#Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association
Native Hawaiian organizations to benefit from $1 million grant from US Department of Interior
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Native Hawaiian Relations announced the award of $1 million in grants to six Native Hawaiian organizations to implement the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act.
NaHHA receives funding to provide tourism workforce training based in Hawaiian culture
The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA), with support from funds issued through a joint partnership between the Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED) and the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), has been awarded $50,000 in NATIVE Act funding to provide workforce development trainings based in the foundational values of the Hawaiian culture.
Maʻemaʻe Toolkit updated to encourage accurate representation of the Hawaiian Islands
Maʻemaʻe (cleanliness, purity) represents the idea that descriptions and portrayals of Hawai‘i should be clean, attractive and pure, and therefore without misrepresentations or inaccuracies.
Maui summer update of destination management action plan now available
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.
Seven Native Hawaiian organizations to receive $1 million in federal funding
The US Department of the Interior is providing $1 million in federal funding to seven Native Hawaiian organizations working to preserve and share Native Hawaiian culture and traditions with visitors.
Ka Huina 2021 to Convene Virtually in Four One-Day Conferences
The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority is presenting the Ka Huina 2021 conference virtually in a series of four one-day virtual conferences from 2 to 5 p.m. on May 7, May 21, June 4 and June 18. The afternoon sessions are free and will conclude with music for Aloha Friday.
Community Leaders, Native Hawaiian Stakeholders Unite To Oppose Cuts To Tourism Management
The legislation threatens to eliminate three of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s four strategic pillars, removing the agency’s ability to do anything except marketing Hawaiʻi, while dismantling the State’s ability to effectively manage tourism for the benefit of Hawaiʻi’s residents, culture and environment.
