Hoʻolaha ʻo Hawaii Tourism Authority i mau lālā hou o kāna Papa Hoʻokele

• Hoʻokipa ʻo Hawaii Tourism Authority iā Dylan Ching e lawelawe ma kāna Papa Hoʻokele
• Hoʻokipa ʻo Hawaii Tourism Authority iā Keith "Keone" Downing e lawelawe ma kāna Papa Hoʻokele
• Hoʻokipa ʻo Hawaii Tourism Authority iā Sigmund "Sig" Zane e lawelawe ma kāna Papa Hoʻokele

ka Ka Hui Hoʻokipa Mīkini ʻo Hawaiʻi (HTA) hauʻoli i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ʻekolu mau mea i koho ʻia e lawelawe ma kāna Papa Hoʻokele - ʻo Oʻahu a me Kauai hale ʻai ʻo Dylan Ching; kanaka akamai i ka wai, kaiapuni a me ka mea nona ka hale kūʻai heʻenalu ʻo Keith “Keone” Downing; a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i kahi hōʻailona lole, mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa moʻomeheu a kumu hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Sigmund "Sig" Zane o ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi.

Ua koho hou mai nei ke Kiaaina David Ige i na kanaka ekolu e noho ma ka papa o ka HTA, me ko lakou mau hookohu i hooiaioia e ka Aha Senate o ka Mokuaina o Hawaii i keia la. Hoʻomaka koke kā lākou ʻōlelo.

“He ʻokoʻa ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka HTA, ikaika, ʻike makaʻala a kū hoʻokahi e hoʻokō i kāna mau kuleana hilinaʻi a alakaʻi iā HTA, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi o ko mākou mokuʻāina. I kēia kakahiaka, ua ʻike wau ʻo kā mākou mau lālā papa hou ʻekolu, ʻo Sig, Keone, a me Dylan, aʻu i mahalo a hoʻokipa ai, he poʻe ʻoihana akamai a he poʻe heʻe nalu - he hui e hōʻike ana i ke koena a mākou e ʻimi nei ma HTA, ma waena o ke kaiāulu, ka moʻomeheu. , a kalepa. Malama pono," wahi a John De Fries, ka pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka HTA.

ʻO Dylan Ching ka hope pelekikena o nā ʻoihana no TS Restaurants, ʻo ia ka Duke's Waikiki a me Hula Grill Waikiki ma Oʻahu, a me Keoki's Paradise ma Poipu a me Duke's Kauai ma ka Garden Island. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Ching ma ke ʻano he lālā papa no nā hui like ʻole, e like me ka Waikiki Community Center, Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association, Waikiki Business Improvement District, a me ka ʻaha kūkā o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Bishop. Ua puka ʻo ia mai ke kula ʻo Kamehameha, ua loaʻa iā Ching kāna kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui o San Diego.

ʻO Keith “Keone” Downing he kanaka akamai i ka wai a me ka mea hoʻokele o Downing Hawaii, ka hale heʻenalu kahiko loa o Hawaii. Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ʻo Keone ma Honolulu, ʻo ia ke keiki a ka paionia nalu nui ʻo George Downing, he paionia, mea hoʻokūkū, kumu, haumāna, mea hana hou, a ʻo kekahi o nā keiki kāne kahakai ʻo Waikiki i alakaʻi ʻia e Duke Kahanamoku. He lālā nui ʻo Keone o ka ʻAhahui Hoʻonaʻauao Heʻenalu waiwai ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Save Our Surf, kahi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ai ʻo ia no ka mālama ʻana i nā kai o Hawaiʻi, nā koʻa, nā nalu a me nā kahakai. He puka puka ʻo Keone mai nā kula ʻo Kamehameha a me ke kula ʻo Kaleponi o nā ʻoihana noʻeau.