Barack Obama and his entourage were in the dark for 12 hours from early Friday evening until the following morning. Many other parts of Oahu had power outages lasting 16 hours or longer. Supposedly, a lightning strike took down one generator that forced the whole grid to shut down --
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This from the Star-Bulletin, according to court testimony, pilots on Hawaii interisland carrier Go! regularly snoozed for 20 minutes or so. Whoa!
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Here's a slideshow / video compilation of some of the best nature in Hawaii accompanied by -- what else? - that incomparable Hawaii Christmas song, Mele Kelikimaka. Here we know that Christmas will be clean and bright. Sun will shine by day and all the starts by night. Mele
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Had to start happening. Big Island super resort, Hualalai, is apparently feeling the pinch of the economic slowdown, according to this article. Oh, but it's only impacting lower end properties -- like $1.7 million condos. Sniff, sniff.
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Tourism slump continues. October visitor arrivals continue the year-over-year plunge. On the upside, it's a great time to get a cheap room at a killer resort.
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This profile nicely captures the Maya Sotero-Ng and her down-to-Earth mellowness. She's a school teacher. Awesome. This has nothing to do with tourism but it tells you a bit about where Barack comes from.
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According to Web travel search engine Kayak.com, fares out of LAX to Maui are going to be very stable for the next year, in the $500 rt range. Consider that a proxy for most fares out of LAX to Hawaii. That's not so bad considering what oil prices are
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It's been a while since I gave Bruce Fisher and Hawaii-Aloha.com credit. He puts out regular podcasts / vodcasts that are chock full of useful info, like what to expect in Hawaii spas, what types of packages his agents have been booking and tips on hidden beaches. They do try
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Squirrels of the world, take note. You can buy some aerial real estate in Hawaii for less than $50. Not a bad investment for a well-traveled rodent who wants to do well and do good. Here's the info. The Big Island’s Mauna Lani Resort and non-profit group True Offsets are
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The numbers are rising steadily as the much maligned Superferry entices more to take the interisland jaunt over water. Hawaii Superferry Blog points out that the numbers are still not high enough to be profitable so we'll see how long they can hang on with tourism arrivals plunging. The
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Customers will cough up $15 for the first piece of checked luggage on flights between the Mainland and Hawaii starting for travel after Oct. 1 purchased on or after Aug. 1. This matches other airlines doing the same thing nationally. First piece of luggage will be free on interisland flights,
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Money Mag sez Hawaii has six of the 25 cleanest air towns around, way out of proportion for such a small state. Mililani, Waipahu, Pearl City, Waimalu, Honolulu and Kaneohe logged rankings 20 through 25 on the clean list thanks to 98.6 percent of days having good air quality. I
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