Executive Profile
Thursday, April 25, 1996
Name: Debbie Ann Kato
Age: 29
Position: Convention service manager, Ala Moana Hotel
First job: UH library clerk
Favorite pastimes:Reading, family
"Basically, it's definitely on our minds. To me its really exciting and we're thinking long-term to when the convention center opens," said Debbie Ann Kato, the hotel's new convention service manager. The 1,168-room hotel is updating its computer reservation system, she said.
Kato has seven years' experience in the industry, most recently as a guest service agent at the Hawaii Prince Hotel. She was a convention service coordinator at the Hawaiian Regent Hotel, and started in the industry in 1988 as a sales intern at Otaka Inc. After one year, she was a marketing employee at Otaka.
Kato earned a bachelor's in business administration/travel industry management in 1990 at the University of Hawaii.