Owner: Hawaii travel news URL:http://hawaiitravelnews.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:27:36 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Hawaii travel news blog rss feed. Site statistics:Click here
Hawaiian Beach Announces A New Blog 2007-06-04 16:26:00 Hawaiian Beach
Rentals, a leader in providing outstanding accommodations in Pacific paradise, proudly announces the launch of a new local blog on their expansive vacation website. The arrival of this blog at Hawaiian Beach Rentals will offer travelers valuable insight from locals living on the island.
Read more:Hawaiian
Hawaii, Honolulu priciest vacation sites 2007-06-02 18:43:00 A family of four -- two adults and two children -- can expect to pay an average of $650 per day when vacationing in Hawaii
, according to the survey released this week. Other costly destinations include the District of Columbia ($611 per day), Rhode Island ($345) and New York ($326).
Read more:Honolulu
Hawaii real estate — a looong-term investment 2007-05-29 16:43:00 Lo'ihi Development Co. will soon start offering oceanview lots speculators won't even be able to stand on for many millennia. That's because they're currently submerged more than 3,000 feet below sea level — on an underwater volcano called Lo'ihi, located about 20 miles southeast of the Big Island.
Read more:Hawaii
, investment
Finding free stuff to do on Oahu 2007-05-27 16:57:00 Although the free Kodak Hula Show, which started on Oahu in 1937, ended its performances several years ago, there are still bucketloads of free attractions around Honolulu and Waikiki, especially for families with young kids or for those travelers interested in Hawaiian arts and culture.
Read more:stuff
Hawaii Hotel Occupancy Plunges Further 2007-05-25 21:32:00 For the first time in years the hotel occupancy rate on all four major Hawaii
an Islands fell below 60%, according to a report in Pacific Business News. This number, representing the seven day period spanning May 5 through May 12, represents a whopping 16.9% dip from the same week last eyar.
Read more:Hotel
, Further
Hawaiian Air places in T+L rankings 2007-05-23 19:56:00 Hawaiian Airlines ranks third best in the nation in this year's Travel+Leisure magazine reader ranking of airlines with the best service.
Read more:Hawaiian
Finding history and serenity on Hawaii's Big Island 2007-05-21 17:59:00 It doesn't get much better than this. Sunny and 80 degrees. Wind rustling the palms. Sea turtles bobbing in a tiny cove.And that's just the natural backdrop of Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in Hawaii
.More...
Read more:Island
, Big Island
The Hawaii few people know 2007-05-19 20:53:00 Viewed from the 1,700-foot cliff, Kalaupapa looks like a travel brochure version of paradise. The volcanic peninsula stretches out below the tallest sea cliffs in the Pacific like a puddle of spilled emerald paint. Coconut-tree beaches frame the finger of land against the rolling turquoise surf. More..
Read more:Hawaii
, people
Hawaii plans international hula event 2007-05-17 20:30:00 Organizers of the first international hula conference, planned for Nov. 15 to 17, 2007, want to use the dance to get more people familiar with Hawaii
an language, culture and traditions. More...
Read more:plans
, event
Unique cultural aspects of Hawaii's history 2007-06-07 17:51:00 Historic Waipahu town and Hawaii
's Plantation Village. The outdoor history museum showcasing restored buildings and replicas of plantation structures to portray Hawaii in the early 1900s. Docents share stories of life and struggles on the sugar plantation and the beginnings of Hawaii's multi-cultural society.
Read more:aspects
Updated graduation presents 2007-06-06 17:54:00 A reliable graduation
gift used to be a new dictionary or a couple of $10 bills tucked in a greeting card. But books and bills might seem as old school as quarters for a pay phone. If you're at a loss what to give a graduate in 2007 - be they moving on from eighth grade, high school or college - here are some options:
Hawaii Travel - resort fee cheatsheet 2007-06-11 16:33:00 Travel-Hawaii
.com, an online booking service, just posted a pretty useful overview of resort fees at 16 hotels in Hawaii. Not only does it list the fee, which often comes as an unpleasant surprise at checkout, but offers an overview of the amenities any added charge ostensibly covers.
Read more:Travel
Hawaii Vacation Blog Celebrates 150th Travel Update 2007-06-09 17:22:00 Go Visit Hawaii
is one of the first independent blogs to provide Hawaii vacation advice for those looking to visit the islands of Hawaii. Go Visit Hawaii celebrates its 150th post aimed at those looking to find the best Hawaii hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities.
Read more:Travel
, Vacation
, Update
2 Hawaii beaches in top 20 ranking 2007-06-13 17:08:00 Undeniably beautiful, Hanakapiai Beach along the Na Pali Coast on Kauai is notorious for its strong currents and has been the scene of 29 recorded drownings between 1970 and 2004.
Read more:Hawaii
Resort Fees at Hawaii Hotels 2007-06-17 17:50:00 over 16 of Hawaii
's leading hotels -- mainly high end resorts -- charge mandatory "Resort
Fees" of up to $26 per day that are automatically added to guests' bills upon checkout. These fees can cause "checkout sticker shock" if guests don't include them in their pre-trip cost calculations. And often the hotels' own web sites don't make such fees apparent.
Read more:Hotels
Earthquakes in Hawaii 2007-06-21 16:40:00 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was evacuated after a swarm of small earthquakes that lasted for hours near Kilauea Volcano on June 17. Several miles of Crater Rim Drive have been closed because of high concentrations of sulfur dioxide. Other areas in park have also been closed, including several beaches. The national park Web site said the beaches were closed because they are “extremely unstable and poised to collapse without warning.”
Read more:Hawaii
Air travelers address fare war 2007-06-19 18:10:00 Interisland airfares have come down since go! showed up, but not everyone is happy
Hawaii-LAX July 4th airfare sale 2007-06-25 19:09:00 Deal: Discount one-way fares from Orange County to Honolulu (HNL), Kona (KOA) and Kahului, Maui (OGG) start at $199 each, and to Hilo (ITO) and Lihue (LIH) from $249 each (excluding taxes and fees). I was easily able to book these one-way fares online, although finding a decent price for the return flight from Hawaii
was tough.
Read more:airfare
Hawaii hotel occupancy 70% 2007-06-23 17:24:00 High season is arriving for Hawaii
hotels, with occupancy rates now at 70 percent or better in three of the four major counties. The exception is the Big Island, where more than 46 percent of rooms remained empty in recent days, Hospitality Advisors reported Friday.
Hawaii airline exec Ron Wright dies 2007-06-27 16:31:00 Ron Wright
, 58, a business and community leader, died Monday in Honolulu. The cause of death was melanoma cancer. Wright worked with Continental Airlines for 37 years, retiring as managing director of sales and marketing in Hawaii
.
Superferry nears Hawaii 2007-06-29 21:20:00 The Alakai arrives in a market transformed from three years ago, when its fares were approved. The interisland airfare war has slashed many ticket prices to far below what it would cost to travel on the vessel. But company executives say their business model isn't threatened.
Read more:Hawaii
United, Aloha sign alliance 2007-07-04 17:59:00 The deal includes United
taking an undisclosed equity stake in Aloha
in return for services provided, and its chief financial officer Jake Brace will join the Aloha board. The two airlines will continue to be independently owned and operated.
Hawaii, the best beaches are free 2007-07-07 14:54:00 Gotcha with that headline, didn’t I? I admit, it’s kind of a trick, because every beach in Hawaii
is free. By law, not even the exclusive 5-star resorts of South Maui or scattered along Kona’s Gold Coast on the Big Island can prevent public access to their beaches. Of course, some resorts do what they can to restrict access, for example, by limiting the number of public parking spaces near the beach. But don’t be fooled: you’re free to stroll, swim or surf just about anywhere along Hawaii’s 750 miles of coastline.
Win a luxurious holiday to Hawaii 2007-07-12 16:59:00 The prize includes five nights at the Kona Village Resort on Big Island and five nights at Westin Maui Resort and Spa on Maui, including return flights with United Airlines, inter-island flights, car hire and a helicopter tour of Big Island.Spend five nights on Maui, the ‘land of the sun’, enjoying a wealth of attractions from the remote and lush paradise of Hana, to watching humpback whales from the famous whaling port of Lahaina. Embrace the warmth and aloha spirit at The Westin Maui Resort and Spa, ideally situated on the spectacular stretch of the famous Ka'anapali Beach.
Read more:Hawaii
More visitors to Hawaii find alternatives to hotels 2007-07-10 17:23:00 More and more tourists to Hawaii
are bypassing hotels and finding alternate accommodations such as timeshare units, bed-and-breakfast inns or simply a couch at a friend's house. Despite record arrivals in May, hotel occupancy fell 6.5 percentage points to 69 percent because of increased use of non-hotel accommodations, according to the latest report by Hospitality Advisors LLC.
Oahu: Fall perks at Kahala Hotel & Resort 2007-07-16 19:16:00 Tired of the Waikiki scene? Want to be pampered during your visit to Oahu at someplace more peaceful, yet still posh? East of Diamond Head, the pampering Kahala Hotel
& Resort
might be just the place. Its customer service motto is “Subtle. Discreet. Observant.” If that doesn’t sound blissful enough, Travel + Leisure once called the hotel’s spa “one of the 25 most romantic getaways in the world.”
Read more:perks
Recommend Site To A Friend
