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Seychelles Tourism: What is Hawaiian Poké you might well ask?

Juergen Steinmetz
Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean this week explained what Hawaiian Poke is, and both residents and visitors to Seychelles love it. Similar to Hawaii, the Seychelles largest industry is travel and tourism. This Hawaii Tourism Promotion in Seychelles is unique, it's free and cuisine is about bringing cultures and also tourism together. Here is the article that appeared in the Saint Ange Reoport in Victoria, Seychelles today: What... Read More
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Overtourism Hawaii: Economist Paul H. Brewbaker speaks out

Juergen Steinmetz
The negative externalities--in economics, unintended, uncompensated costs of one economic activity on another--associated with excessive recreational and other natural resource uses (and perhaps arguably a consequence of tourism-induced host cultural dilution, about which I have nothing to say), including ocean recreational resources, inland trails and natural areas, and more abstractly the nexus between upland watershed, forest resources, and coastal and marine resources, alterations to one of which may affect the others,... Read More
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Hawaii Tourism Authority: What Frank Haas told Governor Ige behind closed doors

Juergen Steinmetz
The election in Hawaii is in full swing. Candidate and current Governor Ige has his hands full, not only for a possible second term in office but for a disaster in the making. This disaster is Hawaii's largest industry - the travel and tourism industry. On Friday, Frank Haas had a conversation with Hawaii Governor Ige in the Governor's office. Frank Haas is a principal at Marketing Management. From 2002 to 2007,... Read More
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Why was HTA Chief George Szigetti fired?

Juergen Steinmetz
As reported by this publication on Friday the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) Board voted unanimously to fire its current President and CEO George Szigeti. The board voted last Friday to fire him without cause. How did it come to this?  According to eTN sources close to the Hawaii Tourism Authority here are the main reasons that caused George Szigeti to be terminated. A recent audit found the Hawaii Tourism Authority to... Read More
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ACLU Event in Honolulu: Reproductive Freedom on Policy Trends Affecting Our Rights in Hawaii and the Nation

Juergen Steinmetz
Honolulu- According to the ACLU there is an attacks on access to birth control. Cruel efforts to prevent immigrants from seeking reproductive health care, women’s health and reproductive freedom are under siege and are an important topic in Hawai‘i and across the country. A free, public discussion on current policy trends in reproductive rights and abortion access will happen Friday, June 1, 2018, from 6:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the... Read More
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Visitor Access Limited to USS Arizona Memorial

Juergen Steinmetz
Boat transport to the USS Arizona Memorial will be temporarily discontinued on Monday, May 7, 2018, due to a recently detected crack in the supporting structure for the visitor loading ramp. Facility specialists have already begun evaluations of the problem and the National Park Service will continue this structural safety assessment tomorrow. USS Arizona Memorial programs will continue as scheduled, however, visitors will be taken on harbor tours in the vicinity... Read More
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Evacuate now : This is an order on the Big Island of Hawaii

Juergen Steinmetz
Hundreds of earthquakes in Hawaii had been measured Thursday morning on the eastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii, one quake was measured with a 5.0 strength. Thursday night the County of Hawaii  Civil Defence an hour ago issued a mayday for the Big Island with a mandatory evacuation order. Hawaii County spokeswoman Janet Snyder said Thursday red lava emerged on Mohala Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision. The county is... Read More
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Hawaii Tourism Authority President Szigeti: Cutting funding unnecessary

Juergen Steinmetz
The Hawaii Tourism Authority  (HTA) was caught red handed with a mountain of problems, ineffectiveness and favorism after a less-than-favorable audit.  Hawaii lawmakers are pushing to hold the Hawaii Tourism Authority more accountable through a bill that would slash the state agency’s funding. HTA President and CEO George Szigeti was under impressions, last year’s record tourism results — the 9.4 million visitors who came to Hawaii and the $16.8 billion that... Read More
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Personal gain for Hawaii Senator Donovan Dela Cruz through tourism projects?

Juergen Steinmetz
A Hawaii state senator recently supported a bill to take more than $40 million away from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, a state agency that had denied the private company where he works an estimated $3.5 million worth of contracts over the last year. Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz (D-Wahiawa) is a vice president for communications and minority owner at DTL Hawaii, an offshoot of WCIT Architecture,... Read More
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Hawaii’s Visitor Statistics Results for January 2018

Juergen Steinmetz
Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.69 billion in January 2018, an increase of 4.9 percent compared to January 2017, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA). It was the highest statewide total for visitor spending ever recorded for a single month in Hawaii’s history. Total arrivals to Hawaii grew 5.4 percent to 796,483 visitors in January, with total visitor days also increasing... Read More
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Caught and official: Hawaii Tourism Authority’s incompetent

Juergen Steinmetz
Leslie H. Kondo, Hawaii State Auditor said,  we express our appreciation to the officials and staff of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and other individuals whom we contacted during the course of our audit, for their cooperation and assistance. This publisher Juergen Thomas Steinmetz said: " eTurboNews started in 1999, about the same time the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) started.  Since 1999 I tried to reach out to the leadership of the... Read More
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Milestone Celebrated By Family Owned Honolulu Cookie Company

Juergen Steinmetz
Once a small mom-and-pop operation, Honolulu Cookie Company is marking its 20th anniversary this year with new core flavors, special packaging, commemorative merchandise and a continuing pledge that its trademark pineapple-shaped, delicious premium shortbread cookies will be baked fresh daily in Hawai'i. Founders Keith and Janet Sung's vision for a cookie that represented true Hawaiian hospitality has broadly grown from wholesale accounts to 17 retail stores in Hawai'i, Guam, and Las... Read More
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ACLU of Hawaii demands Hawaii Department of Education end sex discrimination against female athletes

Juergen Steinmetz
HONOLULU – The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi Foundation (“ACLU of Hawaiʻi”) has sent a letter to the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (“DOE”) demanding it take immediate action to cease sex discrimination against female athletes in DOE schools. On February 7, 2018, Honolulu Civil Beat released an article titled, Female Athletes Get the Short End of the Stick at Some Hawaii High Schools, highlighting the lack of separate athletic locker... Read More