Articles tagged “hawaii”

The success of 2012 will boost the industry in the coming year with hotel chains, real estate companies, and airlines trying to take part in Hawaii’s return to the top.

The resort was voted the best hotel in the world in 2013, according to TripAdvisor users, so it must be doing something right. Riding the wave of rising Hawaii travel doesn't hurt either.

This is a significant ruling from a major, high-profile tourist state that will help other cities and states press for more such tax relief in that the ruling came against online booking sites that have fought against these taxes for years.

Hawaii has been having an excellent year, and the year-over-year improvement in spending makes it that much better.

Everyone wants a piece of Hawaii's success right now, and it owes this return to popularity both to its relationship to the western U.S. as well as China and Japan.

Three years ago Hawaii wasn't sure what the future held. Fortunately for the island, it's held strong interest that's only growing from U.S. as well as Asian travelers.

This has to be the lamest commercial attempt yet at exploiting this meme: Koreans=Gangnam=tech-savvy=social-friendly=lets do't it! That said, Korea's a big target market for Hawaii, especially since it is part of U.S. visa waiver program now.

The increase of all the new flights to the islands help, though any increase beyond the current numbers will mean more hotel infrastructure.

Alfred Shaheen transformed Hawaiian shirts into a fashion must-have in the 1950s and boosted Honolulu’s economy by keeping all manufacturing on the island that inspired the design.

Scrapping in-room fine dining may be a result of declining demand for such room service, but it's not something we'll necessarily clink champagne glasses for.