Me he mea lā mai ka haʻalele ʻana o ka Pelekikena HTA mai Nowemapa 2018 a hiki i ʻAukake 2020, ʻo Chris Tatum, i haʻalele ʻia ai ka hui mākaʻikaʻi aupuni ma Hawaiʻi.
ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke haʻalele i ka maʻi maʻi COVID ke kumu nui o kēia pōʻai huikau. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo COVID he maʻi maʻi e ka World Health Organization (WHO) i Malaki 2020 a ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo ia ma kahi o 3 mau makahiki a hiki i Mei 2023 i ka manawa i haʻi aku ai ka WHO i ka hopena o kēlā pilikia olakino.
Moʻomeheu vs. Ke kuai ana
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Tatum i kāna kūlana alakaʻi, ua kapa ʻia ʻo John De Fries i Pelekikena a me Luna Nui. I kona noho ʻana mai Kepakemapa 2020 a i Kepakemapa 2023, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻo De Fries i ka manaʻo o ka mana mākaʻikaʻi mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka ʻāina a me ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi.
He mea maikaʻi paha ia no ka poʻe e noho ana ma ka mokuʻāina 50, akā naʻe, no ka lehulehu o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻike ʻia ʻo Hawaiʻi Aloha Mokuʻāina – he wahi e ʻoluʻolu ai lākou, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻi ʻia a hewa ʻole no ka ʻike ʻole i ka mahalo i ka ʻāina a i ʻole kahi e kū ai ka glottal stop ma kahi huaʻōlelo.
E hoʻomanaʻo anei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi inā he Hawaiʻi a he Hawaiʻi paha?
Inā ʻo COVID a i ʻole kēia manaʻo hou a i ʻole ka hui pū ʻana o nā mea ʻelua, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi - ka mea hoʻokele waiwai nui o ka mokuʻāina - ʻaʻole i hana e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. I Iune 2023, ua hoʻolaha ʻo De Fries ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻimi e hoʻonui i kāna kūlana i hoʻopau ʻia i Kepakemapa.
E hoʻomaka ka Interim
Pēlā i hoʻomaka ai ka moʻo o ka Pelekikena Kūikawā a me nā Luna Nui o ka Hawaii Tourism Authority i noho mau i ke kūlana o ke kūlana poʻo a hiki i kēia lā, kokoke i 2 makahiki ma hope.
ʻO Daniel Nahoʻopiʻi ka mea mua i komo ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Kūikawā a me Luna Nui i lawelawe ma hope o De Fries a hiki i Malaki 2025. ʻO ia ka wā o Daniel i noho ai ka ʻO ke kūlanakauhale mōʻaukala ʻo Lahaina ma ka mokupuni ʻo Maui ua pōʻino a wela maoli i ka lepo e nā ahi ahi ma ʻAukake 8-9, 2023.
Ma hope o Daniel, ua koho ʻia ʻo Caroline Anderson, Luna Hoʻokele Kūikawā o HTA i kahi kūlana Interim hou ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena a Luna Nui. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻia kona koho ʻana no ka manawa lōʻihi a hiki i ka wā e hana ai ka Papa Hoʻokele Hoʻokele Hawaiʻi.
Pilikia ma hope o ka pilikia
Mai ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID i kapa ʻia a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ke kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi nui loa o Maui - ʻo ke kaona kaulana o Lahaina, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi Hawaiʻi ma mua o kāna mau pilikia.
I ka manawa like i koho ʻia ai ʻo Caroline, ua haʻalele ka HTA Board Chair, ʻo Mufi Hannemann, ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana ma ka loiloi mokuʻāina i ka wā o kona noho pelekikena, ʻelua hui ʻo ia i ʻāpana o - Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association (kahi āna i noho ai ma Pelekikena a Luna Nui) a me Pacific Century Fellows (kahi ʻo ia ka Founder) - loaʻa nā lawelawe manuahi ma ka Hawaii Convention Center.
I kēlā manawa, ua wehewehe ʻo Hanneman i ka wā o kahi hālāwai papa ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻohana i ka wahi a i uku ʻia no nā lawelawe; akā naʻe, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka noho a ua pani ʻia ʻo ia e ka lālā papa ʻo Todd Apo. Noho ʻo Hanneman ma ka papa ma ke ʻano he lālā maʻamau.
He mau neʻe ʻē aʻe o nā limahana i hana ʻia i kēia manawa me ka haʻalele ʻana o ka Luna Hoʻopono Aupuni, ʻo Ilihia Gionson, i pani ʻia e kahi kūlana Kūwā hou i hoʻopiha ʻia e Kalani Kaanaana e hana ana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele nui o ka HTA.
Mai ka manawa a i ka hana
I ʻApelila 2025, ua koho ka Hawaii Tourism Authority i ʻelua mau luna hoʻokō - ʻo Jadie Goo ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui Brand a ʻo Isaac Choy i Luna Hoʻokele Nui. ʻO ka manaʻo o kēia mau koho ʻana, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka HTA i ka hiki ke nānā aku i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi Pelekikena paʻa a me Luna Nui. Ke hoʻopiha ʻia kēia kūlana paʻa, a laila e hoʻopiha paʻa kēlā kanaka i kēlā mau kūlana Luna Hoʻokō ʻelua.
E pau ana ke kau kau kanawai o Hawaii nei i keia mahina o Mei, a ma ia manawa e hoomaka ai ka Papa HTA i ke kaʻina hana no ka Peresidena a me Luna Nui me ka ninaninau, ke koho, a me ke koho ana. Manaʻolana me ka poʻe paʻa mau, hiki i ka Hawaii Tourism Authority ke hoʻi hou i ka ʻoihana kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi.
