kube yilungelo kimi ukuba yingxenye yaleyo nguquko,” kusho uSheridan, owasebenzela i-PWCVB okokuqala ngqa. 1990 ngezindima ezihlukene futhi wabuya njengomongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu ngo-2006. "Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi abasebenzi abanekhono e-PWCVB bazoqhubeka nokuletha imihlangano eminingi, izingqungquthela, imicimbi yezemidlalo kanye nabahambi bezokungcebeleka endaweni."
Isikhathi sikaSheridan e-PWCVB sibe nezinto eziningi ezibalulekile, phakathi kwazo:
• Ukwakhiwa kweRhode Island Sports Commission (RISC), njengengxenye ye-PWCVB. Imicimbi ebhukhwe yi-RISC inomthelela oqondile wokusebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$30 wezigidi unyaka ngamunye.
• Ukuthuthukiswa kohlelo oluqinile lobudlelwano bemidiya olubone i-Providence iqanjwa ngokuthi “Idolobha Eliyintandokazi YaseMelika” ngabafundi be-Travel + Leisure ngo-2015 kanye nenye ye-“52 Must See Places” emhlabeni ezovakashelwa ngo-2016 yi-New York Times.
• Ukugcwaliseka kwezinga lokuhlala lamaphesenti angu-74.2 ku-FY18, eliphakeme kakhulu kwinkumbulo yakamuva.
• Ukwakhiwa komhlahlandlela we-elekthronikhi ophelele wezindawo eziyi-15 ze-eclectic nezinempilo e-Providence.
“UMartha ubehlale ebona isiko le-Providence ehlukahlukene njengelinye lamandla ethu amakhulu,” kusho iMeya yeProvidence uJorge Elorza. “Kusukela ekudaleni uchungechunge lohambo oluhamba ngezinyawo oluchaza umlando kaProvidence, kuya ekukhulumeni egameni lezinhlelo ezithuthukisa izinga lempilo engcono, ube ngumpetha wangempela weCreative Capital. Siyambonga ngomsebenzi wakhe emphakathini wethu futhi simfisela okuhle kodwa eBoston.”
USheridan uzoba sePWCVB kuze kube maphakathi noDisemba. Ibhodi le-PWCVB lizosebenzisana nobuholi obuphezulu e-Bureau ukuze kuqhutshwe imisebenzi yansuku zonke kuze kube yilapho kuqokwa ozongena esikhundleni.
“Siyabethemba abasebenzi basePWCVB ukuthi bazoqhubeka ngezinga eliphezulu elibekwe uMartha,” kusho uSihlalo weBhodi lePWCVB uKimberly Greene. "Wenze umsebenzi omangalisayo ekuphatheni imisebenzi yansuku zonke, kanye nokusebenza endaweni kanye nakuzwelonke ukugqugquzela iProvidence/Warwick kanye nemboni yonkana."
U-Sheridan uke wasebenza njengoSihlalo we-Destination International, inhlangano engumzali yezinhlangano zokumaketha zendawo yonke eNyakatho Melika, futhi usebhodini le-US Travel Association. Ubambe izinhlobonhlobo zezinye izindima zobuholi, okuhlanganisa ihlandla leminyaka emibili njengomongameli weNew England Society of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. Ngo-2015, uSheridan waqanjwa njengomunye wabesifazane “abaphezulu abangama-25 embonini yemihlangano” ngumagazini weMeetings & Conventions.
E-Boston, uzongena esikhundleni sikaPat Moscaritolo, ozothatha umhlalaphansi ngoFebhuwari 14, 2019 ngemuva kweminyaka engama-28 ehola i-Greater Boston CVB.
