Need It, Want It, Hate it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. Here in Hawaii, we officially have a love-hate relationship with tourism. How do we love it? Look no further than the Hawaii Tourism Authority, which has been awarding lucrative marketing contracts – tens of millions of dollars per […]
Hawaii Tourism Industry Update (Hospitality Hawaii)
2022 a Year Full of Optimism and Hope. The host for this show is Jon Conching. Just when it appeared that the world was opening up for travel and that blue skies were literally ahead of us, the ominous appearance of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has reared its head to say “not so fast.” […]
Hawaii’s Visitor Industry; issues at hand (Hospitality Hawaii)
Shaping the visitor industry’s future. The host for this episode is Jon Conching. Jon Conching introduces and re-introduces some of the many issues at hand facing our most important visitor industry. Some of these issues are long standing and never resolved while others are relatively new and brought on by the current pandemic. Some can […]
More of the Same for Hawaii’s Tourism?
Transforming the Hawaii Tourism Authority In this episode of Community Matters, Marsha is joined by Dr. Paul Brewbaker to talk about transforming and refocusing Hawaii tourism policy away from primarily marketing Hawaii and towards managing the unintended, uncompensated, negative side effects of what is sometimes called “overtourism” now perceived to be affecting Hawaii. The host […]
Hawaii Tennis Open Director Ben Goldsmith (Beyond the Lines)
Beyond World Class Tennis On this episode of Beyond the Lines, we will officially announce the Hawaii Open professional tennis tournament at the Blaisdell Arena featuring some of the best men and women tennis professionals in the world on December 21-23. The host for this episode is Rusty Komori. The guests for this episode are […]
Recreation of the Hawaii Tourism Authority with Frank Haas (Navigating The Journey)
New leadership is needed. This week on Navigating the Journey, Frank Haas and Marsha Joyner discuss the need for the recreation of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Frank Haas is the Principal of Marketing Management, Inc. engaged in Business Planning; Accountability Programs; New Business Development; Research Coordination; Environmental Scans; Presentation Support; Hospitality and Customer Service Training, […]