Name: Hidemi Kondo
Age: 32
Position: Group service manager for Japan/Asia, Ala Moana Hotel
First job: Part-time for tour company
Pastimes: Hula, jogging, working out

"We will be taking care of the groups, having conferences with our clients (tour operators), and listening to complaints," Kondo said.

Kondo has worked more than nine years in the travel industry, both in Japan and the United States. Her most recent job was as hotel coordinator with Nippon Travel Agency in Hawaii.

She also did the air ticketing at Polo Tours and secured account reservations at Longcian KK, Japan.

Hidemi graduated in 1984 from Nippon Travel Gakuen in Osaka, Japan, and finished her English program at the University of Hawaii two years later.

Ala Moana Hotel is owned by Azabu U.S.A. Corp. It has more than 1,160 rooms.