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by Anafe Campo | June 24, 2018 | Events, High School Participants, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | June 24, 2018 | Events, High School Participants, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | June 24, 2018 | Events, High School Participants, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | June 24, 2018 | Events, High School Participants, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | May 1, 2018 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts, High School Participants, Latest Posts, Press | 0 Comments

The theme of this year’s Lead, Expose and Inspire Program, LEI, April 16-17 on Hawaii Island was the wind of the Hawaiian Islands, and like the makani of the Hawaiian Islands, each person’s wind sets them on a different journey — one that consists of their dreams and...

by Anafe Campo | April 10, 2018 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts, Latest Posts, Press | 0 Comments

HONOLULU (KHON2) - There's a great opportunity for high school students who are thinking about pursuing a career in Hawaii's tourism and hospitality industry! They can hear from industry leaders about the benefits of staying home in the islands and following their...

by Anafe Campo | April 10, 2018 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts, Latest Posts, Press | 0 Comments

A visitor industry-supported workforce development program kicks off this week to encourage young people to pursue tourism careers, an important recruitment step at a time when the state’s visitor industry is vying to attract candidates amid record unemployment lows....

by Anafe Campo | March 13, 2018 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts, Press | 0 Comments

Hawaii businesses can expand students’ horizons through the state’s largest workforce development program. For the past seven years, the LEI (Lead, Expose, Inspire) program of ClimbHI has been helping high school students throughout the entire state follow their...

by Anafe Campo | August 24, 2017 | Events, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | August 24, 2017 | Events, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | August 24, 2017 | Events, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

by Anafe Campo | April 10, 2017 | Events, Featured Posts | 0 Comments

KOLOA — Kylie Butts thought Tuesday’s Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration program was just going to be a field trip she could enjoy instead of being in a classroom. What the Kauai High School senior didn’t expect was to learn so much about the local hotel and...

by Anafe Campo | April 25, 2016 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

King Kekaulike High sophomores Savanna Valdez and Madison Dutro (first photo) chat with Barbie Dofa, Napili Kai Beach Resort director of human resources Wednesday during a career fair at the Sheraton Maui. The fair was part of the LEI (Leadership, Exploration,...

by Anafe Campo | April 7, 2016 | Articles, Featured Posts, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

Annual leadership program to help inspire next generation of Hawaii's hospitality industry. HONOLULU - In April of 2016, ClimbHI and the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) will kick off the 5th annual LEI (Leadership, Exploration, and Inspiration) program. Sponsored by...

by Anafe Campo | April 7, 2016 | Articles, Featured Posts, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

Photo by: Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island Chef Michael Young of the Sheraton Kauai Resort, leads a line of Kauai Community College culinary arts students and other chefs in serving up Niihau Lamb during the ACF Breakfast at the Kauai Community College in this...

by Anafe Campo | March 24, 2016 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts | 0 Comments

Inspiring the next generation LIHUE — In April, ClimbHI and the Hawaii Tourism Authority will kick off the 5th annual LEI (Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration) program. LEI is the largest workforce development program in Hawaii, and was created to inspire Hawaii’s...

by rob | July 29, 2015 | Events, Featured Posts | 0 Comments

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM The visitor industry is working hard to find the next generation of local hospitality workers. Kapiolani Community College students Anna Huertas, second from left, and Rita Barrientos talk with Julie Morikawa, right, and...

by Shawn Saito | June 5, 2015 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts | 0 Comments

by Dennis Fujimoto - The Garden Island POIPU — Waimea High School student Kamryn Kenney was thrilled to be part of the Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration workforce development program Friday at the Sheraton Kauai Resort. “This is a great opportunity for hands-on...

by Anafe Campo | May 14, 2015 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts | 0 Comments

In honor of Tourism Month, the HTA would like to share an editorial piece by Kezeah Bautista, an 11th grader at Farrington High School, who recently participated in the Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration (LEI) tourism industry career development program held at...

by Anafe Campo | April 14, 2015 | Articles, Events, Featured Posts, Latest Posts | 0 Comments

Hundreds of high school and college students got an inside look at Hawaii’s tourism industry Friday. The 4th annual LEI Program features more than 60 businesses, including 21 full-service hotels, that introduce students to various visitor-oriented operations, and even...