b'NEWSWIRENEWSWIRE UPCOMING PVA MEETINGS AND EVENTS Good News PVA RIVERSon Hawaiis REGION MEETINGNOV. 16-18, 2025 Proposed Cruise Chattanooga, Tenn.Passenger PVA ANNUAL CONVENTIONAT MARITRENDS 2026 Tax LegislationFEB. 22-25, 2026Covington, Ky. L ast month, PVA alerted mem-berstolegislationinHawaii thatproposedexpandingthe statesTransientAccommodations Tax (TAT) to include a per-head tax onpassengersaboardcommercial passenger vessels. While the bill was DONT MISS intended to apply to overnight cruise ships, the original language was overly THE BOAT broad and risked inadvertently includ-ing PVA members operating local day trips, sightseeing excursions, or dinner cruises in Hawaiian waters.In response, PVA submitted a formal lettertoHawaiilegislatorsurging themtoclarifythebillsscope.The letteremphasizedtheimportanceof distinguishinglarge,overnightcruise vesselsfromlocallybasedoperators that provide essential services to Ha-waiis tourism economy. You can view the letter here.Earlierthisweek,PVAmemberop-erators in Hawaii received good news whenthelegislaturepassedarevised versionofthemeasurethatclearly limitsthetaxtocruiseshipswith overnightaccommodations.Theleg-islationestimatedtogenerate$100 milliontosupportdisastermitiga-tion and wildfire recovery efforts on Mauinowmovestothegovernors desk. Governor Green has until July 9, 2025, to sign the bill into law.FOGHORN 50'