TableOne Hospitality, a company that creates exclusive hotel restaurant concepts by world-class chefs, is cooking up at least 12 new restaurants in Hawaii, including its Hawaii flagship restaurant MARA, which opens in April at the Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa.
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Honolulu Ocean Safety, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Honolulu Fire Department and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources responded to the incident.
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It was the second time in two days that an HPD officer was allegedly assaulted.
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Visitors from Japan are expected to double for this year’s Honolulu Festival, a cultural exchange celebrating Japan and the Pacific Rim that kicks off Friday and runs through March 10.
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Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at peak times looked like a Disneyland-like labyrinth of lines earlier this week at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
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On any given day in Hawaii there were 242,700 visitors in January, down 6.5% from the 259,514 that were here in January 2023 and a decline of 7.4% from 262,235 visitors in January 2019.
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The Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa, across from Ala Moana Center, opens today after a $505 million from-the-ground-up investment that is expected to enliven the district and fill gaps in Oahu’s hotel market, which is mainly located in resorts.
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Michael and Merle Ross, first-time visitors from Canada celebrating their fifth anniversary, were in the middle of a tour when they got a text telling them to shelter in place because the Honolulu Police Department was dealing with a barricaded suspect at the Aston Waikiki Sunset, where they were staying.
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The Honolulu Fire Department rescued a 43-year-old injured female hiker from Waimano Pool Trail in Pearl City this afternoon by airlift.
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The Boeing 787-9s are more fuel-efficient, capable of traveling greater distances.
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While the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization is forecasting a slowdown, its latest first-quarter forecast was more optimistic than previous forecasts.
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The Hawaii Tourism Authority has launched a new public service campaign, “Makaukau Maui,” which seeks to tell visitors that while historic Lahaina remains closed after the deadly Aug. 8 wildfires, accommodations on West Maui are open and residents are ready to welcome them back.
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Honolulu police opened their second murder investigation in two days on Sunday following the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old man and the injuries of two others early that morning on Makaloa Street in the area of Keeaumoku Street.
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The full recovery of visitor arrivals from Japan, one of Hawaii’s most coveted source markets, continues to fall short, and a complete return to 2019 levels could take until 2026.
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Firefighters hiked to the woman, who was approximately 20 minutes into the trail.
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The airlines now must focus on obtaining needed approval from competition authorities, including the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general.
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On Dec. 2, the boards for both carriers approved Alaska Airlines’ purchase of Hawaiian in a $1.9 billion deal, which includes $900 million in Hawaiian debt.
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Local flight attendants picketed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Tuesday as part of a Worldwide Day of Action to demand fair contracts.
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Hawaii is finalizing plans to host delegations this summer from 28 Pacific island nations at the 13th annual festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, or FestPAC — the state’s most important international meeting since the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders summit and the 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress.
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The forecast for Hawaii tourism in 2024 is “same old”: a year of flat visitor arrivals, which aren’t even expected to recover to Hawaii’s benchmark 2019 level until after 2025.
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The Hawaii Tourism Authority is still fighting for its life in the state Legislature but has come out swinging with a request to increase its budget by $9 million, add 14 more staff positions and raise salaries for its top executives.
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