In the May/June 2010 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we take you with us on a visit to the beaches, offshore islands, cultural sites, scenery and overall outdoor nirvana of the Windward Oahu town of Kailua. Recently, editor John Heckathorn and photographer David Croxford ducked away from the rest of us at HAWAII Magazine’s downtown Honolulu […]
Alaska Airlines announced today that it will add daily a nonstop flight between Portland, Oregon, and Honolulu to its ever-expanding U.S. West Coast-Hawaii flight schedule, beginning Sept. 20. Flight times for the new route are: • Portland, Ore. – Honolulu, Oahu Departure: 7:25 a.m. (West Coast time)Arrival: 10:25 a.m. (Hawaii time) • Honolulu, Oahu –
Saturday is May 1—around the world, recognized as May Day, but here in Hawaii also affectionately celebrated as Lei Day. It’s a day ripe with celebrations of Hawaiian culture. You’ll find a few more music and hula shows on May Day than other days, popular with both residents and visitors. You’ll find office workers heading
Our March/April 2010 HAWAII Magazine cover feature reveals our staff’s list of “20 Things to Love About Hawaii Right Now.” Pick up a copy and you’ll find photos and write-ups detailing all-things-Hawaii our staff is currently enamored of. A trio of classic Hawaii hotels, newly remade. The perfect place in Hawaii to see stars. The
The National Park Service this week shut down all boat tours to the USS Arizona Memorial thorough April 14 to facilitate ongoing construction on the memorial’s new visitor center. The popular boat tours, which escort more than 4,000 visitors each day from the visitor center to the Pearl Harbor-berthed memorial, are being suspended to finish
Hawaii interisland carrier go! Mokulele Airlines will launch twice daily round-trip flights between the islands of Oahu and Lanai beginning on May 20. The big news for travelers interested in a Lanai vacation, however, are the go! Mokulele’s introductory fares for the flights. A very reasonable $39 one-way fare, for travel between May 20 and
The Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa will begin construction on two new vacation timeshare towers in 2013, launching an aggressive expansion that will add 550 units to the resort’s timeshare holdings by the end of the decade. Hilton Worldwide officials announced the multi-tower expansion plan this week, along with plans to redevelop the
A room at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu for $40 a night? If you can put together plans within the next couple of weeks for a three- to five-night Hawaii vacation on Oahu between April 22 and May 31, you could get a $40 per night room rate at the hotel for your entire
Hawaii’s annual tradition of celebrating Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole begins Saturday, a week before his March 26 birthday and the state holiday that bears his name. If you’re on Kauai from March 20 to 28, be sure to visit the Prince Kuhio Celebration of the Arts, a weeklong festival held in the south shore’s Koloa
See that crowd in the above photo? That’s where we’ll be this evening—at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Chinatown Block Party, just a couple of blocks from HAWAII Magazine’s downtown Honolulu offices. A St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Chinatown? And the state’s largest St. Patrick’s Day party at that? Better believe it. Each March 17,
Do we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Hawaii? The question should be … Why wouldn’t we? We live in a place that’s practically green the whole year ‘round, our own tropical version of an Emerald Isle. The state’s biggest St. Paddy’s Day celebration is always at Murphy’s Bar & Grill in downtown Honolulu. Every March
The Winter Olympics are over. The last person in the world that you’re probably thinking about is multiple medal-winning short track speed skater Apolo Ohno. But he’s thinking of you—and your wish for a free trip to Maui. Or at least his Olympic sponsor Alaska Airlines is. Alaska Airlines is giving away five vacations on
