On the heels of its best financial year since opening in 1998 and its first year being managed by AEG Facilities, the Hawaii Convention Center (HCC) continues its positive momentum into 2015 by launching a series of new offerings and initiatives to meeting planners in an effort to boost bookings at Hawaii’s premier meetings venue.
“In the first year of running the Hawaii Convention Center, we took a hard look at all aspects of our business from operations to sales and marketing,” said Teri Orton, HCC general manager. “By focusing on reducing our operating expenses through energy-saving initiatives and working collaboratively with the Meet Hawaii team to align our sales and marketing efforts, we’ve been able to operate more efficiently overall. There’s more great work to be done and 2015 is off to a solid start.”
HCC’s new initiatives include:
HCC’s performance highlights in 2014:
“The first year of management of the Hawaii Convention Center by AEG Facilities generated some positive results both in the Convention Centers bottom line performance and in room night generation,” said Brian Lynx, vice president of meetings, conventions, and incentives for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. “With a full sales team now in place, under the Meet Hawaii’s HTA umbrella, we are anticipating more innovative strategies continuing to unfold and existing initiatives to gain further traction in the upcoming year.”
A broader look at Hawaii’s meetings, conventions and incentives market shows Meet Hawaii, a collaboration between the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and Hawaii Convention Center, continues to build up momentum as it works towards its annual goal of 383,250 definite room nights in 2015.