2024 Meeting Planner Guide

The Official Hawai‘i Meeting Planner Guide (MPG) is an essential resource for planning a successful event in the Hawaiian Islands. Designed to be intuitive and easy to navigate, this interactive, digital guide helps planners get to know our islands from any device, complete with direct links to resources and tools. The MPG helps planners and buyers design successful events, meetings and conventions in Hawai‘i — ultimately creating productive, authentic experiences for attendees.

Distribution will be focused on qualified digital delivery, heavily leveraging HVCB proprietary data for targeted audience delivery. Qualified distribution will include:

• MCI Database
  • Qualified audience: 42,000 total impressions
  • Digital delivery to: +6,000 qualified planners from Meet Hawai‘i's proprietary database (4,000 U.S. and 2,000 International).
    
    Reaches vetted meeting planners and buyers who share information with an average of 6 additional executive decision-makers when sourcing and/or selecting a destination for group meeting and incentive programs:
    • The database represents established planners, buyers and organizations with consistent sourcing of Hawai‘i business. Many planners are of a senior level and have booked Hawai‘i previously within the past 5 years and/or who are solid prospects for converting business to Hawai‘i. 
    • These organizations are long standing Kuhina (ambassadors) of the Hawaiian Islands and represent consistent support contributing to the economic growth throughout the State of Hawai‘i.
       
• MCI Sales & Marketing
  • Promotion and distribution via all Meet Hawai‘i sales team activities throughout the year, including:
    • Events & education (live/hybrid/virtual)
    • Trade Shows
    • Sales blitzes and calls