2024 AHICE ALOHA PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Please see the 2024 AHICE Aloha Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition program overview below.
Thursday 7 November 2024
5:30pm-7:30pm |
NETWORKING.
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Note: Program is subject to change
Friday 8 November 2024
8:30am-9:30am | NETWORKING: Registration, coffee and tea |
9:30am-9:45am | WELCOME: Welcome to AHICE Aloha 2024 with emcee and AHICE Group President and Chair and Convenor, JAMES WILKINSON, including a traditional welcoming ceremony. |
9:45am-10:15am | PANEL SESSION: THE HOTEL OPERATORS’ OUTLOOK. Leading Hoteliers look at the state of the market. Moderated by: JAMES WILKINSON, Group President and Chair and Convenor, AHICE Panelists: –DANIEL BARNARD, General Manager, Ala Moana Hotel by Mantra –JERRY GIBSON, President, Hawaii Hotel Alliance & General Manager, Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa -Speakers to be revealed |
10:15am-10:45am | KEYNOTE: WELLNESS BEYOND THE DAY SPA: A REGENATIVE MODEL, BY BRIANA SPENCER, Somatic Sound Practitioner, Meditator and Wellness Regenerative Coach.
How do we build a better society around us from a rooted foundation rather than just from the chaotic branches of our minds? That is the body connection circuit we own in spaces of hospitality and service. In this insightful keynote, Los Angeles-based Spencer – who is also a TEDX speaker, Certified Yoga instructor, artist and a board director for ‘Stepping Up’ – will take delegates through a Somatic body healing session (Soma means “parts of an organism, the body as distinct from the soul, mind and psyche/spirit”). She will be touching on how hotels should increase where holistic programs should be created. It’s not just massages in the day spa… we must look beyond the day spa. How do we offer more holistic mind and body connection in all these rooms of hospitality? How do hotels offer more holistic programs for the benefit of the wellbeing and its significant benefits in today new technology age? Offerings such as sound healing events, meditation, yoga, reducing stress levels, focus-retention and over-all healthy in the body should be front and centre and Spencer will look at why and importantly, how. |
10:45am-11:00am | HOTELIER Q&A: Outrigger Hospitality Group President & CEO, JEFF WAGONER, in conversation with AHICE Group President JAMES WILKINSON. |
11:00am-11:30am | NETWORKING: MORNING TEA. |
11:30am-12:00pm | KEYNOTE: HAWAI’IAN CULTURE IN HOTELS AND RESORTS BY BLAINE KAMALANI KIA, President, KIA Enterprises LLC
Blaine Kamalani Kia is a native Hawaiian born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i, with a college education profile in music, and business. Kia owns and operates a Hawaiian consulting and entertainment company known as KIA Enterprises, LLC and founded several non-profit organizations with credentials spanning 30-plus years in the business. Kia is also a practicing kahu (Hawaiian spiritual leader) and takes on this responsibility performing Hawaiian blessings, cultural ceremonies, and protocols widely accepted by both private and public industries. |
12:00pm-12:30pm | PANEL SESSION: THE HAWAI’I TOURISM INDUSTRY OUTLOOK. Leading tourism operators look at the state of the market. Moderated by: SEAN DEE, EVP Chief Commercial Officer, Outrigger Hospitality Group and Chairperson, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau Panelists: -MYRA GALINATO, Vice President, Blue Hawaiian -Speakers to be announced |
12:30pm-12:45pm | HOTELIER Q&A: Accor Chief Development Officer Pacific & Head of Apartments and Leases, LINDSAY LEESER, in conversation with AHICE Group President JAMES WILKINSON. |
12:45pm-1:00pm | DOCUMENTARY: INTRODUCING THE SALA BAI HOTEL SCHOOL in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
In the heart of Siem Reap, the Sala Baï Hotel and Restaurant school has been training young underprivileged Cambodians for the past 20 years to be Asia’s finest hotel staff. In this insightful documentary, filmmaker JAMES WILKINSON speaks to students, staff and several graduates who have gone on and found success in roles across some of Asia-Pacific’s leading hotels. |
1:00pm-2:00pm | NETWORKING LUNCH presented by WAYFARER.
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2:00pm-2:20pm | TOURISM Q&A: Aviation and tourism expectations with AVI MANNIS, formerly Senior Vice President at Hawaiian Airlines, in conversation with AHICE Group President JAMES WILKINSON. |
2:20pm-2:50pm | PANEL SESSION: THE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK. Leading owners share their expectations for the year ahead. Moderated by: RODGER L. POWELL, Managing Director, THSA Panelists: –F. KEVIN AUCELLO, Principal, Powell & Aucello -JOHN BEREAN, Senior Vice President, Hawaii & Northern California Region Leader, HVS –KENNETH KAN, SVP – Chief Development Officer, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts -LINDSAY LEESER, Chief Development Officer Pacific & Head of Apartments and Leases, Accor -MICHAEL PERKINS, Associate Vice President – Hawaii, Colliers International |
2:50pm-3:10pm | KEYNOTE: TRANSPARENCY IN THE LIQUOR GAME BY BAILEY PRYOR, Founder & CEO, The Real McCoy Rum.
Bailey Pryor has worked as a writer, producer and director in the film and television industry for over 25 years. He has produced seven feature films and over 150 television programs. Bailey has received 17 Emmy Award nominations, winning 7 Emmy awards for his work on PBS. Bailey is also the Founder and CEO of The Real McCoy rum, which is based on a film he produced, of the same name. The Real McCoy rum has won over 100 major spirits industry awards worldwide and is currently being distributed in all 50 states in the US, as well as 29 countries worldwide. In this insightful keynote, Bailey will look at the clear need for transparency in the liquor industry. He will look at how consumers and the hospitality industry are largely unaware that some alcohol producers regularly use carcinogens, allergens and meat-based products in their beer, wine and spirits, without informing the public. He says there is a global conversation happening among regulators and alcohol producers, but the purveyors of alcohol also need to be informed and involved. |
3:10pm-3:35pm | PANEL SESSION: A NEW WAVE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE. Expectations for 2024 and beyond. Moderated by: ELIZABETH HAAK, CEO, Ohana Beverage Co Panelists: -BAILEY PRYOR, Founder & CEO, The Real McCoy Rum -DAVE SEDENO, Winemaker, Pono Wines -SARA CONNERY HILL, Chief Executive Officer, Handcrafted Restaurants |
3:35pm-4:05pm | NETWORKING BREAK: AFTERNOON TEA |
4:05pm-4:15pm | KEYNOTE: BRIANA SPENCER is back for an afternoon awakening of the senses. |
4:15pm-4:35pm | PANEL SESSION: MEET THE PRESS. Talking media pitches, coverage and more. Moderated by: JAMES WILKINSON, Group President and Chair and Convenor, AHICE Panelists: -JANIS MAGIN, Editor-In-Chief, Pacific Business News –KRISTINA LOCKWOOD, Vice President & General Manager, KHON2 –MONICA SALTER, Outrigger, VP Global Communications & Social Responsibility, Outrigger Hospitality Group |
4:35pm-5:05pm | PANEL SESSION: HAWAI’I & PACIFIC TRAVEL MARKET OUTLOOK. Expectations for the year ahead. Moderated by: DAVID CALLAN, Partnerships & Contracting Manager, Luxury Escapes Panelists: –ANGELA MURPHY, Vice President Sales – The Americas, Outrigger Hospitality Group –LUCIA ZEEARD, Head of Destination Development, Tourism Fiji –TERI ORTON, General Manager, Honolulu Convention Centre |
5:05pm | CONFERENCE WRAP-UP |
5:15pm-7:15pm | NETWORKING: Gala networking event at the Ala Moana Hotel. Presented by Accor, Ohana Beverages
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8:00pm-onwards | NETWORKING DINNER: Optional networking dinner at the Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman (additional cost / registration required). Presented by Wayfarer, Ohana Beverages
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Note: Program is subject to change
IMPORTANT: THE AHICE HOUSE RULES
A note from the organisers: Due to a number of unofficial invite-only events taking place during conferences in recent years, we would ask that businesses and individuals please do not host any events during the above times as a courtesy to other sponsors of AHICE Aloha.
We all know that without sponsors, events like this cannot happen and we ask that our request is respected. If unapproved events do take place during the official times, the organisers and representatives of those companies will not be able to attend any AHICE sessions and are at the risk of passes being revoked.
We are also requesting that supplier and adviser attendees that aren’t sponsors of the event do not canvas for business with sales materials and documents at AHICE Aloha events. Those that do will be at the risk of passes being revoked.
To find out how you can be involved in the program, please contact:
James Wilkinson, AHICE Group President:
jwilkinson@intermedia.com.au
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