Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast

About the Hawaii Vacation Connection

HAWAII VACATION CONNECTION
Live from Honolulu Hawaii

The Hawaii Vacation Connection is broadcast live, every Wednesday and Friday at 3:00 PM Hawaii Time. The shows focus is on the Travel and Tourism industry in Hawaii. Hosted By Bruce and Yaling Fisher, the program is designed to help people learn how things are done in the islands and how they can be more comfortable while here. The show gives insight into and appreciation of things Hawaiian beyond anything you might learn from travel books, magazines or even surfing the Internet. The show covers every imaginable subject about Hawaii — from the meaning of a Lei greeting to the Dances of the Dolphins. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.

About Bruce
Aloha! My name is Bruce Fisher. I’m a Hawaii Vacation Evangelist and the founder of Hawaii-Aloha.com. I have lived here in the islands for 18 years and have developed a special affinity and enthusiasm for this wonderful place. I’m so grateful that each and every day I can help folks plan and make their vacation dreams come true.

Over the last few years I have embraced blogging, podcasting, vodcasting and social networking because it has given me the opportunity to share the things I love about Hawaii and offer valuable information to readers. I think it’s very important that, when you visit Hawaii, you are able to connect in a real way with the people who live here. My goal has been to use this blog to help establish that connection.

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.