HONOLULU – Ua fiafia le Pulega o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai Hawaii (HTA), le ofisa o turisi a le setete, e faailoa atu o le a faia le Konafesi lona lima o tagata tafafao mai i Hawaii i le aso 7-8 o Aukuso, 2008 i le Hawaii Convention Center. Themed, Hawaii a Ma 'Ō Aku - So Much More Hawaii, o le konafesi i lenei tausaga o le a tuʻufaʻatasia ai tagata tomai faʻapitoa i totonu o le atunuʻu ma le atunuʻu e faʻatalanoaina faʻamatalaga lata mai o turisi ma aga ma o le a aofia ai mataupu e pei o le atinaʻeina o oloa turisi a Hawaii, sauniuni mo Korea ma Saina. tagata asiasi, lu'itau vaalele ma avanoa, faiga faletalimalo ma fa'amatalaga mo le 2009, pulea Hawaii i luga ole laiga ma isi mea.
Faʻamaonia failauga ma vaega faʻapitoa faʻaalia i Aukuso 7 aofia ai mea nei:
• Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Jr., Taitaifono o le Komiti o Tausi Mavaega, Queen Liliuokalani Children's Centres ma Ted Bush, Waikiki Beach Boy, Peresetene, Waikiki Beach Services (Keynote taeao failauga);
• Martha Rogers, paʻaga faʻavae, Peppers & Rogers Group (Keynote taumafataga o le aoauli);
• Mario Mercado, faʻatonu suʻesuʻe, Travel + Leisure Magazine;
• Jeanne Cooper, saofaga tusitala, SFGate.com;
• Toni Salama, sa avea ma tusitala o femalagaaiga mo le Chicago Tribune;
• Christopher Park, pule aoao, Wilshire Grand;
• Brad DiFiore, Faʻatonu, Saber Airline Solutions;
• Seth Tillow, faatonu faʻasalalau faʻavaomalo, Northstar Travel Media; ma
• Matthew Crummack, sui sinia o le faletalimalo, Expedia.com.
I le aso 8 o Aukuso, o le a faʻalauiloa atu ai e le paʻaga faʻatau maketi a le HTA - le Hawaii Visitors ma Convention Bureau, Hawaii Tourism Japan, Hawaii Tourism Asia, Hawaii Turisi Europe, Hawaii turisi Oceania ma SMG mo le Hawaii Convention Center, i le 2009.
I se faʻaopopoga, o le The Keep It Hawaii Recognition Awards sauniga sauniga o le a faia i le taimi o Turisi Konafesi, ia Aukuso 7. O i latou e mauaina faʻailoga o le a faʻalauiloaina i le aso o le aso mulimuli sauniga lautele. O lenei faʻailoga taua e amanaʻia ai tagata taʻitoʻatasi, faʻalapotopotoga ma pisinisi o loʻo faʻaauauina pea le aganuʻu a Hawaii e ala i polokalame, gaioiga poʻo gaioiga mo tagata nonofo ma tagata asiasi e fiafia ai.
O le Pulega o Turisi a Hawaii na fausia i le 1998 e mautinoa ai le alualu i luma o tagata asiasi pisinisi i le lumanaʻi. O lana misiona o le faʻatautaia faʻatautaia o turisi a Hawaii i se tulaga gafataulimaina ia ogatasi ma ana faʻamoemoe tau tamaoaiga, aganuʻu taua, faʻasaoina o mea totino, manaʻoga o tagata ma manaʻoga pisinisi asiasi. Mo nisi faʻamatalaga pe resitara, asiasi ile www.hawaiitourismconference.com.
