About Yaling
Yaling Yu is native of Taiwan who moved to the United States 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 was rated one of the top 10 travel agencies in Hawaii by Pacific Business News.