Komisheni yeLouisville Tourism yakazivisa hurongwa hwekutsvaga pamudyandigere unotevera weMutungamiriri & CEO Karen Williams. Veteran indasitiri yekukoka vaenzi Williams achavhara makore ake makumi matatu ekugadzwa kwekushambadzira kwaLouisville musi wa30 Chikumi, 30. Commission yakapa zita Chief Chief Operating Officer Cleo Battle kuti atungamire bazi rekushanyirwa reguta pakurega basa kwaWilliam.
The Louisville Tourism CEO inomiririra iko kuenda kumaindasitiri tradeshows nemisangano uye inopa hutungamiriri hwehunyanzvi uye kutarisa kwesangano rekushambadzira mune ese maficha emari uye mashandiro ezuva nezuva.
Williams akashanda muindasitiri yekugamuchira vaenzi kwemakore makumi mana achitanga semaneja wekutengesa kuRitz-Carlton Hotel muAtlanta. Mushure mekuvhura 40 mahotera pasirese, Williams akadzokera kuLouisville uye akashanda makore makumi maviri nemaviri pane yaive panguva iyoyo iyo Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, achirega basa seMutevedzeri weMutevedzeri weMutungamiri mu18 uye achidzoka saMutungamiriri muna 23. Akashanda pamabhodhi eUtungamiriri Louisville, Musangano Nyanzvi. International, Destination Marketing Association International uye APEX Commissioner ne Convention Industry Council. Williams akashandawo sachigaro weiyo Destination & Travel Foundation, sangano rerubatsiro rakazvipira kushandira kufarira kwevanoenda kunoshambadzira nyanzvi nekuratidzira kukanganiswa kwekufamba kutenderera pasirese. Mukucherechedza budiriro dzakasiyana siyana uye hupenyu hurefu hwebasa rake rekugamuchira vaenzi, Williams akahwina mubairo weDan Mangeot muna2012 wakapihwa munhu akabatsira zvakanyanya kuzvirongwa zvekushanya zveLouisville.
Ino inguva yechipiri yeHondo kuzadza basa raWilliams, sezvo akagadzwa Executive Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri mu2013 asati anzi COO muna 2019. Hondo akashanda muindasitiri yekugamuchira vaenzi kwemakore makumi matatu nemana. Asati auya kuLouisville, Hondo akapedza makore gumi nemaviri ari mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri weSales & Services kuRichmond Convention & Visitors Bureau muRichmond, Va. Hondo yakatanga basa rake rekugamuchira vaeni muindasitiri yehotera ichishandira Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn neSheraton Hotels. Hondo chizvarwa cheDenver. Iye akapedza kudzidza kuMetropolitan State College aine BA degree muHotera / Restaurant Management. Akawana Master yake yeBusiness Administration muna 34 kubva kuA Averett College muVirginia. Iye ari maviri Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) uye Certified Association Sales Executive (CASE).
Sachigaro weBhodi VaDonald Lassere vanoti, "Indasitiri yekugamuchira vaenzi imusika unokwikwidza zvakanyanya wezororo uye misangano yebhizinesi. Pasi pehutungamiriri hwaKaren, nharaunda yeLouisville yakashanduka nemikana mikuru yekukurudzira magungano akatsvakwa uye kutashanya uye guta racho raive nekukura kwekushanya mukushanyirwa denda risati rasvika. "Tichishanda pamwe naKaren kwemakore masere, tinoziva kuti Cleo ane mukana wakanangana neruzivo, hutungamiriri uye chiono kubatsira nharaunda yedu kuwedzera mikana yedu senzvimbo dzakaita sedzedu dzinoenda padanho rekudzikisira."
Meya weLouisville Greg Fischer anowedzera "Zvingave zvisingakwanise kuwedzeredza kukanganisa kwaKaren Williams pakureba kwekushanyirwa kwakaitwa naLouisville mumakore achangopfuura, aine pre-denda rakakwirira revashanyi vanosvika mamirioni 19 mu2019. Kunze kwekuve mumwe wetariro munharaunda medu , vane simba vanofara, Karen akauya nehunyanzvi husina kujairika, ruzivo uye pfungwa yekushandira pamwe pabasa. Aive akashanda mukushanda pamwe neguta, nyika nevezvevashandi vezvekushanya kuti vatsigire uye vatsigire kugadziridzwa kwakanaka kweKICC, iyo inotimisikidza musika wemakwikwi apo vanhu vanotanga kufamba zvakare, kutumira denda. Ndichasuwa Karen nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakawanda, asi ndine chivimbo mubhodhi rake, timu inozivikanwa yenyika yavakavaka - uye nemutsivi wake, Cleo Battle, akashanda pamwe naKaren kwemakore akati wandei. Ndinoonga Karen kugara kusvika zhizha kuti abatsire kuona shanduko yakajeka uye ndinomushuvira zororo - uye kufamba! - pamudyandigere. ”
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- I will miss Karen for so many reasons, but I am confident in her board, the nationally recognized team they have built – and in her successor, Cleo Battle, who has worked alongside Karen for several years.
- She was instrumental in working with the city, state and tourism stakeholders to finance and support the beautiful renovation of KICC, which positions us well in a competitive market as people begin traveling again, post pandemic.
- The Louisville Tourism CEO represents the destination at industry tradeshows and conferences and provides strategic leadership and oversight of the marketing agency in all aspects of its fiscal and daily operation.
