Opening Of HawaiiGaga.com

New search engine focuses exclusively on Hawaii vacation rentals

Pretorius & McGrath, Ltd. today announced the opening of HawaiiGaga.com, the world's first search engine designed specifically for Hawaii vacation rentals.

Record Number Heading For The Big Island

Women in Tourism International Alliance members Hawaii bound

A record number of Women’s International Travel Industry Alliance (WITIA) members have registered so far for the September ‘Hawaii Educational’ which will provide a much needed boost in ...

Same-sex wedding windfall

Experts say that legalizing unions between gays or lesbians would be a boom for Hawaii

While Hawaii at one time was at the forefront of legalizing same-sex marriage, California has stolen the spotlight, and is experiencing a sudden wedding boom.

Hawaii's go! joins "charge-per-bag" club

go! adding $25 charge for second checked bag

It will soon cost $25 more to carry a canoe paddle, fishing gear, extra gift bag or any other form of second checked-in luggage when flying on go! airline.

High fuel prices have forced up airfare, pushing a Hawaiian vacation out of reach for many cash-strapped Americans

Hawaii suffers a tourism blow

Honolulu (CNN) - A balmy breeze gently blows across the beach, with the warm, clear water of the Pacific Ocean just a few feet away. It's a place honeymooners and families go to get away from it ...

US, China

US rolls out welcome mat for first Chinese leisure travelers

Marking a first in the history of China and US relations, the arrival of the first batch of Chinese leisure travelers to the United States was celebrated via a welcome dinner in Washington, DC ...

Kūkulu Ola - Living Hawaiian Culture Program

Hawaii Tourism Authority to fund projects that perpetuate Hawaiian culture

HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the state agency for tourism, in partnership with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), is pleased to announce that ...

Kelvin Bloom Elected

Hawaii Tourism Authority announces new board chair

The board of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) has announced the election of Kelvin Bloom to serve as its chair at a board meeting held today at The Lodge at Koele on Lanai. Bloom has served on ...

Maui's Campaign Helps Prevent Cigarette Butt Litter

Keep your "butts off the beach"

MAUI, Hawaii - Maui, rated as "Best Island in the World" by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler for 13 years, is working to keep its beaches beautiful, through a "Butts off the Beach" awareness ...

Hawaii: Your Hotel Has Wonderful Amenities, But That'll Be Extra

Hawaii hotels charging for amenities

Travelers planning vacations are discovering that more and more hotels are tacking on resort fees to cover the cost of "extra" services, such as Internet access and fitness center use.

Hawaii Will See Fewer Arrivals This Summer

Summer airline capacity to Hawaii off 13%

Airline seats on flights to Hawaii are forecast to drop 13 percent this summer.

That translates into 2.26 million seats for potential passengers, 389,000 fewer than were scheduled for the ...

Hawaii Tourism

Hawaii loses 85% of air cargo capability

Hawaii's economy, reeling from the loss of thousands of jobs with the demise of Aloha Airlines' passenger service, the closure of Molokai Ranch and NCL America's decision to pull out two of its ...

Hawaii

Airline layoffs about to skew Isle jobless rate

Hawaii continued to have a relatively low unemployment rate in March, but that is expected to change as the fallout from the roughly 2,000 layoffs at Aloha Airlines and ATA is reflected in the ...

Hawaii: It'll Take More Than Just Aloha This Summer

Tourist industry braces for bad summer

HONOLULU - High fuel prices and fewer airline seats are making local companies uneasy about the state of the upcoming summer.

Small businesses that rely heavily on the visitor industry said ...

Aloha + ATA = 9000 Stuck In Hawaii

Special flights for stranded Hawaii tourists

The Hawaii Tourism Authority has contracted with Hawaiian Airlines to schedule special round-trip flights Monday and Wednesday between Honolulu (HNL) and San Francisco (SFO) to help travelers who ...

ATA

Pilots condemn ‘callous’ ATA management

The union representing the pilots of ATA Airlines is condemning the airline's management for its callous disregard of its employees and passengers in canceling all operations without warning early ...

Hawaii

Officials see obstacles to increasing China tourism

Hawaii's visitor industry is readying itself to handle an increase in Chinese leisure travel this year, but officials say there remains a lot of work to be done.

Sometime this summer, ...

USA Aviation

It will be business as usual for Aloha Airlines

HONOLULU (eTN) – Following last week’s announcement it had sought o4 bankruptcy protection, Aloha Airlines yesterday said it has received approval from US Bankruptcy Court on March 21 and that ...

Hawaii By Bus

Your guide to fun on the tour bus in Hawaii

Mix one part current events and geography, an extra-large serving of Hawaiian history, add some sassy humor and you get the flavor of a Grand Circle Island tour of O'ahu with guide Kawika ...

Hawaii

Hawaii tourism’s metamorphosis

Despite a stronger currency in both markets, more Canadians are flocking to Hawaii while Japanese arrivals continue to fall

Visitors from Canada and Japan have benefited from a 16 percent ...

Hawaii Touring Catamarans Fatal Incidents

Coast Guard says end goal to get to ‘root cause’

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard is nearing completion of investigations into two separate fatal incidents involving broken masts aboard touring catamarans in Hawaiian waters.

Tourists Love Hawaii, But...

Hawaii: 'Tourists make lousy neighbors'

HONOLULU — Hawaii's verdant volcanic peaks and crystalline waters have made tourism the state's biggest industry. But not all Hawaii residents are thrilled by the millions who flock to their ...

Hawaii

Ag-tourism beginning to bloom in Hawaii

The blend of agriculture and tourism into a niche known as "ag-tourism" is becoming an increasingly lucrative business for the state's visitor industry, a new report shows.

The value of ...

Another Cruise Ship Bids Aloha To Hawaii

Another cruise ship to leave

The Pride of Aloha is bidding aloha to Hawaii, NCL Corp. announced yesterday, just a week after the departure to Europe of its sister cruise ship, Pride of Hawaii.

NCL blamed competition ...

Hawaii

Trouble in Paradise: Kauai vs. tourists

KOLOA, Kauai — This winter's candlelight vigils and banner-waving protesters are gone, their legal challenges exhausted. Soon, bulldozers could roll past Koloa's wooden sidewalks, clucking ...

Hawaii

Fewer Hawaii airline seats set for spring

The number of seats on flights to Hawaii is declining compared to a year ago.

The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said Monday that airline capacity will ...

Hawaii

Cruise ship moving from Hawaii to Europe

The Pride of Hawai'i ends its weekly interisland cruise service today and begins its journey for a new assignment in Europe, leaving in its wake lost economic opportunity that could amount to as ...

Hawaii Is Running Out Of Steam?

Tourism slowdown felt across Hawaii

After several years of sizzling growth in tourism, Hawai'i's No. 1 industry is cooling off.

When the final numbers for 2007 come in this week, analysts say, they will show that tourist ...

Mesa Air Group

Hawaii air carrier parent loses $68.2M

Reeling from an $80 million legal judgment, the parent of interisland carrier go! reported the largest quarterly loss in its history.

Mesa Air Group, which kicked off the interisland fare ...

Hawaii

Hawaii hotel room revenues, rates up

The number of visitors staying in Hawai'i hotel rooms dipped again in November but that didn't stop the average daily hotel room rate from hitting a record high for the month.

Hawai'i's ...