- Kusankhidwa uku ndikubwezeretsa Whitaker yemwe adakhala membala wa timu ya GMCVB kwa zaka 17.
- Whitaker adachoka ku Miami koyambirira ku 2007 chifukwa chasankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti & CEO wa Tourism Toronto.
- Pazaka zisanu zapitazi, Whitaker watumikira monga Purezidenti & CEO wa Select Chicago, DMO waku Chicago.
The Msonkhano waukulu wa Greater Miami & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) yalengeza lero kuti a David Whitaker asankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti & CEO wotsatira wa bungwe lotsatsa malonda (DMO) ku Greater Miami ndi Miami Beach. Kusankhidwa uku ndikubwezera Whitaker yemwe adakhala membala wa timu ya GMCVB kwa zaka 17 (1990 - 2007), posachedwa kwambiri ngati Wachiwiri kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi Chief Marketing Officer. Zaka zisanu izi zisanachitike, adagwira ntchito yoyang'anira United Way ya Miami-Dade.
Whitaker adachoka Miami koyamba mu 2007 chifukwa chosankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti & CEO wa Tourism Toronto (yemwe pano amadziwika kuti Destination Toronto), DMO waku Toronto, komwe adatsogolera bungweli zaka zisanu ndi zitatu. Pomwe amakhala ku Toronto, bungweli lidasankhidwa kukhala msonkhano waukulu ku North America komanso alendo kuofesi komanso malo ochitira msonkhano posankha okonzekera misonkhano yoposa 650. Whitaker adatsogolera zopempha kuti achite nawo NBA All-Star Game ndi Pan American / Parapan American Game.
Atamaliza kukhala ku Toronto komanso zaka zisanu zapitazi, Whitaker adatumikira monga Purezidenti & CEO wa Select Chicago, DMO waku Chicago. Pomwe anali ku Chicago, anali ndi udindo wolimbikitsa ndi kugulitsa malo akulu amisonkhano ku United States, McCormick Place. Motsogozedwa ndi iye, a DMO adakwanitsa kupikisana nawo ndikuchita nawo NBA All-Star Game, MLS All-Star Game, mpikisano woyamba waku tennis wa Laver Cup wapadziko lonse ku North America, NCAA Frozen Four, komanso zochitika zingapo zapadziko lonse lapansi za rugby ndi rugby. Chicago, monga komwe amapitako, wavoteredwa pachisankho chodziwika bwino cha owerenga savvy a CondéNast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards ngati "Best Big City" kuti akayendere zaka zinayi zotsatizana (2017 - 2020), zomwe zidachitika motsogozedwa ndi Whitaker.
"David akutibweretsera kuphatikiza kosavuta komanso kwamphamvu - chidziwitso chambiri komanso chidziwitso chambiri mdera lathu, kuphatikiza ndi zochitika zazikulu zopezeka pakupititsa patsogolo mitundu iwiri komanso mitundu yapadziko lonse ku North America ku Chicago ndi Toronto," atero a GMCVB Wapampando Bruce Orosz. "Kuphatikiza kumeneku, makamaka ndi mizinda yonse iwiri yomwe adachita bwino kwambiri ngati misonkhano yayikulu komanso malo opezekako, kudzathandiza makampani athu ochereza komanso anzathu kutenga Greater Miami ndi Miami Beach kupita mgulu lina. "David wakhalanso ndi mwayi wopititsa patsogolo madera osiyanasiyana ndikuwonetsa chidwi chachikulu polimbikitsa kusiyanasiyana, chilungamo ndi kuphatikiza".
Whitaker adasankhidwa kumapeto kwa kafukufuku wamkulu wadziko lonse wa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyendetsedwa ndi komiti yosankha ya mamembala a 14 omwe ali ndi mabizinesi akomweko komanso atsogoleri ammudzi omwe akuwonetsa mitundu, mafuko, azikhalidwe komanso azikhalidwe za Miami-Dade County, komanso monga kusiyanasiyana kwa mayanjano ndi mafakitale ku Miami-Dade County, makamaka ogulitsa alendo. Komiti yofufuzayo idalangizidwa ndi a Mike Gamble, Chief Executive Officer wa SearchWide Global, kampani yoyeserera yotsogola yokhayo yomwe ikuphimba malo a DMO ndi Jaret Davis, Co-Managing shareholder wa Greenberg Traurig, loya wakutali kwa GMCVB. Komiti yofufuzira idalamula kuti afufuze mokwanira anthu onse omwe akufuna, mderalo komanso mdziko lonse, powona kuti Miami ndi komwe angapiteko. Komiti yofufuzirayo idalamuliranso kuti slate iwonetse kusiyanasiyana kwa Miami-Dade County, zomwe zidadzetsa kuyankhulana koyambirira, 75% yomwe inali yosiyana ndi amuna, akazi komanso ma LGBTQ ndipo 25% mwa iwo anali a African-American choyimira. Kuyankhulana kwachiwiri kunaphatikizapo ofuna 50% osankhidwa kuchokera pazikhalidwe, jenda ndi LGBTQ, 25% mwa iwo anali oyimira ku America ku America. Ponseponse, gululi, mothandizidwa ndi SearchWide Global, lidafunsa kapena kupitilira anthu opitilira 125 omwe angatenge nawo mwayi mdera lawo, mdziko lonselo komanso padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adachita misonkhano pamaso ndi nkhope ndi anthu asanu ndi atatu oyimira gawo loyamba ndi anayi omwe akufuna kuzungulira kwachiwiri.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Whitaker adasankhidwa pomaliza kufufuza kwakukulu kwa dziko lonse kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi komwe kunachitika ndi komiti yosaka anthu 14 yomwe idasankhidwa mwapadera ndi atsogoleri abizinesi amderalo omwe amawonetsa kusiyanasiyana kwamitundu, mitundu, jenda komanso kugonana ku Miami-Dade County. monga kusiyanasiyana kwa mabungwe ndi mafakitale ku Miami-Dade County, makamaka makampani ochereza alendo.
- "David akutibwezera kwa ife kuphatikiza kosowa komanso kwamphamvu - chidziwitso chambiri komanso chidziwitso cha anthu amdera lathu, komanso dziko lambiri lazokumana nazo zomwe tapeza polimbikitsa mitundu iwiri yamitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso yapadziko lonse lapansi ku Chicago ndi Toronto," idatero GMCVB. Wapampando Bruce Orosz.
- Gululi, mothandizidwa ndi SearchWide Global, lidafunsa kapena kufunsa anthu opitilira 125 ochokera mdera lanu, m'dziko lonselo komanso padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adachita misonkhano yamaso ndi maso ndi anthu asanu ndi atatu omwe adasankhidwa mugawo loyamba komanso anayi omwe adasankhidwa. kuzungulira kwachiwiri.
