Hawaii Tourism will get new exec

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Hawaii Tourism will get new exec


Serving because the Hawaii Tourism Authority Director of Research from 2006 to 2017, Daniel Nāhoʻopiʻi has returned to the federal government company as the brand new chief administrative officer.

During the time beforehand served, he led the group’s statewide Tourism Strategic Plan course of, oversaw the analysis division, managed the manufacturing and interpretation of knowledge associated to Hawai‘i’s customer trade, and labored with numerous authorities officers, legislators, neighborhood members, and trade stakeholders.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) has announced that Daniel Nāhoʻopiʻi has returned to the organization’s management group as chief administrative officer, efficient January 17.

In his new position, Nāhoʻopiʻi is accountable for the executive, fiscal, procurement, and human assets operations of HTA, in addition to the administration of the Hawaiʻi Convention Center. Nāhoʻopiʻi succeeds Keith Regan who departed HTA in August 2022.

“Daniel has an intricate understanding of HTA and Hawai‘i’s visitor industry, and brings a wealth of experience in tourism management, planning, business operations, and performance evaluation,” mentioned John De Fries, HTA’s president and CEO. “He is well-respected among community and business leaders statewide and will hit the ground running.”

“We are grateful to our Vice President of Finance Marc Togashi who served as acting chief administrative officer in addition to fulfilling his regular duties for the past five months as we conducted the executive search process,” mentioned De Fries.

Most just lately, Nāhoʻopiʻi was govt vp of SMS Research & Marketing Services the place he led the corporate’s Tourism Intelligence Division to launch a tourism analysis system for the federal government of Fiji and publish a research to empower Native American tourism organizations. His background additionally contains planning and administration within the schooling, surroundings and utilities sectors.

Nāhoʻopiʻi was born and raised in Honolulu. A graduate of Kamehameha Schools, he earned a certificates from the First Nations’ Futures Institute at Stanford University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Bachelor of Science levels in engineering from Northwestern University.

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