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"VOICES" OF HAWAII'S HOSPITALITY ISSUE
Teri Orton - Hawai‘i Convention Center/ASM Global
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? I would say I found the hospitality industry, but it also found me at just the right time. My journey began with Classic Hawaii in their Honolulu [...]
Jay Kitashima – Halepuna Waikiki
Did you find the hospitality industry, or did it find you? Like many who find themselves in the hospitality industry, I sort of fell into it through a good friend. I was coaching Kamehameha High School track and field at [...]
Sandy Narvaez – Hawaiʻi & French Polynesia Marriott International
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? I would say that it was just always there. My father worked at Paradise Cove Lūʻau and my mother works at Polynesian Adventure Tours (PolyAd). I worked [...]
Peter Shaindlin – Halekulani Corporation
Did you find the hospitality industry, or did it find you? Totally by chance. I began as a bartender and then worked as a restaurant and nightclub manager in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Eventually, [...]
Sean Dee – OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? The hospitality industry found me at a young age, thanks to my uncle who owned a series of restaurants in Southern California. I then worked my way [...]
Amanda Douglas - Four Seasons Resort Oahu
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? We found each other! Post college, I was working as a floral designer with my own business but also freelancing for other designer friends. I was at [...]
Josh Hargrove – The Westin Maui Resort & Spa
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? Well, a bit of both. I grew up in a popular tourist town in Washington but while I grew up around the industry, I actually went to [...]
Davide Barnes – Halekulani Hotel
Did you find the hospitality industry, or did it find you? The hospitality industry definitely found me. Growing up, I played tennis competitively. While attending college, I was a tennis teacher at several hotels to earn money to help pay [...]
Eron Hodges – Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? I would say we found each other and after 33 years it has been an incredible relationship. When we met, hospitality was looking for talent and I [...]
James Morrison - Maui Ocean Center
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? I would say it’s a bit of both. I grew up in the hospitality industry, working in my mother’s restaurant, so I was always around it. After [...]
Joy Anderson – Prince Waikiki
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? Being born and raised on O‘ahu, I was immersed in tourism growing up. From a young age helping our family business in Waikīkī, I was drawn to [...]
Sukit Kanaprach – The Orchid Lei Company
What does hospitality mean to you? The meaning for hospitality for me focuses on making others feel welcome. A lei is a physical manifest which is part of the Aloha Spirit that encompasses love, compassion, and respect that creates lasting [...]
Naomi Cooper – Maui Hotel & Lodging Association
Did you find hospitality or did the hospitality industry find you? The hospitality industry definitely found me, a few times. First, in early adulthood, as a commercial actor and model, I was fortunate to work with many different types of [...]
Markus Schale – Hotel Wailea
Did you find the hospitality industry or did the hospitality industry find you? Not straight away. I was born into the hospitality industry and my family-owned hotels in Europe, and I went to hotel school and worked in hotels. I [...]
