HONOLULU Western agents can help generate interest in Hawaii travel
by directing their clients to a Web site created by the state. The
site, www.hawaii-products.com, features hundreds of online
companies selling Hawaiian-made goods.
“The Web site gives mainland travel agents one more tool to help
enhance the Hawaii experience for their clients,” said Department
of Business, Economic Development and tourism Business (DBEDT)
spokesman Steven Lee, who manages the site. “Every day, we get
inquiries from people on the mainland, who have traveled or will
travel to Hawaii. People who have been here often are looking for
products they discovered in the islands. For those who plan on
going to Hawaii, we have been a source of information for events
and trade shows.” The Web site which the DBEDT has been promoting
nationally directs clients to such sources as Kauai Gift Baskets
(www.kauaigifts. com), where clients can order Kauai cookies,
coffee, tea, chocolate-covered or roasted macadamia nuts and
tropical fruit jelly, arranged in a woven lauhala (pandanus leaf)
basket. Booklines Hawaii (www. booklineshawaii.com) sells books,
CDs, videos and gifts with Hawaiian themes. Gecko Farms
(www.geckofarms. com) ships leis and tropical flowers to clients on
the mainland.
Companies represented on the DBEDT Web site:
ABC Stores www.abcstores.com Aloha from Hawaii
www.alohafromhawaii.com Aloha Fun Wear www.alohafunwear.com Aloha
Goodies www.alohagoodies.com Aloha Market Online
www.medsurf.com/hfma Artful Expressions www.artful-expressions.com
Best of Maui www.maui.net/shop/maui.html Cook’s Discoveries
www.hawaiinow.com/cooks/index.htm Extreme’s Goodie Basket
www.extreme-hawaii.com/basket Harbor Gallery www.harborgallery.biz
Hawaii General Store hawaiigeneralstore.com Hawaii Pacific Mall
www.hawaiipacificmall.com Hawaii Paradise Trading Company
www.hawaiiantrading.com Hawaii Store www.hawaii-store.com Hawaiian
Exports www.hawaiianexports.com Hawaiian Island Music
www.hawaiianislandmusic.com Hawaiian Music Island www.mele.com
Hawaiian Volcano Store www.volcanostore.com Hilo Hattie
www.hilohattie.com Hula Source www.hulasource.com Island Heritage
www.islandheritage.com Market Place www.maui.net/market.html Maui
411 www.maui.net/~reman/index.html On-line Hawaii General Store
www.hotspots.hawaii.com/store.html Shop Hawaii By Mail
www.shophawaiibymail.com