21 June, 2017

Registrations open for 2017 Hawaii Global Tourism Summit

Early-bird registration is now open for this year’s Hawai’i Global Tourism Summit, to be held in Honolulu from the 19th – 21st September.

Presented by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, the three day summit will explore and analyse contemporary subjects in the tourism marketplace including the evolution of the accommodation industry, representation of culture in tourism and capturing the millennial market.

Other topics including global marketing, technology and innovation will also be highlighted in presentations and panel discussions.

Kerri Anderson, Australian Country Manager for Hawai’i Tourism Oceania (HTO), said the Hawaii Global Tourism Summit was one of the leading tourism industry events in the world.

“This year’s Tourism Summit offers a fantastic opportunity for attendees to hear from leading experts, network with their peers, and of course experience Hawaii’s famous aloha spirit,” she said.

“The program will showcase the best practice initiatives of Hawai‘i’s diverse tourism industry, as well as providing a platform for participants to collaborate on industry trends, strategic alliances, and emerging opportunities.”

“Sustainability will also be central to this year’s summit and its incorporation in the future of tourism will be a featured topic across the program.”

Australia is Hawaii’s third largest international market, with 335,753 Aussies visiting in 2016.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, the Hawaiian Islands played host to over 100 meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) clients from across the globe in a world-first international business summit, highlighting the state as an ideal destination for corporate events.

The Experience Aloha Business Exchange gave participants the opportunity to network with around 50 of Hawai‘i’s top MICE tourism suppliers including hoteliers, destination management companies, transportation operators and more.

Kerri Anderson, Australian Country Manager for Hawai’i Tourism Oceania (HTO), said that the summit was the perfect setting for Oceanic MICE clients to experience Hawai‘i from a group perspective.

“The best way to learn about Hawai‘i is to experience it first-hand, and the Experience Aloha Business Exchange gave HTO the opportunity to showcase the abundant group experiences on offer in Hawai‘i.”

“It was a fantastic initiative which allowed our 14 Australian and New Zealand participants to connect and collaborate with both Hawai‘i’s local MICE stakeholders and our global MICE network also,” she said.

The destination’s trademark beauty and “aloha spirit” proved a hit with the Oceanic delegates.

“There’s a lot to offer here,” said Rachel Buck, Business Development Manager for Key Conference Solutions in Melbourne, who visited Hawaii for the first time during the exchange.

“The climate and the natural beauty were definite highlights. The summit promotes the destination just by bringing everyone here.”

The MICE market makes up approximately 30 per cent of Hawai‘i’s tourism demographic globally, with increased airlift boosting these numbers to an all-time high in 2017.

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