En route from exhibiting at business events expo, AIME in Melbourne, they encouraged agents to take advantage of continuing competitive airfares. Meetings and incentive travel out of NZ was a star performer in 2018, up 27.7% and the Hawai’i Tourism’s Megan Hornblow encouraged agents to think beyond corporate business to sports and cultural travel such as kapa haka groups. Overall, the number of Kiwis to Hawai’i was up 19.6% last year to 84,661, although length of stay and neighbour island visitation dropped slightly.