BUSINESS BRIEFS
Statewide visitors team takes pitch to Australia
Advertiser Staff
A 17-member sales team led by the Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau will be pitching Hawai'i's business down under for the 17th Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo next week in Melbourne, Australia.
It is Australia's largest annual business event exhibition. The three-day trade show Monday through Wednesday is expecting 6,000 professional and corporate conference planners worldwide to attend — a 30 percent increase over last year — along with 850 exhibitors from 50 countries.
The Hawai'i trade show exhibit will showcase the Islands' natural beauty and unique cultural appeal, while the sales team focuses its message on the state's meeting accommodations and outstanding offers available to groups.
The push includes sales executives for the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau, O'ahu Visitors Bureau, Maui Visitors Bureau, Big Island Visitors Bureau, Hawaiian Airlines, Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Waikiki, Sheraton Maui Resort, The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Aloha Holidays, Incentives Hawaii, Island Partners Hawaii and Maui Jim Sunglasses.
