#Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association

Joshua Hargrove, who led The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Kāʻanapali, through the 2023 Maui wildfires, has been named general manager of two Waikīkī resorts owned by Marriott International. He currently chairs the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association and previously served as chairman of the statewide Hawaiʻi Lodging & Tourism Association.

Multiple Maui properties and employees earned accolades including the Wailea Beach Marriott, the Westin Maui Resort & Spa, the Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, the Ritz-Carlton Maui Kapalua, the Hampton Inn & Suites, Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club, and the Fairmont Kea Lani.

Chef Sheldon Simeon, the acclaimed Maui culinary wizard behind Tin Roof and Tiffany’s on Lower Main Street in Wailuku, will bring his award-winning cooking to the Garden Isle next month as part of the inaugural Poke Masters’ Table, a new signature event kicking off the Fifth Annual Kaua‘i Poke Fest at Kōloa Landing Resort. Set for 6 p.m. […]

The Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association on Wednesday celebrated the exceptional contributions of the state’s hospitality workforce in front of an audience of 750 people at the 32nd Annual Na Po‘e Pa‘ahana Awards at the Sheraton Waikīkī.

Mufi Hannemann and Peter Ingram have been appointed to a two-year term on the US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board by US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association announced their 2022-2023 Board of Directors at their annual meeting held on Sept. 21 at the Grand Wailea Resort.

Joyce Miyamoto, a career and technical education teacher at Baldwin High School on Maui, was honored with a hospitality educator award by the ClimbHI nonprofit and Hawai’i Lodging & Tourism Association.

A Hawaiʻi nonprofit that partners with Cornell University to help high school students prepare for the workforce looks for sponsors for the spring semester, after experiencing a record number of certifications this fall.