Deals abound as Hawaii tourism remains soft
The only thing robust about Hawaii’s spring break tourist season this year are the discounts. Read more
The only thing robust about Hawaii’s spring break tourist season this year are the discounts. Read more
Visitors spent $57.1 million per day on average in February, a 2.4% decline from February 2023 but up 15.2% from February 2019. Read more
It took serious coordination for students from H.P. Baldwin High School and King Kekaulike High School to lift and carry a “mikoshi,” or portable shrine, on their shoulders through the streets of Waikiki as part of the recent Honolulu Festival’s Grand Parade. Read more
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A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday in the 2021 shooting death of a former teenage gang member who as an adult worked at a nonprofit aimed at turning around high-risk youth. Read more
A female hiker in her 20s had been injured and could not return to the trailhead on her own. Read more
Investors hope to convert excess office space into residential rentals and fee-simple housing, hotels, educational space, retail, activity centers, food and beverage venues, and community services like dog parks and senior care. Read more
The event continues today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. Read more
The full recovery of visitor arrivals from Japan continues to fall short, and tourism officials have said it could be 2026 before the Japan market is restored to its 2019 level of more than 1.5 million visitor arrivals. Read more
A bill that seeks to give the counties the power to control short-term rentals — even phase them out— is still alive after crossing over from the Senate to the House where two House committees moved the measure forward. Read more
The Division of Financial Institutions determined that Sigue, which last year conducted about 16,000 money transmission transactions in Hawaii, totaling more than $9 million, did not meet statutory provisions related to financial condition. Read more
In Hawaii, the “Southwest effect” resulted in a double-digit increase in interisland passengers and reduction in interisland airfares. Read more
Sunday’s killings, along with the three other recent cases, underscore the need for more awareness about domestic violence and more resources to mitigate the affects of such violence on individuals, families and communities, experts say. Read more
Honolulu police said a Manoa man fatally stabbed his wife and their three children in their home Sunday morning before killing himself in Hawaii’s worst mass homicide since the Xerox shooting in 1999. Read more
Five major airport runway projects totaling more than $520.7 million are moving forward at Hawaii airports this year due to an increase in federal dollars made possible by new types of grant programs, some of which provide multiple awards for a single project. Read more
Visitor arrivals to Hawaii are not expected to fully recover until 2027, according to the latest economic forecast from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Read more
The Hawai‘i Convention Center completed a $225,000 exterior camera installation project just in time to catch footage linked to the shattering of one of its soaring glass windows, worth about $25,000. Read more
TableOne Hospitality, a company that creates exclusive hotel restaurant concepts by world-class chefs, is cooking up at least 12 new restaurants in Hawaii, including its Hawaii flagship restaurant MARA, which opens in April at the Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa. Read more
Honolulu Ocean Safety, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Honolulu Fire Department and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources responded to the incident. Read more
It was the second time in two days that an HPD officer was allegedly assaulted. Read more
Visitors from Japan are expected to double for this year’s Honolulu Festival, a cultural exchange celebrating Japan and the Pacific Rim that kicks off Friday and runs through March 10. Read more
Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at peak times looked like a Disneyland-like labyrinth of lines earlier this week at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Read more