Post #785454 by tikiskip on Thu, Mar 29, 2018 6:24 AM

“These days, every event at Hukilau also includes a free cocktail”
If you are stuck at a table vending you don’t get one, F-u venders.
Kinda of a joke, but then it was different set of people running the show back when I went.
I'm sure that one of the "Legends of Tiki" will go up to each vender with a free drink and a thank you this year.

“I've seen other local conventions blow the entire marketing budget by taking out ad space in national publications”

Heck the big tiki events you see now I would bet you that most if not all of their marketing was Tiki Central, that and a few flyers they printed up when they started.
Now that they are big they can ride off the common knowledge of the event and market less.

Some of these events don’t post info or even pictures of the event on TC anymore and have forgotten who brought them to the dance.

Should the attendance cool off at one of these events look for them to be right back here at the top of the cool and current list.