HAWAII VACATION CONNECTION
Live from Honolulu Hawaii

   
Yaling and Bruce Fisher, Owners

Welcome to the Hawaii Vacation Connection, sponsored by HAWAII-ALOHA.COM. The official podcast for Hawaii Aloha Travel located in Honolulu Hawaii. Each podcast segment is packed with valuable information on pricing, trends and Hawaii vacation itineraries submitted by podcast listeners. Topics range from booking Hawaii All inclusive packages to sailing Hawaii cruises covering just about anything having to do with Hawaii Travel.

About Yaling
Yaling Yu is native of Taiwan who moved to the United States in 1992 and got her bachelors degree in marketing, management and retailing at Southern Illinois University after studying engineering working with micro fibers in the garment industry for 3 years in Taiwan. She then went on to get her Masters Degree in Fashion Design at Western Michigan University with a strong focus on marketing, CAD and computer science.

Before moving into the private sector, she got certified in purchasing management at San Jose State University and then began working in in Silicon valley during the Internet Technology boom of the mid to late 90’s. Yaling was quickly promoted from purchasing agent to product management working for major computer companies such as Microland Inc. and Synnex Information Technology Corporation.

Yaling began Hawaii Aloha Travel in 2000 after to moving to Hawaii to start a new chapter in her life and to fullfill a lifetime goal of being a business owner. Under her guidance Hawaii Aloha Travel has grown to become one of the largest locally owned travel agencies in Hawaii and in March 2005 and 2006 HAT is rated one of the top 10 travel agencies in Hawaii by Pacific Business News.

About Bruce
Bruce Fisher is originally from Miami Beach Florida, but has lived in Hawaii for the last 16 years where he received a bachelors degree in Psychology from Hawaii Pacific University. Always a entrepreneur at heart, Bruce has had a multi-faceted career from inventing and holding a US patent for a storage caddy for remote control devices to a radio broadcasting career in Miami, Connecticut and Hawaii. Bruce was the first reporter to reach Kauai as a radio journalist for KGU radio in Honolulu after Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and did National feeds for CBS and Associated Press.

 Bruce became a pioneer in the internet marketing field in 1996 in Hawaii when he created and then later became the CEO of HAWAII-ALOHA.COM inc. Very early in his Internet management career Bruce recognized the importance of search engine rankings and their relationship to the success of websites. As a result, Bruce has used his knowledge to create, manage and market hundreds of websites in Hawaii including the PLANET-HAWAII.COM, HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER, ASTON HOTELS AND RESORTS, HAWAII PRINCE HOTELS, DOUBLETREE HAWAII, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH just to name a few. In 2000 he partnered with Yaling Yu to create Hawaii Aloha Travel and has devoted his skills exclusively to managing and developing the company. Bruce has a passion for success and helping others around him to achieve their personal and financial goals.

Bruce enjoys working with customers and booking trips every day. He enjoys writing and has contributed/appeared in stories for the WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, TRAVEL WEEKLY, TRAVEL AGENT MAGAZINE, TRAVEL AGENT MAGAZINE - HOME BASED, TRAVELAGE WEST, TRAVEL TRADE, SMARTER TRAVEL, HONOLULU ADVERTISER, HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN, PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS, HAWAII BUSINESS, TRAVEL CHANNEL - HAWAII’S DO’S AND DONT’S.