Tourism

Total arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands reached a new record for the month of October, with a 4.8 percent growth to 692,930 visitors....

The report indicates a shift in the visitor market....

...Justice Pollack benchslapped the Department on each of the three variance standards....

...an increase of 4.7 percent to 652,616 visitors....

including Travelocity.Com, LLP, Expedia, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, and Priceline.Com, LLP....

There were 1,074,914 total air seats to Hawai‘i in August 2015, up 5.4 percent from the same month last year....

Tourism is pushing toward new records, and the construction upswing is building in strength....

The meeting will be held at Washington Middle School from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Weds Sept 30....

The US territories cannot vote in the presidential election, but are able to vote in selecting a candidate for the Republican and Democratic parties in their local caucuses....

Francis stressed that Hawaii.com will complement, not compete against, the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau’s (HVCB) GoHawaii.com site....

... Caldwell 'Running from Controversy', 'Wasn't Around' During Crisis, 'Not the First Time' ....

Higher daily spending contributed to increased visitor expenditures on Maui (+7.2% to $2.6 billion) and Kaua‘i (+16.3% to $981 million). Visitor expenditures on O‘ahu ($4.2 billion) and Hawai‘i Island ($1.1 billion) were comparable to a year ago....

The Travel Technology Association supports formal regulations that legalize short-term rentals....

HTA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a cruise development consultant....

Hotel occupancy taxes also appear to eat into the budget tourists set for their vacation trips. Such an effect was empirically observed in Hawaii in 2013....

...visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands rose 4% and visitor spending increased 3.5%....

Total Visitor Expenditures Increased 10.4 Percent to $1.2 Billion....

...it is OK that their plan would gut the tourism industry because it would also drive Hawaii's cost of living up to the point where residents could no longer afford to leave....

Organization presents comprehensive policy platform to lower aviation taxes, promote airline competition and fix air travel infrastructure in coming FAA reauthorization....

Tourism will see additional healthy gains on the Neighbor Islands for the next two years, before rising occupancy and costs begin to bring down growth rates, something that has already occurred on Oahu....

By adding a resort fee of $25 to a room rate of $125, the hotel brings in $150 per night but it can advertise a $125 room rate....

Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....

On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....

“The proposed bill will give the state the beach front property around Kawela Bay in fee simple for $35 million...."

...5-year strategic plan for outdoor recreation....

...Average daily visitor spending (-6.4% to $194 per person) was lower compared to last February....

HB 169 would gradually raise the transient accommodations tax for resort time share vacation units to 9.25%....

...Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled decisively in favor of online travel companies....

...Sand Should Return with Trade Winds....

Ownership of a Hawaiian vacation rental has become a dangerous investment....

...Japanese arrivals decreased 4.9 percent to 110,969 visitors....

...the effect of this bill is to burden the compliant small businesses and owner/operator establishments by creating a system that favors larger rental companies and hotels....

Sales taxes in most states leave rent alone, but our General Excise Tax (GET) taxes it....

...the early years of one of the most successful tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii, from about 1870 to 1940....

...the strengthening US dollar is driving down Hawaiian’s projected unit revenues by 3.5% to 6.5%....

...In coming weeks, Hawaii’s Supreme Court is expected to hand down a decision....

It seems to be the first waiver granted this session by House Speaker Joe Souki....

... 8,282,680 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in 2014, exceeding the 2013 record of 8,174,461 visitors by 1.3 percent ....

...for not permitting it to use their site on Maui's north shore for things like weddings....

Total expenditures by visitors who came to the Hawaiian Islands in November 2014 increased 3.4 percent to $1.1 billion, compared to last November....

The balancing of million-dollar mortgages on inverse absolutes--paradise and illegality--produces a hyper-sensitive fear-and-hate-inspired psychology....

...these units would account for up to 25 percent of Hawai‘i’s total lodging inventory. In comparison, hotels units make up approximately 50 percent of visitor accommodations....

...The latest installment in the UHERO dashboard project is packed with information on the cost of travel to Hawaii from the US mainland....

Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....

...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....

To Galuteria, gambling on Native American land offers "a lot of great models" that "the Hawaiians can follow" ....

...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....

Weak tourism and federal downsizing are holding down growth.  Construction has disappointed this year....