Hawaii Leadership Forum 

The annual Hawaii Leadership Forum will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa in the Ballroom. The panelists and speakers include executives from Hawaii's major tour operators/wholesalers, travel agency marketing groups, and OTAs, as well as experts on consumer travel patterns, travel technology and other topics related to Hawaii's travel and tourism industry.

•  Thomas Roth, President & Founder at Community Marketing
•  Douglas Quinby, Senior Director of Research at PhoCusWright
•  Roger Dow, President & CEO at U.S. Travel Association
•  Vic Kerckhoff, Director of Leisure Sales, United Airlines
•  Mark Sonnbichler, Senior Sales Director, TravelZoo
  

CONFIRMED PANELISTS

Panels will focus on key trends that are shaping Hawaii tourism. List of participants will be updated as panelists are confirmed.

• Apple Vacations, Mark Noennig, Vice President & GM
• Circos Brand Karma, Mario Jobbe, Co-Founder & COO
  
• Classic Vacations, Greg Bernd, Co-President
• Expedia, Traci Mercer,   VP Market Management, North America 
  
• Gogo Worldwide Vacations, Michele Kish, President
  
• MLT Vacations, Elizabeth Moriarty, VP Product Development
• Pleasant Holidays, Jack Richards, President & CEO
• QuickMobile, Patrick Payne, Co-Founder & CEO
  
• The Mark Travel Corporation, Jorn Kaaea, Senior VP Relationship Mangement
• Travel Impressions, Mauricio Lomlin, VP eCommerce

• Jason Coleman, President, ASTA Young Professionals, ASTA SoCal
• Maya Northen, President, Delaware Valley ASTA Chapter
• Samarah Meil, ASTA Young Professionals Coordinator, Southwest ASTA
• Csilla Dali, VP, Midwest ASTA Chapter, Board Young Professionals

The fee for the forum is $150 per person, and the proceeds will fund the University of Hawaii TIM School Travel Weekly Scholarship. Please send payment via check to:

 Destination Marketing Hawaii, 3555 Harding Avenue, Suite 2C, Honolulu, HI 96816

Download your Preliminary Agenda at:

www.dmhawaii.com/forum

NEW IN 2012

All attendees are invited to join us in the Diamond Courtyard by the banyan tree for networking and no-host cocktails after the forum!