Waikiki Business Improvement District Association

The hospitality program, started in july 2007, is staffed by aloha ambassadors who serve as hosts of waikiki and provide information, assistance and aloha to everyone they encounter. The ambassadors are also alert to safety and security issues and work closely with the honolulu police department.

The security program supports enhanced police patrols of the district's public sidewalks and beaches.

The research and planning program conducts studies of public sidewalks, street usage and the homeless population in waikiki, as well as general research on waikiki indicators, and best practices utulizing data from other business improvement districts. The public improvements program which develops guidelines and action programs for systematic, integrated and ongoing district-wide improvements.