Mr. Christopher Thompson of Brand USA gets Leadership Award

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The president and CEO of Brand USA, the destination marketing organization for the United States, Mr. Christopher Thompson, got the first-ever National Tourism Leadership Award recently. It was presented by Skal International–USA.

 
To quote Burcin Turkkan, president of Skal International USA and a member of the Skal Club of Atlanta, Georgia, “The leaders of Skal International in the United States want to recognize annually major contributions by an individual who has helped to grow tourism to and within the United States as part of our role as a tourism leadership group comprised of members from all segments of the travel industry.”

 
“Fortunately, we did not have to look too far to find the right first recipient,” she said. “Chris Thompson has distinguished himself by guiding a first-class team of professionals at Brand USA, who promote the United States around the globe. Under his leadership, Brand USA has produced two outstanding IMAX movies with global distribution:

‘National Park Adventure’ and ‘America’s Musical Journey.’ Chris is a consummate leader and well respected throughout the tourism world, both here and abroad.”

 
“We are very proud of him and are thrilled that this first award goes to a long time Skal member, as Chris has been a “Skalleague” in Tallahassee and Jacksonville, Florida and now in Washington, DC. His recognition will set the standard at the level we seek for future awardees. Having Chris with us at the North American Skal Congress, where he shared his message of welcoming the world to the United States, could not have been better.”

For the award presentation, there were Susanna Saari, Skal International president from Turku, Finland, and Daniela Otero, Skal International CEO, from Torremolinos, Spain.

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