The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows is shutting its doors … temporarily. The popular luxe resort—situated on the Big Island of Hawaii’s Kohala Coast—will be closed from September 1 to October 31, as small renovations are done on public spaces and its 343 guest rooms. The hotel is referring to it as a “refreshment” […]
The 2009 edition of one of HAWAII Magazine’s most popular issues of the year is here! Our annual “Best of Hawaii” issue. As always, it’s packed with picks from our well-informed HAWAII readers and editorial staff sharing their insights on the best of everything in the Islands. HAWAII subscribers are already receiving the “Best of
What’s the first smart move in a down economy for a luxe Big Island of Hawaii resort after completing 15 months of renovations at a cost of $40 million? If you’re the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, it’s enticing folks into experiencing your newly revitalized property with a $1,000 resort credit. Make a reservation for a
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, which draws fishermen from across the planet to Kona on the Big Island Hawaii. HAWAII Magazine was there this week on the water. We spent 11 hours Thursday, and another 8 hours today, on the 38-foot Night Runner. There was lots of action, and lots
When we last left The Bachelorette on Maui a week ago, Jillian Harris had given bachelor Reid the kiss-off, guaranteeing spots for Ed and Kiptyn in the final rose ceremony on the July 27 season finale. But wait! Was that really Reid twirling an engagement ring on a recent Bachlorette finale preview, aiming to further
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
A major collapse at Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater summit vent this week has dimmed the luminous evening glow that had attracted thousands of visitors to the site in recent weeks. Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory report that a 1:38 p.m., Tuesday collapse of the vent wall—and a series of smaller collapses in the hours
As always, the July/August issue of HAWAII Magazine is all over the subject of Island food and cocktails. In the feature Can’t You Just Taste Hawaii? award-winning chef and restaurateur Peter Merriman takes us on a road trip visiting the Maui farmers, ranchers and fishermen he buys from exclusively, proving that fresh, Island-raised ingredients always
Great video and photos of lava activity at Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater just keep coming! Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory this week shot some of the best footage yet of Halemaumau’s lava lake during one of its periodic draining cycles. The video arrives a week after HVO shared some of the clearest footage it
As many of you will read in the new July/August 2009 issue of HAWAII Magazine, Jean-Charles Cuillandre is an astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope-—one of the dozen observatories taking advantage of the cloudless skies above the 14,000-foot summit of Mauna Kea, on Hawaii’s Big Island. Cuillandre helped build a 340-megapixel camera, allowing the observatory to
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Wendy Pinkoske writes: Is there still volcanic smog, or “vog,” along the Kona-Kohala coast? When we last stayed in Keauhou the vog arrived around 11:00 a.m. and never left. Would another island be a better choice to visit right now? The answer to your first question, Wendy, is
Geologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory this week released some of the clearest video footage yet captured of lava activity within Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater vent. Since opening in March 2008, the summit vent has sent out a thick plume of steam and ash into the skies over the Big Island of Hawaii volcano. Six
