No Deal For Bringing Back Pro Bowl to Hawaii

Yesterday the Hawaii Tourism Authority rejected the NFL’s offer to bring the Pro Bowl back to Hawaii in 2011 and 2012. The HTA needed one more vote to bring back the Pro Bowl but was unable to do so. This is the second time the HTA has rejected an offer from the NFL and the [...]

Hawaiian Airlines Posts Loss in 4th Quarter

Despite the fact there is less competition for Hawaii travel with Aloha Airlines and ATA no longer in business, Hawaiian Airlines posted a loss for the last quarter. Hawaiian Air reported that they lost $12 million in the fourth quarter even though they saw  revenue per seat mile increasing by 18%. Hawaiian also saw their total [...]

Go! Airlines Has a Good Quarter

Go! Airlines yesterday reported its first profitable quarter since entering the Hawaii interisland travel market 10 quarters ago. Last Year Go! Airlines, which is operated by Mesa Air Group, lost $6.5 million on $6.2 million of revenue but last quarter they posted a profit of $500,000. Mesa Air Group as a whole had a profitable quarter which [...]

Mokulele Air having money problems

Yesterday there was a lot of big news in regards to 2 of the 3 interisland carriers in Hawaii. The first news came from the newest carrier Mokulele Airlines which just entered the market. The news was that Mokulele Airlines has overdrawn its $8 million line of credit with partner Republic Airways and there is a [...]

Tornado in Hawaii

This week the big news in Hawaii was a tornado on the island of Oahu that did cause some damage on a golf course. Below is some video of the tornado from one of the local television stations. It was quite amazing to see this since this never happens in Hawaii.

Travel Experts Predicting More Gloomy news for Hawaii Travel

Despite the fact that prices for Hawaii travel have dropped pretty drastically the last couple of month with hotels giving away free nights, experts still expect to see a decrease in visitors to Hawaii for 2009 and don’t expect to see the numbers increase until 2010. The global economic deterioration is likely to be steeper and the [...]

Update on Pro Bowl in Hawaii

In the last couple of days we’ve gotten word that the NFL has come up with a proposal that they delivered to the HTA to have the Pro Bowl back in Hawaii in 2011 and 2012. Also today we’re hearing a rumor that the NFL has secured hotels in Hawaii for 2011, 2012 and 2013 [...]

Was this the Last Year the Pro Bowl was in Hawaii?

As of right now maybe. The NFL decided earlier this year to have the Pro Bowl in 2010 in Miami with no locations set for future Pro Bowls. The NFL gave a proposal to the Hawaii Tourism Authority last month to bring back the Pro Bowl to Hawaii but the HTA rejected it. As of [...]

Hawaii Hotel Occupancy sees a huge drop

Hawai’i’s hotel occupancy rate dropped by nearly 10 percent in December to 60.9 percent, the lowest level since the months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks when it was around 57 percent. For the year, statewide hotel occupancy averaged about 70.4 percent, down 4.6 percentage points from 2007. Statewide room demand started out strong in 2008 with [...]

Business Travel to Hawaii

Like most segements of Hawaii travel, this past year business and convention travel to Hawaii saw a sharp decline due to the current economic environment. The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism came out with a report that 11,692 visitors traveled to Hawaii on business which is down nearly 31 percent from 16,903 [...]