Queen Kapiolani Hotel Travel Industry Preview
The HTA Global Tourism Summit is an annual event where tour agents, tourism companies, and other leaders in the tourism world that sell Hawaii, all meet to share insights from 2018 and speak about what to expect moving into 2019. The event at Queen Kapiolani Hotel was the opening night party hosted by Oahu Visitors Bureau for all the top HTA satellite agencies from around the world. With an estimated 150 agents from Hawaii Tourism Asia, Hawaii Tourism Japan, Hawaii Tourism Oceania, this exclusive party for travel industry professionals included retro tunes by DJ Roger Bong of Aloha Got Soul by the pool and a live Hula performance by Miss Aloha Hula2018 Shalia Kapuauʻionalani Kikuyo Kamakaokalani of Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka.