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This year, the HTA is funding 18 events for the island, including the Hilo Grown Ag-Tour, Ka‘ū Coffee Festival, and Hula Arts at Kilauea in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, providing even greater diversity to Hawai‘i’s tourism profile for Hawai‘i Island.

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MEDIA RELEASE Growth in total visitor expenditures and arrivals in every month of the year elevated annual 2012 total visitor expenditures to a record $14.3 billion1, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. A record 7,998,815 total visitors (+9.6%) came to the state in 2012, exceeding the previous high of 7,628,118 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in October 2012 rose 12.7 percent (or +$125.5 million) compared to the previous year to $1.1 billion, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Though still strong growth, the pace was slightly slower than the first nine months of 2012 (+19.5%). […]

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MEDIA RELEASE This week the Meet Hawaii sales team, joined by 19 travel industry partners statewide, is in Los Angeles to seek new corporate meetings and incentive business at the 2012 Financial Insurance Conference Planners (FICP) Annual Conference. Along with generating leads for future group bookings, the Meet Hawaii team will also begin building anticipation […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in September 2012 rose 15.6 percent (or +$146.5 million) compared to the previous year to $1.1 billion, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Contributing to this increase was higher daily spending and a 6.1 percent growth in total arrivals (to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Meet Hawaii team of 40-plus meetings industry representatives is selling the benefits of the Hawaiian Islands for meetings, conventions and incentives (MCI) programs Oct. 8-11 at the IMEX AMERICA tradeshow in Las Vegas. “Hawaii’s meetings, conventions and incentives market continues to be important for our tourism economy,” said Mike McCartney, president and CEO […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in August 2012 rose 14.6 percent (or +$151.4 million) compared to the previous year to $1.19 billion, according to preliminary statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Higher daily spending and an 11 percent growth in total arrivals (to 725,642 visitors) contributed to this increase. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in July 2012 rose 17.8 percent (or +$193.8 million) compared to the previous year to $1.28 billion1, according to preliminary statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Higher daily spending and a 7.8 percent growth in total arrivals (to 720,355 visitors) contributed to this increase. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in June 2012 rose 20.4 percent compared to the previous year (or $207 million) to $1.2 billion1, a new record for the month of June, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Strong growth in total arrivals (+11.5% to 677,218 visitors) […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has made more nominations to several boards and commissions including the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) and the Land Use Commission. The nominations to fill seven seats on the HTA are: * Jack Corteway is nominated to an At-Large seat. Corteway is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Aloha […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in February 2012 rose 8.5 percent (or $85.7 million) to $1.099 billion, according to preliminary statistics released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Higher daily visitor spending ($183 per person, up from $179 per person in February 2011) contributed to this increase. The extra leap-day in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Tourism Authority has announced Japan Airlines will operate three charter flights to Kona International Airport. The three 767s each carry 234 passengers arriving March 13, March 15 and March 27. Kintetsu International, a leader in corporate travel in Japan, chartered the sold out flights, one from Narita and two from Nagoya, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in January 2012 rose 13.9 percent (or $164.1 million) from January 2011, to $1.345 billion, according to preliminary statistics released Friday by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. This was the best one-month total on record, surpassing the December 2011 high of $1.298 billion. Contributing to the […]

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With the start of the 2012 Legislative Session, the Office of the Governor is reminding interested individuals who are looking to serve the public to consider service on a board or commission. Applications are being accepted for service on numerous boards and commissions including the Hawai’i Tourism Authority, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, and the […]

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