Hawaii Travel Numbers Down for the 13th Consecutive Month

With some signs that the nations economy is coming to life, the Hawaii travel industry has continued to see new arrivals drop. Visitor arrivals in March was down 16% from March of last year with a total close to 556,000. With less people coming to Hawaii for their vacations, Hawaii businesses are also feeling the [...]

Could the Swine Flu Help The Hawaii Travel Industry

You may be thinking that no it won’t help increase Hawaii travel but there are some things that could make you think that we may see a surge in travel to Hawaii. One disaster that gave a surge in travel to Hawaii was the falling of the World Trade Centers. At first there was a [...]

New Airline Carrier Thinking about offering flights to Hawaii

For your future Hawaii vacations there may be a new airline carrier you can take to get to Hawaii. Allegiant Travel Company, which is based in Las Vegas, is looking into maybe offering service into Honolulu but it won’t be anytime soon. Allegiant will have around 43 150 seat planes by the end of the [...]

Hawaii on Travel Channel with Bridget

Featured on Travel Channel, Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches…
On Oahu Bridget dances hula on the world famous Waikiki Beach (which no one ever does), rides an underwater scooter in Maunalau Bay (from BOB’s Hawaii Adventure in Koko Marina, Hawaii Kai), and swims with sharks off North Shore (home of the world famous big waves of Pipeline).
On the Big [...]

Delta Airlines Post $794 Million loss in 1st Quarter

The worlds biggest airline carrier Delta Airlines reported a first quarter loss of $794 million due to a weak economy and fuel cost. Some may say why are fuel cost affecting Delta airlines when oil prices have gone down? What happened was Delta agreed to buy a lot of oil when it was above a [...]

Ala Moana and Ward still open for business

Despite Ala Moana shopping center and Ward Centers parent company General Growth Properties filing for bankruptcy this week, they still remain open for business. The Chicago based company owns over 200 malls across America, with four of them being in Hawaii, and currently has $27 billion worth of debt with the sagging economy in America. They have [...]

Hawaii Tourism Numbers Down

Arrivals to Hawaii were down 12.7 percent in February, which is the biggest drop of this magnitude in 18 years. February is considered by most to be one of the best months for travel to Hawaii and show that there aren’t any signs of things picking back up soon. Another thing that concerns the Hawaii travel [...]