﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Hawaii Lodging &amp; Tourism Association Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.hawaiilodging.org/</link><description>News related to Hawaii Lodging &amp; Tourism Association</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Hawaii Lodging &amp; Tourism Association All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>WEBINAR: The BIG Picture – Hawai‘i’s Restaurant, Food, Beverage and Agriculture Sectors (Episode 1)  2/23/2021 4:00 PM - 2/23/2021 5:00 PM</title><description>&lt;table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"&gt;
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			&lt;p&gt;Aloha,&lt;br /&gt;
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			Hosted by our new Restaurant, Food &amp;amp; Beverage and Agricultural Committee, the Hawai&amp;#39;i Lodging &amp;amp; Tourism Association is pleased to announce the first of a special two-part webinar taking place for February 23 at 4 p.m. &amp;nbsp;Our distinguished panel will examine a critical part of Hawai&amp;lsquo;i&amp;rsquo;s hospitality industry that works to bring Aloha to visitors everyday.&amp;nbsp; Segment 1, entitled &amp;quot;The BIG Picture &amp;ndash; Hawai&amp;lsquo;i&amp;rsquo;s Restaurant, Food, Beverage and Agriculture Sectors,&amp;quot; will feature key industry leaders and stakeholders who will:&lt;br /&gt;
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			&lt;em&gt;Define each sector and thier key roles in the industry&lt;br /&gt;
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			Demonstrate the interdependency and influences that exists today&lt;br /&gt;
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			Discuss Strategies for Rebuilding Together&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;p&gt;The event will be kicked off with remarks from Mufi Hannemann, HLTA President and CEO and Dylan Ching, Vice President of Operations at TS Restaurants. This is to be followed by a discussion panel,&amp;nbsp;moderated by Dean Okimoto, Hawai&amp;#39;i Agriculture Foundation Chairman. The panel will include the following participants:&lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;li&gt;Restaurant &amp;ndash; Peter Merriman, Chef/Owner - Merriman&amp;rsquo;s Restaurants&lt;/li&gt;
				&lt;li&gt;Food Distribution &amp;ndash; Russell Hata, Chairman, President &amp;amp; CEO -&amp;nbsp;Y. Hata &amp;amp; Co., Limited&lt;/li&gt;
				&lt;li&gt;Beverage Distribution &amp;ndash; Aaron Pennington, Vice President, General Sales Manager - Paradise Beverages, Inc.&lt;/li&gt;
				&lt;li&gt;Agriculture &amp;ndash; Taylor Kellerman, Director of Diversified Agriculture and Land Stewardship - Kualoa Ranch&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This event has limited space so please register as soon as possible! You may register&amp;nbsp;by clicking the blue &amp;quot;Register&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;link below.&lt;br /&gt;
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See you there!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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