IBhodi labaqondisi be-US Travel Association ithola amalungu amasha

UCamille Fergusson, umqondisi omkhulu we-American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) uqokelwe kwiBhodi labaqondisi be-US Travel Association njengoMqondisi we-At-Large, le nhlangano imemezele ngoLwesine.

UFerguson, oyisakhamuzi seSitka Tribe yase-Alaska futhi oyilungu leK Kiksadi Clan, ube ngumqondisi omkhulu we-American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) iminyaka eyisithupha. Umdabu waseMelika owake waba ngowesibili kuphela ukuba asebenze ebhodini lezokuvakasha lase-US, isikhathi sakhe seminyaka emithathu sizoqala ngonyaka ka-2021. Ngesikhathi sakhe, uhlela ukukhulisa umsebenzi wakhe nezikhulu ezikhethiwe ekuphakamiseni ukubaluleka kokubandakanya ezokuvakasha zezizwe ezweni lonke umyalezo wezokuvakasha.

"Ezokuvakasha emiphakathini yamaMelika Omdabu zisekela uzinzo kwezomnotho nakwezenhlalo, ikakhulukazi emiphakathini ekude nasemaphandleni, okufaka isandla empilweni yezomnotho jikelele wase-US," kusho uFerguson, owethula umkhankaso we-AIANTA othi “Amazwi Wethu, Izindaba Zethu”, ogcizelela ukubaluleka kwezinhlangano zesizwe ezilawula imiyalezo yazo yezokuvakasha ukuhlinzeka ngobuqiniso obukhulu nokusimama kuhlu olwanda ngokushesha lweminikelo yezokuvakasha yamasiko. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, i-AIANTA yathola ukuqashelwa kukazwelonke lapho yethulwa Umklomelo KaMongameli “E” Wokuthunyelwa Kwangaphandle kwezokuvakasha kwezizwe.

Ukujoyina uFerguson njengomqondisi wokuqala, omkhulu nguDeb Hickok, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Explore Fairbanks. Onguchwepheshe kwezokumaketha nokuphatha endaweni ecishe ibe yiminyaka engama-37, uHickok waba yi-CEO ye-Explore Fairbanks ngo-1999. Ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwakhe, i-Explore Fairbanks ithole imiklomelo eminingi, okubandakanya ne-Governor of the Export of the Year Award yase-Alaska ne-Destiny Award evela e-US Travel Destinations Umkhandlu. Njengamanje usebenza kwamanye amabhodi wabaqondisi amabili, i-Alaska Travel Industry Association (ATIA) ayengusihlalo wayo ngo-2011 kanye neGreater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce.

UFerguson uphinde ajoyine omunye uFerguson, u-Elliot L. Ferguson, II, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Destination DC, owakhethwa njengosihlalo omusha webhodi.

"Ngibheke phambili ekusebenzeni no-Elliott," kusho umphathi omkhulu we-AIANTA. “Unedumela elifanele futhi elihlonishwayo lokuqwashisa ngeminikelo yamasiko yedolobha elaziwa kakhulu ngokusebenza kwangaphakathi kwezepolitiki. Ngikholwa wukuthi ubuholi bakhe buzoqhubeka nokusiza ekugxileni ekubalulekeni kokubandakanya izindaba kanye nezinkinga zoMdabu waseHawaii zoMdabu waseMelika ezinhlelweni zikazwelonke zezokuvakasha. ”

NgoLwesine, ubulungu be-US Travel bufake nezinye izikhundla: iphini likasihlalo wokuqala uChristine Duffy, umongameli weCarnival Cruise Line; iphini likasihlalo wesibili uMichael Dominguez, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kanye nomphathi omkhulu wezentengiso eMGM Resorts International; umgcinimafa uJoseph W. Lopano, isikhulu esiphezulu seTampa International Airport; kanye noCasandra Matej, umongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu Wezokuvakasha eSan Antonio.

Ukujoyina uFerguson noHickok njengabaqondisi bokuqala, abaphezulu yibo: UMargot Amelia, iphini likamongameli omkhulu, umphathi omkhulu wezokumaketha, iNational Aquarium eBaltimore; UCandace Carr Strauss, oyi-CEO, vakashela iBig Sky / Big Sky Chamber of Commerce; Chris Fogg, CEO, Maine Tourism Association; U-Abigail James, iphini likamongameli weqembu, Isu Lokumaketha, iMacy's, Inc .; UCristy Morrison, umongameli & i-CEO, vakashela i-Stillwater; UJohn Percy, umongameli & CEO, Destination Niagara USA; URichard Peterson, umongameli & i-CEO, Umkhandlu Wokumaketha Wezokuvakasha Wezamasiko Namagugu wase-US; UMilton Segarra, umqondisi omkhulu, uvakashele iMississippi Gulf Coast; UDouglas Small, umongameli & i-CEO, i-Experience Grand Rapids; UMonica Smith, umongameli & i-CEO, iSoutheast Tourism Society; kanye noPaula Vlamings, umphathi omkhulu wezomthelela, i-Tourism Cares

Abazobuyela ebhodini yilezi: UKate Birchler, iphini likamengameli, ukuvakasha kwezokuvakasha, iMacerich Shopping Centres; U-Liz Bittner, umongameli ne-CEO, iTravel South USA; UGerrit De Vos, usekela mongameli, ukuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi, i-AmericanTours International; noGary Schluter, umsunguli, iRocky Mountain Holiday Tours