Christopher L. Thompson, pulezidenti wakale ndi CEO wa Brand USA, pamodzi ndi William D. "Bill" Talbert, III, pulezidenti wakale ndi CEO wa Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, akuyembekezeka kuzindikiridwa ngati olemekezeka a 2024. ya US Travel Hall of Leaders m'dzinja uno, malinga ndi chilengezo chaposachedwa ndi US Travel Association.
"Bill ndi Chris ali ndi malingaliro apamwamba kwambiri a mtsogoleri woyendayenda. Kwa zaka zambiri, aliyense wathandizira m'njira zabwino kuti bizinesi iyi ipite patsogolo, "atero a Geoff Freeman, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa bungweli. Mgwirizano waku US Travel.
"Pansi pa utsogoleri wa Chris, Mtundu USA zachita bwino kuti ziwonjezere kuyendera ku US ndikukulitsa mayendedwe azachuma, "atero a Freeman. "Ntchito yake yotsatsa komwe akupita ikuwonetsa zaka zambiri zantchito yabwino kwambiri yomwe idathandizira kuyenda bwino mdera lanu, m'boma komanso m'dziko."
Freeman adawonjezeranso kuti ndizovuta kulingalira kazembe wamtundu wogwira ntchito kapena kuyimira komwe akupita kuposa 'Miami Bill'. Ananenanso kuti Bill adadzipereka yekha kusintha Miami kukhala malo oyenda bwino omwe amadziwika padziko lonse lapansi ndi opumira komanso oyenda bizinesi. Komanso, Freeman adawonetsa kuti zopereka za Bill sizinangokhala magombe a Miami, chifukwa mabungwe ambiri apindula kwambiri ndi chidziwitso ndi chithandizo chake.
Anthu odziwika ngati Talbert ndi Thompson asankhidwa kuti alowe nawo mu US Travel's Hall of Leaders chifukwa cha kupirira kwawo komanso zopereka zawo zazikulu zomwe zakhudza kwambiri kayendetsedwe ka maulendo, zalimbikitsa kupambana kwakukulu, ndikukweza miyezo pagulu lonse. Olandirawa ndi odziwika chifukwa cha ntchito zabwino zomwe amapeza m'mabungwe awo, komanso chifukwa cha zopereka zawo zomwe zapititsa patsogolo gawo la maulendo padziko lonse lapansi komanso padziko lonse lapansi.
Christopher L. Thompson
Kuyambira 2012 mpaka 2024, Thompson adakhala ndi udindo wa pulezidenti ndi CEO ku Brand USA, mgwirizano wapagulu ndi wabizinesi womwe unakhazikitsidwa pansi pa federal Travel Promotion Act ya 2009. Iye adatsogolera mapulojekiti atsopano monga kufotokozera nkhani komanso njira zokhutira, chilengedwe. Makanema atatu akulu akulu omwe amawonera padziko lonse lapansi, komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa njira yoyamba yapadziko lonse lapansi yolumikizidwa ndi TV.
Pansi pa utsogoleri wake, Brand USA idatuluka ngati mgwirizano wapagulu ndi wabizinesi wamabungwe otsatsa komwe akupita. Thompson adatsogolera bungweli kuti lichite bwino kwambiri chisanafike chaka cha 2020, ndikuchita nawo gawo lofunikira pakuyambiranso alendo obwera ku United States m'zaka zotsatira za mliriwu.
Thompson m'mbuyomu adakhala ndi udindo wa Purezidenti ndi CEO ku VISIT FLORIDA ndi Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau asanalowe ku Brand USA. Kuphatikiza apo, anali woyang'anira Leon County Tourist Development Council. Ntchito ya Thompson mumakampani oyendayenda idayamba mu 1983 ku Florida department of Commerce, Division of Tourism.
William D. "Bill" Talbert, III
Talbert adatumikira monga pulezidenti ndi CEO wa Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau kwa zaka zopitirira makumi atatu, kuchokera ku 1990 mpaka 2021. Pa nthawi yonse ya ulamuliro wake, adadziwika chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwake ku ntchito za boma komanso utsogoleri wake wolemekezeka m'magulu oyendayenda ndi anthu, zomwe zimakhudza Miami-Dade ndi madera ozungulira kwa zaka makumi asanu.
Motsogozedwa ndi iye, Greater Miami ndi Miami Beach adakumana ndi kuchuluka kosaneneka kwa alendo, mwayi wantchito, ndi ndalama zamisonkho zokhudzana ndi maulendo, zomwe zidatenga gawo lofunikira pothandizira ntchito zofunika kwambiri pamayendedwe, chitetezo cha anthu, ndi zaluso.
Talbert adatenga gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakupanga chitukuko cha Miami, ndikupereka chitsogozo komanso ukadaulo pakukula kwa mzindawu. Chikoka chake chidathandizira kukonzanso ndi kukulitsa Miami Beach Convention Center, komanso kukopa zochitika zazikulu zapadziko lonse lapansi monga Summit of the Americas ndi ma NFL Super Bowls asanu.
Kuphatikiza apo, adakhalapo ndi maudindo a utsogoleri m'mabungwe angapo odziwika amderali komanso mdziko muno, kuphatikiza gulu la VISIT FLORIDA, US Department of Commerce's Travel & Tourism Advisory Board, Black Hospitality Initiative ya Greater Miami, ndi Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism. Utsogoleri.
Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa mu 1969, akatswiri okwana 108 oyenda paulendo alemekezedwa ndi kulowetsedwa mu US Travel Hall of Leaders. Olemekezeka a 2023 akuphatikizapo Elliott L. Ferguson, II, yemwe ndi pulezidenti ndi CEO wa Destination DC, ndi Peter F. Herschend, woyambitsa nawo Herschend Enterprises.