I-Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) ibhengeze ukuba owayesakuba yiRhuluneli uCarl TC Gutierrez uya kuhlala njengoMongameli we-GVB kunye ne-CEO, ngelixa uGqr Gerry Perez uya kuqhubeka ekhonza njengoMongameli we-GVB. Bobabini uGutierrez noPerez baqeshwa ekuqaleni ngoMeyi yiGVB yeBhodi yabaLawuli njengeqela lobunkokeli bethutyana leBureau. Ibhodi ivotele ngamxhelo mnye kwintlanganiso yabo ye-9 kaJulayi ukuba baya kuqhubeka nokukhokela i-GVB ukuya phambili.
"Ibhodi yabaLawuli iyavuya kukuba owayesakuba nguGov. Gutierrez kunye noGqr. Perez baye bavuma ukuqhubeka nokukhokela ishishini lethu lezokhenketho, ngakumbi njengoko iGuam iqhubela phambili ngeenzame zokubuyisela kwi-COVID-19," utshilo uSihlalo weBhodi yeGVB uP. Sonny Ada. “Iminyaka yabo yobunkokeli kunye namava oshishino yinto esiyifunayo ngoku. Ndiyababulela ngokuzinikela kwabo kwi-GVB nakwisiqithi sethu ngeli xesha libalulekileyo.”
Phambi kwe-GVB, uGutierrez wakhethwa ngesandla yiRhuluneli uLou Leon Guerrero ukuba abe nguMcebisi oKhethekileyo woPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho, weSizwe, kunye neMicimbi yeLizwe kuRhulumente waseGuam. Usebenze amagama amabini njengeRhuluneli yaseGuam ukusukela ngo-1995-2003.
“Ndifuna ukubulela iRhuluneli uLeon Guerrero, uLt. Governor Tenorio kunye neBhodi yabaLawuli ye-GVB ngeli thuba lokwakha ishishini lethu lezokhenketho kwaye sihambise iziseko zethu zoqoqosho,” utshilo owayesakuba ngu-Govirrez. "Ndiza kuqhubeka nokusebenza nala mahlakani olawulo kunye nalawo amashishini ukuphinda ndibuyise amandla kwaye sihlukanise uqoqosho lwethu kwimeko yesiqhelo se-COVID-19."
UGqr. Perez ukwazisa ubutyebi bolwazi lokhenketho kunye namava kwiBureau. Ungunjingalwazi oncedisayo kwiYunivesithi yaseGuam yeSikolo soShishino kunye noLawulo loLuntu. Wayekwangumongameli we-DFS Guam kwaye wachitha iminyaka engama-23 ekuthengiseni ukhenketho, uphuhliso lweshishini, kunye nokuthengisa indawo yokusingwa ngaphambi kokuba asebenze njengomphathi jikelele we-GVB ukusuka kwi-2005-2011.
"Ukhenketho lelona shishini likhulu laseGuam 'ekuthumeleni kwelinye ilizwe' kwaye amawaka abahlali besiqithi basebenza nzima ukuzisa amava awodwa," utshilo uPerez. "Kuliwonga kum ukubuyela kwi-GVB nokuba yinxalenye yeqela elinamandla nelitshintsha izinto elibuyisela ezokhenketho kwiparadesi entsha yetekhnoloji kunye neenkqubo zokhuselo lwempilo."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “I am honored to return to GVB and to be part of a dynamic and innovative team that is retooling tourism for the new paradigm of technology and health safety protocols.
- “I will continue to work with this administration and industry partners to retool and diversify our economy in the new normal of a post COVID-19 environment.
- Governor Tenorio and the GVB Board of Directors for this opportunity to rebuild our tourism industry and diversify our economic base,” said former Gov.