Hawaii Group Cancellations

Aloha Kakou:

The fallout from the AIG travel debacles continue to plague Hawaii reservations, as per this article in today's Star-Bulletin.

This is relevant to us as many times MCI (meeting, convention and incentive) travellers also book add-on trips to neighbor islands, particularly Maui. Hawaii is a destination that has one of the largest number of family members traveling in conjunction with MCI travel.

Hawaii MCI travel has been been seen as somewhat of a boondoggle as those Mainlanders who hold the purse strings wrongly believe that no one does any business over here anyway. That coupled with the perceived expense of a Hawaii trip means that we are fortunate to get as much business as we do.

Unfortunately, today's political climate now means even less of this important subset of Hawaii's travel business.

http://www.starbulletin.com/business/businessnews/20090507_cancellation_blues.html