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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 This weekend, 30 meeting planners are on Hawaii Island from across the nation to take part in a first-time educational conference and experience the qualities that make the Hawaiian Islands a premier destination for business meetings. The hosting of the Hawaii MPI EduFAM conference, June 9-12, is the result of a partnership secured […]

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MEDIA RELEASE This week a Hawaii sales team is taking the state’s marketing message for meetings and conventions, Where Business and Aloha Meet, into the nation’s biggest market for associations and the meeting industry’s largest one-day tradeshow. The Springtime in the Park Expo takes place Thursday, May 3 in Washington, D.C. Hawaii’s meetings industry will […]

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MEDIA RELEASE An innovative marketing partnership secured by the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau with Smart Meetings Magazine has brought 34 corporate meeting and incentive planners to Hawaii to develop new business opportunities. “The Smart Meeting” tradeshow is taking place at The Modern Honolulu over three days, March 18-20, and will feature presentations about the […]

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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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MEDIA RELEASE The service excellence provided groups has earned the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) and its industry partners the Platinum Choice Award from Smart Meetings magazine and Platinum Partner Award from Incentive magazine. Notably, both awards were determined by the voting of the magazines’ readers – meetings industry professionals nationwide. “Congratulations to the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in the first 10 months of 2011 grew 14.8 percent, compared to the same period in 2010, to $10.3 billion. Total visitor days for all visitors increased 4.1 percent and total arrivals (+2.6%) continued to exceed last year at 6,034,104 visitors, according to preliminary statistics […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii’s standing as an elite destination for business meetings and conventions continues to grow in stature and will be fully realized with the hosting of the 2011 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting (APEC), Nov. 7-13. “With APEC Leaders’ Week just around the corner, we are extremely pleased with the support of the […]

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