Attracting Americans

More Tourists! [?] South Seas Are Attracting Americans

NUMBER of tourist organisa tions have formed a corporation —as yet nameless— with head ters in Honolulu, to promote st traffic throughout all the fic Islands which lie between b and South America and Aus i. e Honolulu Star Bulletin, of 8, says that William H. Gentry, erly an executive director of lawaii Visitors Bureau, is man ; director; that the organisa vill have offices in 14 countries; Central Travel Bureau of Mel le, and Air Tahiti, of Papeete, nterested; and that "package geared programmes” will be >y special agents in Fiji, Samoa, i, New Zealand, Australia, la, Hongkong and Japan. nnent : The tourist possibilities e South Pacific Islands have neglected for a very long When real development comes, iy come overwhelmingly. This r vague report from Hawaii be the beginning of some

-1 With 40 Passengers

arty of 43 businessmen, writers hotographers stopped at Pago May 26-27 on a return leg of Hawaiian-Tahiti Air Cruise, charter was of a DC4 and by Mr. Richard Kimball with ates Lucien Parish and James nford. They contracted with arty at $l,OOO each to make ip. The party left Honolulu ay 21 and returned on the Four days were spent in . The passengers were trans from Bora Bora to Tahiti ?turn by seaplane, only female on board was

Stewardness Barbara Jones. Mr.

Kimball is also owner and manager of the famed Halekulani Hotel at Waikiki, Hawaii, and has been try ing to promote Palmyra as a tourist resort (PIM, May, page 57).

He plans to continue making these trips but will probably by-pass Tutuila, however.

One of the passengers was the actor Jon Hall, who was going to Tahiti, with two associates, in con nection with the world premiere of his latest picture, which was filmed m Tahiti.

or and Mrs. R. B. Lowe, of Eastern reef Mr. Kimball on arrival at Tafuna Photo: pan American Prints.