Corporate Incentive Programs, Meetings and Special Events

My Maui story is not unique.  Maui first captured my heart on a college backpacking trip.  Many years later, while on vacation following the sale of my business,  I decided to open the next chapter in my life on a magical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  When I first started as a Travel Director, it was a side-gig, as I was involved in an internet business startup.  I became affectionately known on Maui as the "Dinearound King" and I also helped out at the airport and advancing activities.  Over time, my TD business grew and by the time the Dot Com bubble had burst, I was a full-time travel director working on programs on all of the Hawaiian Islands 

It was exciting times in the industry, the nineties were booming, the incentive travel industry was booming. The scale and the budgets of the programs were incredible and a normal day at the airport saw multiple 500 pax, 1000 pax groups coming into OGG each and every day.  the dynamics of the times provided me with a unique opportunity to gain a unique experience in the industry that would today be impossible to duplicate.  What drew me most to the business was the camaraderie and the friendships that I developed. I've built scores of lifelong friendships in the biz and it is really the people that I love most about Travel Director work. In the late nineties, the scale and the budgets of the programs were on another level from what we generally see in the industry today.  Over the years I have worked on hundreds of meetings and events in venues in Hawaii, across the United States as well as internationally. 

Over the last twenty years, I have developed event management skills and logistical expertise working on high budget corporate incentive programs. I have experience working programs at most of the major resorts on Maui, Oahu, Hawaii, Kauai and Lanai. I have worked more than 80 incentive programs with 500+ guests and at least 30 incentive programs of 1000+ guests. All totaled Kevin worked on more than 400 corporate incentive programs, meeting and amenity experiences. In 2001, I expanded my business both nationally and internationally. In 2007, I relocated to Costa Rica to manage the Eco Preservation Society the organizations Eco-Tourism and Volunteer programs, keep my foot in the door in the Meetings and Incentive business back home.   Kevin's forte is managing complex transportation movements (7000 guests). I have extensive experience managing large transportation movements, particularly at the Maui International Airport (Still all the same porters). In addition, I have extensive experience with VIP and Celebrity Service, Hospitality Desk (up to 1000 guests), Tour Sales, Golf Coordinator, Food and Beverage Lead (up to 3000 guests), Expo and Display Lead, Dinearound coordinator.

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