Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau
The Hawaiʻi Visitors & Convention Bureau (HVCB) is a private, non-profit, 501-C-6 Corporation headquartered in the Waikīkī Business Plaza at 2270 Kalākaua Avenue, Suite 801 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu in Waikīkī. As a Visitor & Convention Bureau, it is contracted on a four-year basis to market the Islands under the auspices of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, which has global oversight for the State in matters concerning the visitor industry.
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