VISITOR ARRIVALS AND EXPENDITURES INCREASED IN MAY 2025
VISITOR ARRIVALS AND EXPENDITURES INCREASED IN MAY 2025 HONOLULU – According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic...
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Top Hawaiʻi Tourism Official Claims Retaliation For Reporting Mismanagement More problems within the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority are coming to light in the lawsuit by Isaac Choy, a former vice president of finance.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/top-hawai%ca%bbi-tourism-official-claims-retaliation-for-reporting-mismanagement/
STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES $6 MILLION MAUI MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE ISLAND’S TOURISM RECOVERY
STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES $6 MILLION MAUI MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE ISLAND’S TOURISM RECOVERY Comprehensive initiative aims to drive travel...
STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES $6 MILLION MAUI MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE ISLAND’S TOURISM RECOVERY
STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES $6 MILLION MAUI MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE ISLAND’S TOURISM RECOVERY Comprehensive initiative aims to drive travel...
STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES $6 MILLION MAUI MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE ISLAND’S TOURISM RECOVERY
STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES $6 MILLION MAUI MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO ACCELERATE ISLAND’S TOURISM RECOVERY Comprehensive initiative aims to drive travel...
Mufi Hannemann’s Events Spark Inquiry Into Freebies From Tourism Agency A state audit has triggered an investigation of whether the HTA board chair’s nonprofits inappropriately received free food and use of state facilities from his own agency.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/mufi-hannemanns-events-spark-inquiry-into-freebies-from-tourism-agency/
A Talk With The Hawaiʻi Hotel Alliance About An Uncertain Time For Tourism Hotel and lodging owners and operators say an increased visitor tax is not the right way to support climate mitigation efforts.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/a-talk-with-the-hawai%ca%bbi-hotel-alliance-about-an-uncertain-time-for-tourism/
Hawaiʻi Tour Companies Losing Money To Chinese Social Media Scams The scam involves tourists who buy what they think are discounted tickets to Hawaiʻi attractions, sold by scammers. In the end, the tourists take the tours but the companies don’t get paid.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/hawai%ca%bbi-tour-companies-losing-money-to-chinese-social-media-scams/
Visitors to the Big Island up 10% in January
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/02/28/hawaii-news/visitors-to-the-big-island-up-10-in-january/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Clash erupts over Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s search for new leader
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/01/13/hawaii-news/clash-erupts-over-hawaii-tourism-authoritys-search-for-new-leader/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawai‘i Has Been Arguing Over How To Tax Tourists For Generations Gov. Josh Green’s push for tourists to help fund climate mitigation is just the latest round of a debate that goes back nearly a century.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/01/hawaii-has-been-arguing-over-how-to-tax-tourists-for-generations/
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Partnerships Focus on Natural Resources, Culture, Festivals and Signature Events Nearly $3 million to support 105 community projects, programs and events statewide in the first six months of 2025
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Partnerships Focus on Natural Resources, Culture, Festivals and Signature Events Nearly $3 million to support 105 community...
Strong October for tourism: Big Island had 132,392 visitors in the last month
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/11/28/hawaii-news/strong-october-for-tourism-big-island-had-132392-visitors-in-the-last-month/
Dramatic Decrease in Tourism Spending in Hawaii Affecting Small Businesses Issued by Liberty Capital Group, Inc. Read more at: https://www.lelezard.com/en/news-21598037.html
Real visitor spending as of today are actually below where we were in in the late 1980's. Hawaii keeps adding...
Partnership With Prestigious Women’s Golf Championship Exemplifies Intersection of Strategic Global Marketing and Destination Stewardship
Partnership With Prestigious Women’s Golf Championship Exemplifies Intersection of Strategic Global Marketing and Destination Stewardship Community Invited to LPGA LOTTE...
SEPTEMBER 2024 VISITOR ARRIVALS RECOVERED 96.1 PERCENT COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC SEPTEMBER 2019
SEPTEMBER 2024 VISITOR ARRIVALS RECOVERED 96.1 PERCENT COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC SEPTEMBER 2019 HONOLULU – Total visitor arrivals in September...
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and Meet Hawai‘i Execute Three-Year Partnership with JTB to Attract High-Value Business Events from Japan
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and Meet Hawai‘i Execute Three-Year Partnership with JTB to Attract High-Value Business Events from Japan HONOLULU –...
Clash erupts over Hawai‘i Tourism Authority budget request
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/10/07/hawaii-news/clash-erupts-over-hawaii-tourism-authority-budget-request/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii’s tourism goals unlikely to keep up with inflation
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/10/05/hawaii-news/hawaiis-tourism-goals-unlikely-to-keep-up-with-inflation/
Summer tourism bump going flat as fall nears
Visitors to Hawaii continued to decline in July, although the downturn was offset by strengthening in arrivals from Hawaii’s core...
