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Following the success of its 2024 debut, the Hoʻokipa Maui Marketplace returns on May 29, 2025, at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa.

The Maui Visitors Bureau announced the winner of its sustainable poke contest during an “Earth Night” celebration at the Maui Ocean Center on Saturday, April 26.

The February Canoe Crop Corner, held during Wailuku’s First Friday, will kick off the Anything But I’a Poke Recipe Contest.

The Hoʻokipa Maui event brought together more than 100 guest service professionals and 80 local businesses at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa on May 23. The event aimed to strengthen connections within Maui’s tourism industry.

The Rise Above Plastics on Vacation campaign provides free reusable bottles and utensil kits to new participants and aims to encourage visitors to reduce unnecessary plastic waste.

Projects and events being funded under the Community Enrichment and Signature Events programs help to build community, foster authentic experiences for residents and visitors, and contribute to a stronger, resilient economy for Hawai‘i.

Reservations are now required for out-of-state visitors and commercial operators at ‘Īao Valley State Monument when the park reopens May 1, 2023.

East Maui’s hotspots include Nā‘ili‘ilihaele Stream (also known as Bamboo Forest), Waikamoi Falls, Kaihalulu (also known as Red Sand Beach), Wai‘oka (also known as Venus Pools), and Honolewa (also known as South Wailua Falls).

The Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau has partnered with Raw Elements to provide 20 mineral-only sunscreen dispensers at high traffic beaches in Maui County.

One highlight of the report: and East Maui Advisory Group was organized to provide input for the bureau’s East Maui Tourism Management Pilot Program.

This update pertains to actions identified for Phase 2 implementation of the Lānaʻi DMAP.

Progress continued April through June on projects and goals of the Maui Destination Management Action Plan, which is a part of the Maui Nui plan.

Whatʻs happening with the Maui Nui Destination Management Action Plan? According to the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s fall update, 16 of the 18 sub-actions in phase 1 are in progress and one sub-action about safe sun screen education is completed.

Residents of Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi are invited to join HTA and the Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau at the upcoming Maui Nui Destination Management Action Plan community meetings to share their views on tourism’s future direction for each island.

The Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau is seeking nonprofit organizations on Maui, Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i, to take part in the statewide Mālama Hawai‘i program. The initiative aims to inspire mindful travel, while encouraging visitors to give back to the destination.

In this newly created position being funded by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, Meagan DeGaia will be responsible for supervising, managing, implementing and reporting on the Maui Nui Destination Management Action Plan, its Community Enrichment Program, as well as signature events within Maui County.

The Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau announced the appointment of Leanne Pletcher as its new director of public relations.

The Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau today announced the appointment of Carol Clark as the organization’s new Director of Public Relations.

The Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau today launched its new “Maui Mavericks” public relations campaign and selected 16 next-generation leaders as Maui ambassadors for the program.

The Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau has earned the esteemed Gold Service award for 2015 from Meetings & Conventions Magazine.