Where do Hawaii residents eat? Back in June, HawaiiMagazine.com readers salivated over an excerpt we shared from our HAWAII Magazine feature Discovering Hawaii Through Food—an island-hopping food travelogue compiled by our intrepid editor John Heckathorn. John’s mission? Sharing some of the small places to eat and food sources that only Hawaii residents know about. A […]
HAWAII Magazine’s annual “Best of Hawaii” issue is out! As always, you’ll find it full of tips and suggestions for finding the best of just about everything in the Islands—all of this advice straight from our well-informed HAWAII reader ohana and our own editorial staff. We’re sharing a few of our “Best of Hawaii” lists
Hawaii travelers who stayed at Aqua Hotels & Resorts properties this hot season may be familiar with the company’s “99 Days of Summer” special, which slashed nightly rates at most Aqua properties statewide. We’re guessing the promotion was a hit. Are you ready for “99 Days of Fall”? Aqua is discounting room rates at 15
The Maui Prince Hotel at Makena Resort will remain open at least for the near future. The resort’s mortgage lender, Wells Fargo Bank, yesterday announced the selection of Texas-based Benchmark Hospitality Management as the resort’s new management company, effective Sept. 17. The resort’s current management company, Prince Hotels Hawaii, will end its operating contract, as
The management company for the Maui Prince Hotel and Makena North golf course announced this evening that it intends to end its operating contract—a move that could shut down both properties on Sept. 16. The West Maui property’s possible closure was announced by its management company, Maui Prince Hotel LLC, which gave notice it would
HAWAII Magazine reader Tewania Canterbury emailed us with a question: For all of my life, I have dreamed about being able to visit Hawaii. With the economic climate, I am beginning to wonder if that dream will ever become a reality. I have been giving serious consideration to just biting the bullet and doing whatever
Cue up Sinatra crooning “Come Fly With Me” and check out these Hawaii airfare deals! Even as summer travel season comes to an end, yet another skirmish in the Hawaii interisland airfare war is sure to keep the heat up in September. This week, Hawaii-based air carriers Hawaiian Airlines, Mokulele Airlines and go! each announced
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
Honua Kai Resort & Spa, the newest lodging property on Maui’s Kaanapali Beach, is offering a 50 percent off rate special on select rooms for fall season vacationers. The seven-month-old condominium-resort property recently announced half-off published rack rates in its Ohana, one-bedroom and two-bedroom suite categories, for stays between Sept. 1 and Dec. 12, 2009.
Paia, that hip little beach town on Maui’s north shore, has a lot going for it. It’s the windsurfing capital of the world, with nearby Hookipa Beach Park. Its plantation-era buildings now house a dozen reasonably priced restaurants, some 40 locally owned surf shops, boutiques, antique stores, jewelry shops, coffee shops and gelaterias. It even
Will it be Ed, Kiptyn or Reid? Our feeling is it won’t really matter which sparkling specimen of the XY-chromosome set is left without a rose when Jillian Harris selects her final two suitors on the July 13th episode of ABC’s The Bachelorette. The loser will at least be fortunate enough to get the boot
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
