TUESDAY, AUGUST 10*

  7:30 – 8:20 a.m.     Registration  (outside room 316) /Continental Breakfast - Room 313  ** ROOM UPDATED **

  8:30 – 9:00 a.m.     Welcome and Opening Remarks

  9:00 – 9:45 a.m.     General Session: Keynote Address

  9:45 – 10:15 a.m.   General Session: The Travel Decision

10:15 – 10:25 a.m.   HTA Special Presentation

10:25 – 10:40 a.m.   APEC Update

10:40 – 10:50 a.m.   Break

10:50 – 11:55 a.m.   Concurrent Session 1

                                 A. Social Media

                                 B. Heritage Tourism

                                 C. Corporate Meetings & Incentives

                                 D. Tourism Research

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.     Luncheon: Tourism Legacy Awards

  1:30 – 2:00 p.m.     Break/Marketplace Lounge Open

  2:05 – 3:10 p.m.     Concurrent Session 2

                                 A. Festivals & Events

                                 B. Sports Tourism

                                 C. Transportation

  3:15 – 4:00 p.m.     General Session: Industry Leader Panel

  4:00 – 4:10 p.m.     Closing Remarks/Pule Ho‘oku‘u

  4:15 – 6:00 p.m.     Aloha Reception & Marketplace Lounge

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11*

  7:30 – 8:00 a.m.    Registration/Continental Breakfast - outside room 316   ** ROOM UPDATED **

  8:05 – 8:25 a.m.    Welcome Remarks

  8:25 – 9:25 a.m.    General Session: Hawai‘i Visitors & Convention Bureau, North America

  9:30 – 10:15 a.m.  General Session: Hawai‘i Tourism Japan

10:15 – 10:25 a.m.  Break

10:25 – 11:05 a.m.  Concurrent Session:

A. HVCB’s Corporate Meetings & Incentives Department

and Hawai‘i Convention Center

B. Hawai‘i Tourism Oceania

C. Hawai‘i Tourism Europe

11:05 – 11:50 a.m.  General Session: Hawai‘i Tourism Asia

11:50 – 12:00 p.m.  Closing Remarks

* Program subject to change.