HONOLULU – Ua hauʻoli ka Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokuʻāina, i ka hoʻolaha ʻana e mālama ʻia ana ka ʻelima makahiki o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā Hawaiʻi ma ʻAukake 7-8, 2008 ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Hawaii. Themed, Hawaii a Ma ʻŌ Aku – So Much More Hawaii, ʻo ka ʻaha kūkā o kēia makahiki e hōʻuluʻulu i nā poʻe akamai o ka ʻoihana malihini kipa kūloko a me ka lāhui e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā ʻano hou o ka mākaʻikaʻi a e komo pū nā kumuhana e like me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana huakaʻi o Hawaiʻi, e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka Korea a me ka Pākē. nā malihini, nā pilikia a me nā manawa kūpono, nā ʻano hōkele a me nā wānana no 2009, ka hoʻokele ʻana iā Hawaiʻi ma ka pūnaewele a ʻoi aku.
ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo a me nā panelist i hōʻoia ʻia e hōʻike ana i ka lā 7 ʻAukake, penei:
• Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Jr., Lunahoomalu o ka Papa Kahu, Queen Liliuokalani Children Centers and Ted Bush, Waikiki Beach Boy, Peresidena, Waikiki Beach Services (Keynote morning speakers);
• ʻO Martha Rogers, hoa hoʻokumu, Peppers & Rogers Group (Keynote luncheon speaker);
• ʻO Mario Mercado, ka mea hoʻoponopono noiʻi, Travel + Leisure Magazine;
• ʻO Jeanne Cooper, ka mea kākau hāʻawi, SFGate.com;
• ʻO Toni Salama, ka mea kākau moʻolelo huakaʻi mua no Chicago Tribune;
• Christopher Park, luna nui, Wilshire Grand;
• Brad DiFiore, Luna Hoʻokele, Saber Airline Solutions;
• Seth Tillow, luna hoʻolaha hoʻolaha honua, Northstar Travel Media; a
• Matthew Crummack, hope pelekikena poʻokela o ka hale noho, Expedia.com.
Ma ka lā 8 o ʻAukake, e hōʻike ana nā hoa kūʻai kālepa o HTA — ka Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, Hawaii Tourism Japan, Hawaii Tourism Asia, Hawaii Tourism Europe, Hawaii Tourism Oceania a me SMG no ka Hawaii Convention Center, e hōʻike i kā lākou mau papahana kūʻai 2009.
Eia hou, e mālama ʻia ana ka hanana ʻo Keep It Hawaii Recognition Awards i ka wā o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā, ma ka lā 7 o ʻAukake. Hoʻomaopopo kēia makana hanohano i nā kānaka, nā hui a me nā ʻoihana e hoʻomau nei i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi ma o nā papahana, nā hanana a i ʻole nā hana a nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini e hauʻoli ai.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Hawaii Tourism Authority i ka makahiki 1998 e hōʻoia i ka holomua o ka ʻoihana malihini i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO kāna pahuhopu ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano hoʻomau e kūlike me kāna mau pahuhopu waiwai, nā waiwai moʻomeheu, mālama i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, makemake kaiāulu a me nā pono ʻoihana malihini. No ka 'ike hou aku a i 'ole ke kakau inoa, e kipa www.hawaiitourismconference.com.
