Ex HTA Chief returns to Hawaii tourism

Mike-McCartney
Mike McCartney ,director of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT).
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Written by Linda Hohnholz

Former Hawaii Tourism Authority CEO McCartney will be in charge of DBEDT if the Senate confirms.

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DBEDT is the Department of Business, Economic, Development & Tourism in Hawaii and also responsible for the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA).

Mike McCartney was head of HTA from 2009-2014 and was promoted to serve as the Governorโ€™s Chief of Staff in 2014.

As is par for the course for decades in the State of Hawaii, many leading positions are shifted around among the same individuals. Now McCartney will be in charge of DBEDT if the Senate confirms.

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WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:

  • As is par for the course for decades in the State of Hawaii, many leading positions are shifted around among the same individuals.
  • Mike McCartney was head of HTA from 2009-2014 and was promoted to serve as the Governor's Chief of Staff in 2014.
  • Now McCartney will be in charge of DBEDT if the Senate confirms.

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Linda Hohnholz

Editor in chief for eTurboNews based in the eTN HQ.

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