Let's Get Social

Check out G&A's latest promotion collateral for our social media services. We're debuting the piece at the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association annual member lunch today and wanted to float it to our blogosphere buddies as well.

Feel free to tweet it, digg it, blog about it, put it on your wall, and so on.

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Maui Hotel & Lodging Association Extends, Expands Awareness Campaign

The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association (MHLA) today announced it has expanded its “I Work for Aloha” public awareness campaign for 2009. The organization will use print and radio to heighten awareness of the connections between the visitor industry and the average county resident. Nearly half of all jobs in Maui County are directly tied to the visitor industry, and thousands more supply visitors with goods and services.

The campaign, crafted by Kahului-based advertising agency Gilbert & Associates, features island residents from a variety of vocations – from farmers and accountants to bus drivers and food workers – with the message that “family, friends, neighbors and likely you” are connected to the county’s visitor industry.

“Tourism is everyone’s business,” said Carol Reimann, MHLA’s executive director. “It’s not just hospitality employees. There’s a symbiotic relationship with nearly the whole community. A healthy, robust visitor industry benefits our entire county, and it’s now – during these tough economic times – that it’s more important than ever that we support each other.”

The visitor industry is the economic engine for the island and directly encompasses approximately 40% of all jobs in Maui County.

The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 to advocate for the Visitor Industry. MHLA’s membership is comprised of visitor accommodations and allied businesses in the County of Maui. The organization also provides educational opportunities via the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism and scholarship grants, and benefits the community via the annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk, Excellence in Education golf tournament and Kupuna Dinner. For additional information, contact MHLA at (808) 244-8625.

For an interview with Carol Reimann, call (808) 244-8625.

Related news:

MauiToday.TV (2/5/09) - I Work for Aloha Campaign Gains Momentum

Maui Weekly (2/26/09) - MHLA Launches Campaign

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MHLA's 'Allied Focus" falls on G&A

G&A is honored to be the allied member highlighted in the "Allied Focus" feature of the December 2008 Maui Hotel & Lodging Association newsletter.

So what did they say about us? Here's an excerpt:

Gilbert & Associates are the creative minds behind MHLA’s current “I Work for Aloha” campaign, utilizing print and radio to target Maui County residents and reinforce the message that a robust tourism industry benefits us all.

“Sometimes we lose sight of how essential our visitors are to the Health of the whole island, and how significantly tourism impacts those who work outside of that sphere. Our visitor industry is vital. It is one of the main reasons we’re proud to work on this campaign, and why we so vigorously support MHLA.

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