Tourism

There are 20 bills currently on the table dealing with vacation rentals....

Tourists used to stay in designated tourism zones like Waikiki, but now they are everywhere....

This marked the fifth straight year of record growth....

Hawaii lawmakers want to make unlicensed short-term rentals a class C felony....

Listings booked more than half the year on AirBnB make up only 0.18% of Hawaii housing stock....

Last year nearly one in three U.S. travelers stayed in home-based accommodation units compared to one in ten in 2011....

Nationally, Orkin's bed bug revenue is up more than 10 percent over last year....

Not a single U.S. airport was ranked in the top 25 airports in the world, and our largest and most important airports scrape the very bottom in terms of customer satisfaction....

Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.2 billion in November 2016, a gain of 5.6 percent versus last November....

Here are needed repairs at some national parks in Hawaii....

Visitors to Hawaii spent a total of $1.2 billion in October 2016, a 6.8 percent increase compared to last October....

In Hawaii, this can be seen most starkly with the advent of the "shared" economy....

...IUCN, Other Conventions Contributed to Strong Showing in September....

Mrs. Sandefur will be speaking on Oahu and Maui on October 24th and 31st respectively....

...signs of a slowdown ahead....

A total of 780,723 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in August 2016....

The NATIVE Act is supported by a coalition of Danner stakeholders including the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homeland Assembly....

... the "compensation culture" ....

A total of 835,417 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2016....

In Honolulu, Air BnB lists 295 commercial BnB units ....

Hassan Maan Melhem later pleaded no contest to fourth-degree sexual assault and was given a deferred sentence and probation....

HAWICA Rejects Planning Department's Formalistic Definition Of "Applicant" In Vacation Rental Case....

...expected to be in the millions of dollars....

June 2016 Arrivals Up 4.2 Percent, Expenditures Gained 4.3 Percent....

U.S. Vacation Timeshare Industry Shows Increased Growth in 2015: Another Year of Substantial Growth....

“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."

... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....

The findings of the Draft EIS demonstrate that Hawaii Dairy Farms will be protective of the environment and serve as a model for sustainable agriculture in the Islands.....

The NFL’s Pro Bowl contract with Hawaii’s tourism authority expires on May 31....

...but total visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands increased 3.4 percent from a year ago to 700,573 visitors....

...Follow-Up on Recommendations Made in Report No. 13-09, Audit of Major Contracts and Agreements of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority....

Total visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2016 set a new record for the month with 786,262....

Total spending by all visitors was $43.3 million per day in February 2016....

...the AZA is concerned the city has not provided adequate funding to the zoo on a consistent basis....

...HB 1847 establishing a Sports & Entertainment Authority and HB 2229 creating a task force to keep the Pro Bowl in Hawaii....

Does the Pro Bowl really brings revenue to the state?

...retirees tend to live in rural or suburban areas with pleasant climates....

For the fourth straight year, Hawai‘i’s tourism industry set new records....

...HTA claimed, up to 47,000 additional tourists visited the Hawaiian islands to watch the game...analysis of flight records at all of Hawaii's airports around game time found that claim to be false....

This new model prioritizes Bishop Museum's Kapālama campus and...the disposition of assets that no longer fit the long-term mission and goals of the Museum....

Report of the 13-person Working Group....

For California, the passport requirement is set to take effect May 10 ....

Extends streak of nine consecutive monthly records total visitor expenditures increased 2.5 percent....

...Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bill that would exclude intra-state air transportation within the U.S. Territory of American Samoa from federal aviation cabotage....

Star-Advertiser is calling for new laws when existing laws aren’t enforced by the state....

Honolulu residents Roxayne Spruance and Leimomi Dierks brought the suit on Dec. 8 against the United States Soccer Federation, Stadium Authority of the state of Hawaii ....

U.S. Soccer has cancelled the U.S. Women’s National Team Victory Tour match scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6, at Aloha Stadium....

New Study by Travel-Hawaii.com Reveals Rush of Hawaii Hotels to Implement the Fees....