Did you know that over the last year, weddings and events haven’t been included in Hawaii’s state marketing initiatives? That is…until now!
Your MWEA board has been pounding the pavement with tourism marketing stakeholders, including Hawai’i Tourism Authority (HTA), Hawai’i Visitor and Convention Bureau (HVCB) and its Maui subsidiary, Maui Visitor Convention Bureau (MVCB), along with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA). (Yes, we agree, that’s a whole lot of acronyms.)
We’re excited to share that starting in 2025, we’re seeing the first fruits of our advocacy efforts with – at last – images of weddings being included in State marketing initiatives! Our partners at Kilohana (CNHA) have included us in their new Maui campaign, with assurances from all agencies that we’re just getting started.
We want to express our gratitude to our tourism agency partners for finally seeing us, and can’t wait to continue growing our partnership, with the goal of more continued exposure for our remarkable industry.