Article: Hawaii Tourism Authority faces a season of challenges. (In the News).(Brief Article)

Article: HTA rethinking funding strategies
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  September 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... committee members said. The HTA "is not an unlimited source ... mentioning names to attacks on the HTA by state Sen. Donna Mercado ... is in this together" but a senate committee (headed by Kim) "absolutely ripped" HTA executives, he said, adding ...

Article: HTA faulted for delaying response to charges
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  September 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... that date, said Winfred Pong, HTA projects manager. Johnson leaves ... Marsha Wienert and several other HTA board members are also scheduled ... not approve of his actions, Senate Vice President Donna Mercado ... the punishment meted out by the HTA should suffice. "I was under ...

Article: HTA chief's contract came from AG's office
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  February 20, 2002 ;     697 words ... ... recent report criticizing the HTA. He said the $546,000 three ... marketing plans to present to the HTA's marketing contractor, the ... Donna Mercado Kim, chair of the Senate committee on tourism and intergovernmental ... but three office moves by the HTA and the Sept. 11 crisis made ...

Article: Hawaiian Air's Casey may be new HTA boss
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  March 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... might be. Kim said she believes the HTA will present a short list of 10 ... that would make appointment to the HTA's top post require Senate confirmation, like state Cabinet ... tourism industry has long argued the HTA must stay separate from the government ...

Article: HTA taps Quitiquit as chairwoman
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 9, 1999 ;     468 words ... ... the implementation of plans the HTA made under Reed's leadership ... eight months of tenure, the HTA now has a paid chief executive ... four members appointed to the HTA to represent each of the counties ... from nominations submitted by Senate President Norman Mizuguchi ...

Article: Senator questions HTA hiring
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  February 19, 2003 ;     676 words ... ... and the amount later rose to more than $750,000 a year. The firm managed HTA-funded events, including the PGA and Ironman Triathlon. Kim, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Tourism, said she was upset the authority hadn't acted more ...

Article: Lingle appoints tourism insiders to HTA board
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  July 7, 2004 ;     597 words ... ... face=-Bold; executive Cheryl Williams were named to four-year terms on the board. The appointments will require state Senate confirmation in the next legislative session. Lingle said the new appointments further distance the authority from the approach ...