﻿<?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>195th General Membership Meeting - Sponsorships 1/25/2024 12:00 Noon - 1/27/2024 12:00 Midnight</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HLTA 195th GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, SPONSORSHIPS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* You must be an HLTA member in good standing to participate in sponsorship&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ho&amp;#39;okipa - The Hospitality of Complete Giving&lt;br /&gt;
$10,000&amp;nbsp; (Limit 2)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;6 min speaking time, at one of the GMM Events (chosen by HLTA) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Logo in all meeting collateral and displayed on event signage &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Inclusion in program booklet with a blurb about your company.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;2 GMM Sponsor Showcase Tables (6&amp;rsquo; each) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Four (4) GMM Conference Registrations &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Pu&amp;#39;olo &amp;ndash; The Spirit of Generosity &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$5,000&amp;nbsp;(Limit 2) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4 min speaking time, at one of the GMM Events (chosen by HLTA) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Logo in all meeting collateral Logo displayed on event signage &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Inclusion in program booklet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Includes one GMM Sponsor Showcase Table&amp;nbsp;(6&amp;rsquo;) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Two (2) GMM Conference Registrations &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Laulima &amp;ndash; Working Together &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$2,500&amp;nbsp; (Limit 4)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;2 min speaking time, at one of the GMM Events (chosen by HLTA) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Logo in all meeting collateral Logo displayed on event signage &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Inclusion in program booklet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Includes one GMM Sponsor Showcase Table&amp;nbsp;(6&amp;rsquo;) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;One (1) GMM Conference Registration&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Malama &amp;ndash; To Care For&lt;br /&gt;
$1,250&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Logo in all meeting collateral &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Logo displayed on event signage &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Inclusion in program booklet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;Includes one GMM Sponsor Showcase Table&amp;nbsp;(6&amp;rsquo;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.hawaiilodging.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=6205</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:37:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>195th General Membership Meeting 1/25/2024 12:00 Noon - 1/27/2024 12:00 Midnight</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;THURSDAY, January 25, 2024&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
10:00 AM &amp;ndash; 5:00 PM: Registration&lt;br /&gt;
12:00 PM &amp;ndash; 4:00 PM:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.golfhokuala.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Golf &amp;ndash; Tee Times available at Ocean Course at Hokuala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://web.hawaiilodging.org/events/WIL-Pau-Hana-Tour-Hosted-by-Ameresco-Inc--7215/details" target="_blank"&gt;Women in Lodging (WIL) event - Pau Hana &amp;amp; Tour&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;FRIDAY, January 26, 2024&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8:00 AM: Registration&lt;br /&gt;
8:00 AM &amp;ndash; 9:00 AM: Breakfast&lt;br /&gt;
8:30 AM &amp;ndash; 10:15 AM: Sponsor Showcase Executive Session&lt;br /&gt;
10:15 AM -11:45 AM: Board Meeting &amp;amp; Special Presentation by Keynote Speaker Isabel Hill&lt;br /&gt;
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM: Sponsor Showcase - open to all members&lt;br /&gt;
11:45 AM: LUNCH&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;12:15 PM - 1:00 PM: Presentation: Alaska Airlines &amp;amp; Hawaiian Airlines combining |&amp;nbsp;Joe Sprague &amp;ndash; Regional President, Hawai?i/Pacific &amp;ndash; Alaska Airlines |&amp;nbsp;Avi Mannis &amp;ndash; Executive Vice President &amp;amp; Chief Marketing Officer &amp;ndash; Hawaiian Airlines&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1:00 PM &amp;ndash; 2:30 PM: Speaker Series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;1:00 PM &amp;ndash; 1:30 PM: &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.hvcb.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Hawai?i Visitors &amp;amp; Convention Bureau (HVCB)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash; Jay Talwar, Senior Vice President &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;Chief Marketing Officer&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;1:30PM &amp;ndash; 2:00 PM:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.hawaiiancouncil.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash; Kuhio Lewis, Chief Executive Officer&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;2:00 PM &amp;ndash; 2:30 PM:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/what-we-do/brand-marketing/japan/" target="_blank"&gt;Hawai&amp;lsquo;i Tourism Authority (HTA)/Hawai&amp;lsquo;i Tourism Japan&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ndash; Eric Takahata, Managing Director&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Sponsor Showcase - open to all members&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;6:00 PM &amp;ndash; 9:00 PM: Evening Reception at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.kilohanakauai.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kilohana Plantation&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in partnership with the Hawai?i Farm Bureau&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;SATURDAY, January 27, 2024&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8:30 AM &amp;ndash; 9:30 AM: Breakfast&lt;br /&gt;
9:30 AM &amp;ndash; 10:00 AM: Activity (TBD)&lt;br /&gt;
10:00 AM &amp;ndash; 11:30 AM: General Session&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Introduction of new members (15 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Remarks from Hawai?i State Senate President Ron Kouchi (10 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Remarks from HLTA Board Chair Josh Hargrove (10 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;State of the Industry, HLTA President &amp;amp; CEO Mufi Hannemann (45 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;11:45 AM: LUNCH&lt;br /&gt;
12:30 PM &amp;ndash; 2:00 PM: Keynote Speaker Isabel Hill&lt;br /&gt;
6:00 PM &amp;ndash; 9:00 PM: Evening Reception - Ko?olau Salon (3) at the Royal Sonesta (sports theme)&lt;br /&gt;
9:00 PM: Afterparty&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;*GMM schedule subject to change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.hawaiilodging.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=7209</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:46:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WIL Pau Hana &amp; Tour Hosted by Ameresco, Inc. 1/25/2024 4:30 PM - 1/25/2024 6:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WIL Pau Hana &amp;amp; Tour Hosted by Ameresco, Inc.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background:yellow"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;*Free Round Trip Shuttle provided by Ameresco with Roberts Hawaii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4pm - 4:15pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Departure from Royal Sonesta w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;ith Roberts Hawaii Shuttle&lt;br /&gt;
*Meet at the Port Cochere at Valet Area at Royal Sonesta*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;4:15pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Arrival Outrigger Kauai Beach Resort - Event Check-In&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;4:30pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Opening Introduction Network, Pupus &amp;amp; Drinks&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;5:20pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Presentation &amp;amp; Introduction of Project Personnel&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;5:40pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Walking Tour - Showcase Project&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;6pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Continue Networking &amp;amp; Raffle Prizes&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;6:30pm -&lt;/strong&gt; Closing Remarks &amp;amp; Shuttle Departure back to Royal Sonesta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="background:yellow"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;Join us for networking, pupus, drinks, raffle prizes and more!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background:yellow"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;To register, login to your business/hotel or personal profile. If you ahve any issues, feel free to contact Sharilyn Kazunaga at skazunaga@hawaiilodging.org. Mahalo!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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