Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority

Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Chair Mufi Hannemann has resigned from the board chair position but is staying on the board.

Daniel Nāhoʻopiʻi completes his tenure as interim president and CEO of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority to embark on a new global tourism role.

State tourism officials are gathering for the annual Hawaiʻi Tourism Conference as hotel labor strikes continue in Waikīkī. The Conversation talked with HTA chair Mufi Hannemann about the conference and the strikes.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority is looking for organizations involved in ʻāina-based stewardship and those that want to build better relationships between tourists and residents. Program participants can receive up to $50,000 in direct funding.

The embattled Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority has come out of this legislative session with strong financial support. The Conversation talked to HTA chair Mufi Hannemann about surviving the session and his outlook for the visitor industry.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority is mapping out its marketing plan to deal with softening visitor numbers since the wildfires. That includes a campaign to welcome visitors back to the Valley Isle: Mākaukau Maui. The Conversation talked to Daniel Nahoopii, the HTA interim president and CEO.

HTA is mapping out its marketing plan for the state in the wake of the August wildfires; Efforts underway to release the endangered Hawaiian crow back into the wild

John De Fries, the former president and CEO of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, was chosen from a pool of nine candidates as the new executive director of the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. He will help guide a critical transition period as the authority takes over the management of Maunakea from the University of Hawaiʻi. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority said Meet Hawai‘i is the only convention and visitors bureau that has entered a yearlong strategic partnership with a major Japanese travel wholesaler.

The plan focuses on seven key areas. That includes maintaining a consistent message that Maui is open for tourism, and that residents want to return to full-time work.