Decline in People Traveling to Hawaii in the Fall says New Report

A new report from the state of Hawaii for visitor arrivals says that airline capacity on flights to Hawai’i is expected to decline to 1.98 million seats from September through November which is a 2.1 percent decline from the same period last year. Even though there has been some recovery over the summer experts think [...]

Another Airline to Bite the Dust?

I’ve gotten word from some travel insiders that we may soon see another airline go out of business and merge with another airlines. These airlines deal with Hawaii travel so it should make things interesting. As some airlines struggle to stay alive we may soon only see the ones with a bigger wallet survive which [...]

Marriott Offering Free Trips to Hawaii

As part of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii statehood the Marriott Hotel is offering 25 all expense trips for two to designated Marriott resorts on Maui, Oahu Kaua’i, or the Big Island by submitting a Twitter handle, Facebook connection or e-mail address. You can enter to have a chance to win one of the [...]

Things Getting Back to Normal?

With all the bad news about the economy and how it has affected travel to Hawaii, yesterday there was a sign that things might slowly be getting back to normal. Hawaiian Airlines announced yesterday that it will be adding 170 jobs by early next year to help staff their new planes. With most in the [...]

Hurricane Felicia to Hit Hawaii Today

Though it’s no longer a hurricane but now a tropical depression. Hawaii is supposed to get heavy rain and winds up to 35 mph tonight and some of tomorrow but it won’t be as bad as some were predicting. The reason for the hurricane to lose power, well it’s due to the Hawaii winds blowing [...]

Here Comes those Hawaii Travel Commercials

Yesterday the HTA approved $4.1 million for it’s marketing campaigns in the Western part of the US to help attract visitors. The reason for the the HTA to target the West Coast is because it’s closer to Hawaii and the Hawaii travel market saw an increase in visitors in May and June. Personally while I [...]