Tourism

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....

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 ....