Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority

Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism director Jimmy Tokioka spoke with HPR’s DW Gibson about the challenging road ahead for the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments today in a case challenging a 2023 Hawaiʻi law that bans firearms by default on private property; The state Legislature convenes a new session tomorrow

Tourism consultant Keith Vieira spoke with HPR's DW Gibson about the current state of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

Tourism consultant Keith Vieira talks about the current state of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority; 2025 was deadliest year on Hawaiʻi roads in nearly two decades

Keith Vieira of the tourism consulting firm KV & Associates spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the government shutdown impacting Hawaiʻi's tourism industry.

Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s Chief Administrative Officer David Uchiyama spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the potential cuts to flights at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Gov. Josh Green gives us an update on the effort to reconstitute the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority board and discusses low vaccination rates among students returning to the classroom in a few weeks.

Retired Outrigger Executive David Carey spoke to The Conversation about his experience and involvement with the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority when it was formed back in the '90s.

HPR News Director Bill Dorman shares the latest on the Trump administration's move to claw back federal funding for public media; Castle High School English teacher Jamie Stidger pushes the National Education Association to recognize that all students have a right to an education, regardless of their immigration status, in their national platform

On today's program, we revisit the recent changes at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, the agency that has long overseen Hawaiʻi's largest industry.