Mayor Derek Kawakami is surrounded by Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association officials and dignitaries following the early endorsement at the meet and greet event Wednesday at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort Lihu‘e.
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Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association President and CEO Mufi Hannemann announces the early endorsement of Mayor Derek Kawakami, flanked by HLTA Chairperson-elect Paul Toner, Kaua‘i Chapter Executive Director Samira Siale and HLTA Board and Selection Committee member Mike Rompel Wednesday at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort Lihu‘e.
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LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Lodging &Tourism Association endorsed Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami on Wednesday at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort Lihu‘e.
LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Lodging &Tourism Association endorsed Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami on Wednesday at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort Lihu‘e.
HLTA president and CEO Mufi Hannemann and Chairperson-elect Paul Toner, the general manager of the Royal Sonesta, both commended Kawakami for his leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The HLTA pair was joined by HLTA Kaua‘i Chapter board members, including area resort managers and visitor-industry allies in applauding Kaua‘i County’s overall pandemic response.
“Mayor Kawakami has been an exemplary leader for his community since the coronavirus first appeared in Hawai‘i,” Hannemann said in an HLTA release. “Throughout his first term, he expertly managed Kaua‘i County’s public-health needs while also trying his utmost to keep the economy running and residents at their jobs.”
Kawakami thanked the HLTA .
“I appreciate how the industry has decided to back our campaign to help lead this island that we all love into the future,” he said.
Kauai desperately needs intelligent people to manage and redirect the trajectory of the tourist population which is overwhelmingly choking the infrastructure of our fragile island…. traffic, sewage and overcrowding everywhere!!!
Please rethink Retirement for the special interest position of Mayor, create a Manager team and for God’s sake… hire an Auditor!!!!
Many communities did and have become model sites without all the crises that Kauai deals with having ineffective leaders.
Kauai desperately needs intelligent people to manage and redirect the trajectory of the tourist population which is overwhelmingly choking the infrastructure of our fragile island…. traffic, sewage and overcrowding everywhere!!!
Please rethink Retirement for the special interest position of Mayor, create a Manager team and for God’s sake… hire an Auditor!!!!
Many communities did and have become model sites without all the crises that Kauai deals with having ineffective leaders.