UMnu. Marriott Junior kumele abe nomuzwa wokuziqhenya ngokwazi omunye wakhe, uChris Tatum, owaqala njengomnakekeli ehhotela laseRoyal Hawaiian. Namuhla, uqokwe njengoMongameli omusha kanye ne-CEO ye-Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).
Ukuvakasha kuyibhizinisi lawo wonke umuntu e-Hawaii, imboni enkulu yangasese ye- Aloha Izwe. Ezokuvakasha zenza uMbuso uphumelele noma uhluleke, kanti umsebenzi kaChris Tatum uyisibonelo esihle se-American Dream.
Ekugcineni, Ibhodi le-HTA lenze umnyakazo ongahlangene nepolitiki futhi laguqula ubuholi bomsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu e-Hawaii baba uchwepheshe wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Lokhu kukodwa kukhombisa ubuholi futhi kuwushintsho ekuqokweni obekungaphumeleli phambilini.
Ngo-2016, i-CEO uBill Marriott Junior utshele WTTC IGlobal Summit eWashington DC, akasoze aqasha iGM ngqo. Umbono wakhe ngeMarriott Hotels and Resorts bekuwukuhlonza amathalente aqashwe kusukela phansi kuya phezulu. Namuhla, iMarriott iyifemu enkulu yamahhotela emhlabeni.
Umsebenzi kaChris Tatum embonini yokwamukela izihambi waqala njengomgcini wezindlu eRoyal Hawaiian Hotel ngesikhathi sakhe sasehlobo ekhaya evela ekolishi.
Ngemva kokuphothula eMichigan State University ngo-1981 eneziqu zeBachelor of Arts kwezokuphatha amahhotela nezindawo zokudlela, uTatum wasiza ekuvuleni iMaui Marriott Resort & Ocean Club eKaanapali okwathi ngemva kwalokho wakhuphuka kancane ezikhundleni zobuholi noMarriott ezweni lase-US futhi. e-Asia nase-Australia.
Ibhodi labaqondisi be-Hawaii Tourism Authority namuhla liqinisekise ngazwilinye ukuqokwa kwesikhulu sezokuvakasha uChris Tatum osenesikhathi eside njengomongameli kanye ne-CEO entsha.
Njengamanje umphathi jikelele wendawo we-Marriott Resorts Hawaii, u-Tatum uphezu kwenqubo yokuyeka umsebenzi weminyaka engu-37 e-Marriott ukuze ahole i-HTA. Kulindeleke ukuthi aqale umsebenzi emasontweni ezayo uma sezifezekile izidingo ezidingekayo zokuqashwa kwesifundazwe saseHawaii.
Ukuqokwa kukaTatum kuphetha inqubo yebhodi labaqondisi be-HTA eyaqala ezinyangeni ezine ezedlule ukuthola nokuqoka umholi omusha wesikhungo esibhekele ukuphatha ezokuvakasha esifundazweni saseHawaii. Bangaphezu kuka-100 abafake izicelo zokufuna lesi sikhundla ngemuva kokuthi kuqale uhlelo lokuthungatha izikhulu ngoJulayi 27.
Liholwa uSihlalo weBhodi le-HTA u-Rick Fried, ikomidi lamalungu ebhodi kanye namalungu omphakathi abuyekeze izimfanelo zabafake izicelo, ngaphambi kokunciphisa uhlu lwaba yiqembu labaphumelele inhlolokhono lapho uTatum akhethwa khona futhi wanikezwa isikhundla.
UFried uphawule wathi, “UChris Tatum unenhlanganisela ekahle yezimfanelo, ulwazi kanye nokuzinikela enkonzweni edingekayo ukuze kuholele i-Hawaii Tourism Authority phambili, kanye nekhono lokuqondisa isiqondiso sesikhathi esizayo semboni yezwe lethu ebaluleke kakhulu ekufezeni izithakazelo zabahlali zonke iziqhingi.”
UTatum, owathuthela eHawaii esemncane futhi waphothula e-Radford High School e-Honolulu, uyisikhulu esiphezulu embonini yezokuvakasha yaseHawaii. Uyalazisa leli thuba lokwenza umehluko omuhle embonini eyisisekelo somsebenzi wakhe.
“Leli yithuba elikhona kanye empilweni lokwenza umehluko ekhaya lami ngokusungula isu lomkhiqizo eliqhubekayo elithuthukisa ulwazi lwesivakashi ngenkathi silondoloza indlela yethu yokuphila.”
U-Tatum unikele ngesikhathi sakhe nolwazi lwakhe ekwenzeni ngcono imboni yezokuvakasha yaseHawaii edlula izibopho zakhe zobungcweti zikaMarriott. Phambilini usebenze njengosihlalo we-Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association kanye ne-Oahu Visitors Bureau futhi wayeyilungu le-Pearl Harbour 75th Anniversary Commemorative Committee kanye ne-2011 APEC Hawaii Hosting Committee. Njengamanje, usebenza njengosihlalo we-Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Ngo-2015, u-Tatum waklonyeliswa nge-Legacy in Tourism Award yi-University of Hawaii's School of Travel Industry Management kuhlonishwa ubuholi bakhe kwezokuvakasha eziqhingini.
Izikhundla eziphezulu zikaTatum zikaMarriott zifake phakathi ukusebenza njengephini likamongameli wendawo yaseHawaii, Pacific Northwest, Northern California kanye ne-Utah, futhi njengesekela likamongameli wendawo eNyakatho ye-Asia, eHawaii kanye naseNingizimu Pacific.
Uphinde wasebenza njengomphathi ovulayo ohlala e-Kauai Marriott Resort kanye ne-JW Marriott e-Kuala Lumpur, e-Malaysia, nanjengomphathi jikelele wokuvula we-Brisbane Marriott Hotel e-Australia.
U-Tatum ubuyele e-Hawaii ngokuhle ngo-2001. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe womphakathi, ubambe izikhundla ezibalulekile ze-Marriott ukusiza ukwakha nokwandisa uphawu lwayo eziqhingini zaseHawaii. Ngaphambi kwesikhundla sakhe samanje, uTatum usebenze njengomphathi jikelele weRenaissance Wailea Beach Resort eMaui, i-JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa e-Ko Olina, kanye ne-Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort, lapho aphinde wathola khona Umklomelo Womphathi Jikelele Wonyaka wakwaMarriott.
