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Historic Hawaii Theatre inks deal with Indigo Restaurant

Honolulu’s Hawaii Theatre recently signed a 10-year lease renewal with chef Glenn Chu’s Indigo Restaurant.  This is a big deal.  Why? The two were prime movers in the restoration of Honolulu’s Chinatown and the creation of the Chinatown Arts District. An nonprofit organization saved the 1922 Hawaii Theatre from demolition and painstakingly restored it to

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Ohana Hotels offering Waikiki room deals as low as $79 a night

Here’s a deal for traveler’s seeking an affordable vacation on Oahu this summer, or a reasonably priced Waikiki escape right now. Ohana Hotels & Resorts is offering seriously low room rates at four of its Waikiki properties all summer, and through the fall. Nightly rates start at $79 at Ohana’s Waikiki West, $89 at the

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Lantern Floating Hawaii a Memorial Day tradition

Monday evening marks the return of the annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony—one of Hawaii’s most visually breathtaking and poignant events. We attended last year’s event, at Honolulu’s Ala Moana Beach Park—along with 40,000 Hawaii residents and visitors. As you can see below in a slideshow of photos we took, the sunset ceremony is a sight

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Getting a read on this weekend’s Hawaii Book & Music Festival

If you’re on Oahu, consider your summer reading list and backyard barbecue soundtrack complete. The Hawaii Book & Music Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday in Honolulu. Looking for a superabundance of literature and music created and published here in Hawaii, all in one location? We’d be hard pressed to think of a better place

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Waikiki’s Halekulani hotel celebrates its 25th anniversary

Waikiki’s Halekulani hotel celebrated its 25th anniversary last weekend. The hotel is actually 102 years old, having begun life in 1907 as the Hau Tree Residential Hotel, a relatively modest establishment, a beachfront house and five bungalows. No, this is the 25th anniversary of the “new” Halekulani. By the 1980s, the hotel had grown, the

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