About
Our Company
Mission
Statement
At DnP, our mission is to provide Destination Management and Conference
Planning Services that are quick to afford quantifiable results and a
solid return on investments for our customers. It is our belief that we
can fulfill this mission through a unique combination of industry vision,
Hawaiian cultural expertise and the Aloha Spirit.
Why Us?
Our experience in planning and delivering the finest quality
destination management programs includes over 30 years of direct hotel,
vendor and visitor industry relationships. We've been in your shoes. We
know what your needs are and we are focused at meeting them.
We're committed to providing excellence.
This means being creative, detailed, informed, and in synch
with your objectives.
Creative means developing
a special program that is impactful, entertaining, fresh and unique
as well maximizing you dollar spent.
Detailed means thoroughly
dealing with all the little things as well as the big components of
your stay in paradise.
Informed means we've formed
a bond with the Hawaii Visitor and Convention Bureau and the major players
in our visitor industry, linking us with the latest and best that our
destinations have to offer.
In synch with our customers
means our team is dedicated to first understanding your needs, and then
committed to addressing them with thoroughness, creativity and most
important, with a spirit of aloha.
We're also focused on extending and sharing
our cultural spirit of aloha. This means ensuring your attendees
are treated to the warmth, generosity, diversity, and heritage of our
islands and it's people.
Principals
Laurie Jo Rogers, CMP, President & CEO
Having been born & raised in Hawai`i, Ms. Rogers brings her extensive
hotel experience combined with her 3rd generational family heritage to
the company offering excellence in Hawaiian hospitality and service.
Ms. Rogers is responsible for driving the companys vision and for
managing the day to day operations. She is also actively involved in the
development of all production and design of each program. Ms. Rogers has
had 24 years Hotel and Sales & Marketing experience in Hawai`i. Before
establishing DnP in 2001, she was Director of Sales & Marketing at
The Keauhou Beach Hotel.
Prior to that, she spent 12 years at the Mauna Lani Bay on the Kohala
Coast of the Big Island as Director of Group Sales where she was annually
recognized as Top Sales Producer". She was also Vice President
of Sales for B&C Wines and began her hotel career in 1978 at the Mauna
Kea Beach Hotel.
Paul Carney, Director
of Business Operations
Mr. Carney brings his many years of experience in the Hawai`i tourism
market to assist in the delivery of day to day business and financial
operations and activities.
He has over 25 years of service in the Hawaii
tourism industry, most recently on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island
and various leading hotels. His enthusiastic "can do with a smile
and aloha" attitude has made him a favorite with visitors to the
islands.
Bob "Lopaka"
Rogers, Custodian of Business Affairs
Bob's responsiblities encompass financial and business planning, marketing
and technology. He has more than 30 years of business management and systems
development. He is the founder ('94) of MCRO Solutions, LLC, a software
development and business consulting company based in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii.
Prior to this, he was a Sales
and Marketing Manager for Kraft General Foods in Honolulu, Hawaii. His
responsibilities included state wide sales and financial planning as well
as heading up a sales team. He also has 13 years of sales with a locally
owned distributor in the Hawai`ian Islands. He too, is a third generation
kama`aina (resident) of the islands.
Ululani Centeio, Program Coordinator
Ms. Centeio also works along side of Laurie Jo to make sure all facets
of programs and events are delivered promptly and efficiently. Her primary
focus is customer service and event coordination. With master degrees
in both English and Sociology, she has over 12 years of social services
in the Hawaiian islands.
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