Bill Text: HI HCR105 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Supporting the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association and its Ola Hawaii Program as a dynamic contribution to better the conditions and relationships between Native Hawaiians and the visitor industry of Hawaii.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-19 - (H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on TCI with none voting no and Representative(s) Carroll, Chang, Har, Manahan, Morita, M. Oshiro, Sagum, Tokioka, Ward excused. [HCR105 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR105-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	105
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

SUPPORTING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION AND ITS OLA HAWAI‘I PROGRAM AS DYNAMIC CONTRIBUTors TO the BETTERment of THE CONDITIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND THE VISITOR INDUSTRY OF HAWAI‘I.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, established in 1997, the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA) is a non-profit organization whose vision is to perpetuate an authentic spirit of aloha and Hawaiian culture in hospitality industry planning, promotion, and product development; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority developed the Hawai‘i Tourism Strategic Plan 2005 – 2015 and named NaHHA as the lead organization for its Hawaiian Culture Initiative (HCI), one of nine initiatives of the strategic plan; and

 

     WHEREAS, as the lead agency for the HCI, NaHHA conducted in-depth research and gathered information to create an informed action plan to actualize HCI's overarching goal of 'honoring and perpetuating the Hawaiian culture and community'; and

 

     WHEREAS, after meeting with over 500 stakeholders from all islands, 25 Hawaiian organizations, and 50 leaders of the visitor industry; convening 17 community meetings throughout the islands; organizing six specialized focus groups; and conducting the first Native Hawaiian Tourism Conference, which was attended by over 300 people, NaHHA developed a 45-Point Action Plan; and

 

     WHEREAS, guided by the 45-Point Action Plan, NaHHA continues to engage stakeholders to participate in and support actions that help accomplish the objectives of the Plan and HCI; and

 

     WHEREAS, the objectives of the 45-Point Action Plan and HCI include strengthening the relationships between the visitor industry and the Hawaiian community; striving to nurture the Hawaiian culture by creating visitor experiences, activities, and marketing programs that are respectful and accurate; and supporting Hawaiian programs and cultural practitioners, craftsmen, musicians, and other artists in their efforts to preserve and perpetuate the Hawaiian culture where appropriate; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 2006, NaHHA submitted a proposal for funding to the Administration for Native Americans and was awarded funds to write a cultural curriculum which created a "train the trainer" project; and

 

     WHEREAS, the goal of the three-year "train the trainer" project was to improve opportunities for Hawaiians to succeed in positively influencing and impacting the visitor industry of Hawai‘i which resulted in the creation of Ola Hawai‘i; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Ola Hawai‘i program addresses the need for cultural education and training to support the HCI objectives that strengthen the relationship between the host Hawaiian culture and the visitor industry; and

 

     WHEREAS, the curriculum of the Ola Hawai‘i program teaches industry managers and employees about Hawaiian values, chiefly leadership and its relevance to the visitor industry, Hawaiian culture, the Ho‘okipa (Hospitality) Model, the Ho‘okaulike (bring into balance) Model, and opportunities for growth; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Ola Hawai‘i program workshops are conducted by Alaka‘i, or leaders, who have completed a rigorous, year-long training program, and who are certified by NaHHA to conduct workshops on all islands; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the Senate concurring, that this body supports the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association and its Ola Hawai‘i program as dynamic contributors to the betterment of the conditions and relationships between Hawaiians and the visitor industry of Hawai‘i; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Board of Directors of the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Director of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, President of the Hawai‘i Hotel and Lodging Association, and Board of Directors of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Supporting the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association and its Ola Hawai‘i Program as a dynamic contribution to better the conditions and relationships between Native Hawaiians and the visitor industry of Hawai‘i.