ʻO Carnival ka manawa o ka hoʻolauleʻa ma Brazil a he nui nā IAPCO a me Rio de Janeiro e hoʻolauleʻa ai.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo IAPCO (The International Association of Professional Congress Organizers) a me ka Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau i kēia lā i ka pūlima ʻia ʻana o kahi ʻaelike hui pū.
Ma ka hoʻolālā, ua kālele ʻo IAPCO i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna huakaʻi ma Latin America, me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hui huakaʻi ma ʻEulopa, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, ʻAsia, Middle East a me Australasia. Hoʻopiha ʻo Rio i ka hale paʻa o IAPCO o nā hui honua kūʻokoʻa, a hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā paepae kūlana kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻike, ʻoihana a me ka ʻike moʻomeheu.
ʻO ka IAPCO, me nā lālā 118 ma nā ʻāina he 41, e kū ana ma mua o 5000 o ka poʻe loea hālāwai, hiki iā ia ke lawe i ka ʻoihana ʻoihana International nui i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻāina.
"Pono mākou, ma ke ʻano he PCO, e hoʻomau ʻia me nā hanana, nā mea hana a me nā pōmaikaʻi e kōkua iā mākou i ka hana ʻana i nā manaʻo koʻikoʻi no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Jan Tonkin, Pelekikena o IAPCO. "ʻOliʻoli loa mākou i kēia hui ʻana a ke kakali nei mākou e hana pū me kēia kūlanakauhale ikaika a noʻonoʻo i mua."
"ʻO Rio de Janeiro, a me kahi kāleka leka mai Brazil a hiki i ka honua, hiki ke loaʻa i nā hanana honua mai nā wahi like ʻole a ua hōʻike hou ʻo ia i ka mana hoʻonohonoho nui e hoʻokipa i nā hanana honua", wahi a Vinícius Lummertz, Pelekikena o Embratur. "ʻO ke poʻo inoa i loaʻa e ke kūlanakauhale he hōʻoia i ka hui no nā makahiki o ka hoʻoikaika ʻoihana o ke kālepa Carioca. He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka ʻaelike hana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o ka Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau a me IAPCO e hoʻohui i ke kapikala o Rio de Janeiro ma ke ʻano he protagonist o ka mahele Event Tourism ma ʻAmelika Hema.
"ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau ma ke ʻano he lālā o IAPCO he mea koʻikoʻi loa ia no Rio de Janeiro, ʻaʻole wale no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ke kūlanakauhale wale nō ka ʻelele ma Latin America, akā no ka nui o nā manawa kūpono a me nā pōmaikaʻi o kēia hui. Hāʻawi iā mākou, e hōʻike i ka ʻaha kūkā kūikawā a me nā hanana hanana i loaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o ka hiki ke launa pū me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻike huakaʻi a me ka ulu pū ʻana me nā manaʻo hou a IAPCO e lawe mai ai he kū hoʻokahi, wahi a Sonia Chami, Pelekikena o Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau. "ʻAʻohe mea kānalua ma keʻano he hoa o IAPCO e hoʻohui mākou iā Rio ma keʻano he hoʻokahi o nā wahi i makemake nuiʻia ma ka honua no nā hālāwai, nā'aha'ōlelo a me nā hanana".
"ʻO nā hui e like me kēia e hāʻawi i nā lālā IAPCO me ka ʻike a me ka ʻike lima mua e hāʻawi iā lākou e hana i nā hoʻoholo kūpono a hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka ʻike o Rio ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi hui honua," wahi a Michael Nagy, Luna Hoʻokele o Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Ua hauʻoli mākou i kēia hui ʻana a ke kakali nei mākou e hana pū me nā lālā IAPCO".
