Google’s homepage is now available in the Hawaiian language. But for the time being you’d have to do a bit of searching to find it. We recently read that the homepage interface of the World’s most popular online search engine was available in olelo Hawaii (Hawaiian language). A good thing, we thought. But when we […]
On March 22, 1959, Hawaii buzzed with excitement. Hawaii had just been declared America’s 50th state. Schools were dismissed. Government offices shut down. Retail shops closed. Hundreds danced in the streets and lawns surrounding Iolani Palace. On Sand Island, a bonfire roared two stories high, while fireworks bathed the night sky in a colorful glow.
Welcome back, Hawaiian Hall! The Bishop Museum’s 120-year-old exhibit space is getting a grand reintroduction to the public this weekend, celebrating the completion of three years and $16 million worth of renovations. Renovations, which began in 2006, marked Hawaiian Hall’s first major overhaul in more than a century. Built in 1889, Hawaiian Hall is the
Hawaiian Airlines has been toasting its 80th birthday all year. But the Hawaii-based air carrier’s latest celebration of the milestone anniversary is one that could gift you with some actual time in the Islands. Hawaiian Airlines is giving away eight roundtrip coach ticket packages for two between Hawaii and any West Coast city the carrier
After shutting down for a couple of weeks this month, Waikiki’s Ilikai hotel reopened last Friday with new management and discounted room rates. The celebratory spirit continues this week with a just-announced $50 rate for the first night at the landmark hotel, now managed by Hawaii-based Aqua Hotels & Resorts. The 203-room Ilikai’s new “Hawaii
The fall airfare deals keep coming! American Airlines is offering low one-way airfares to Honolulu for fall travel from several cities across the U.S. Flight deals from Midwest and East Coast cities served by AA, in particular, were priced the lowest we’ve seen from a national carrier in some time. The fall is shaping up
Waikiki’s iconic Ilikai hotel, has gone through a volatile period as of late—closing, restructuring staff and announcing it would be reopening again—all in a matter of weeks. The hotel officially reopened to guests today, and with discounted room rates to boot. On July 9, the Ilikai’s owners, New York-based iStar Financial, shuttered the 203-room hotel
HAWAII Magazine reader Christine Page wrote us with a question about one of our favorite subjects. Are there any one-day cooking classes on Oahu that specialize in teaching Hawaiian cuisine? You ask. We answer. Hawaiian cuisine is a broad concept. To some, Hawaiian food is the cuisine you find at a traditional luau—lomi salmon, kalua
He has 37 restaurants, a James Beard award and a name recognized the world over. But can Roy Yamaguchi lay claim to the title of Bravo’s Top Chef? Find out tonight as the celebrated chef—who launched his Roy’s Restaurants empire in the East Oahu town of Hawaii Kai—competes against 23 of his culinary peers in
A telescope powerful enough to offer a time machine’s glimpse into the beginnings of the universe will be built on the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. A consortium of United States and Canadian universities today announced that the summit of the dormant Big Island of Hawaii volcano would be home to its $1.2 billion Thirty
Is multimillionaire developer Donald Trump’s name still attached to a high-rise luxury Waikiki condominium-hotel nearing completion? That’s one of the questions being asked by a handful of condo buyers in a recently filed lawsuit against Irongate Capital Partners, project developers of the property initially called the Trump International Hotel & Tower. The property recently got
America’s neighbors to the north will have more opportunities to fly south for the winter this year for a warm Hawaii vacation. Canadian air carrier WestJet is expanding its flight schedule to the Islands, adding two brand new routes and offering more direct flights from Canada to Hawaii. A seasonal Saturday flight between Victoria, British
