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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Kayak Rental Co fined $35K for Blue Law Violations
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 121 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... We all know Sundays are holy days set aside for the worship of the Goddess Gaia ....
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Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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Bill allowing counties more authority over short-term rentals on Green's desk
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 PM :: 180 Views :: Development, Small Business, Tourism
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... A conference committee agreed to pass Senate Bill 2919, which would allow counties to create zoning laws regulating short-term rentals ....
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
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Attorneys Blocking JetBlue/Spirit Merger Now Targeting Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 944 Views :: Judiciary, Tourism
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... this law firm also filed a similar suit wherein JetBlue was subsequently blocked in its attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines ....
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Friday, April 12, 2024 |
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Health Department: Lahaina Ocean Waters Safe for Recreation
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 724 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 'Toxic' hysteria has been used to keep property owners away from their lots in the Lahaina burn zone--but the DoH just can't find any toxins ....
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
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Study STR economic impact before banning them
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:34 PM :: 1154 Views :: Hawaii County , Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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DLNR Now Charging $1 to Use Ocean
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 1262 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... more than 500 companies with commercial use permits from the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), began collecting one dollar from each passenger or customer ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Tourism Arrivals and Spending Down
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 1327 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... February 2024 average daily census of 236,008 is a decline from 2023 ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Green Maui Update: Will not seize TVRs
By Video @ 3:12 AM :: 1289 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Green: No Permits to rebuild Until End of 2024 ....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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Bill 121: TVRs to be Banned?
By Video @ 12:00 PM :: 1620 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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... Once Hawaii County forces families to apply for permits, the next step will be an effort to ban our industry entirely ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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Victory! Honolulu Agrees to Suspend Enforcement of Unconstitutional Ordinance, Saving Local Businesses
By Selected News Articles @ 11:50 PM :: 2620 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Small Business, Tourism
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... City suspends enforcement of a city ordinance that’s driving several restaurants in Waikiki out of business ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Short-term Rental Crackdown: State, County Bills Threaten Residents
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:58 PM :: 1472 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... to phase out short-term rentals and impose higher taxes on them ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Short-term rental owners stand firm for their rights
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:35 PM :: 1904 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tourism
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... Short-term rental owners in Hawaii could hardly find a better spokesperson for their cause ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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January Tourist Count Down 3.6%
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1260 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... January 2024, total visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands (763,480 visitors, -3.6%) and total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars ($1.81 billion, -4.5%) declined compared to January 2023 ....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
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Bills increasing costs for tourists moving through Hawaii Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 PM :: 1318 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... two proposals that would increase the transient accommodation tax, known as TAT ....
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Friday, February 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii committee to discuss $25 tourism tax Friday
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 AM :: 1369 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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... House Bill 2406 would impose a $25 "transient accommodation tax," also known as a TAT, on top of the 10.25% TAT that is already in place ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Kauai: Tourism Industry Scores Another Big Win Over Agriculture
By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 1407 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Agriculture, Tourism
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... To prevent tourists from seeing muddy water, West Kauai seed farms will be required to get federal NPIDES permits ....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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Five Straight Months of Tourism Decline Since Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 2:02 PM :: 1271 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Since the August 2023 Maui wildfires, visitor arrivals have decreased in four out of the last five months while visitor spending recorded five straight months of decline compared to 2022 ....
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Monday, January 29, 2024 |
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Senate Sets Triple Hearing on Vacation Rental Bill
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 1415 Views :: Development, Small Business, Tourism
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... Senate Bill 2919 establishes State Regulations for short-term vacation rentals, allows the counties to adopt zoning ordinances and regulations for the amortization or phasing out of certain land lands or structures, and applies the TAT to shelters and vehicles with, or advertised as including, sleeping accommodations ....
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 |
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Proposed STR regulations pose threat to Hawaii Island economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:39 PM :: 1468 Views :: Hawaii County , Economy, Small Business, Tourism
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“...30% respondents reported that if there was not a home and vacation rental option during their recent stay in Hawaii, they would not have made the trip....”
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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Saiki Opening Day Speech: Don’t let Lahaina property owners rebuild
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 2237 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Tourism
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... Turn Lahaina into Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Kona Airport Runway Cracks Force Shutdown
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 1102 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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... HDOT is also working with contractors to mill and resurface a 10’ X 10’ area. Expected completion of the resurfacing, which will allow the runway to reopen, is prior to first light Tuesday, Jan. 16 ....
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Friday, January 5, 2024 |
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No Nukes: Green Announces $500M “Maui Interim Housing Plan”
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 1182 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 2,400-plus households, totaling more than 5,928 individuals, remain housed in more than 30 hotels throughout Maui ....
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Sunday, December 31, 2023 |
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It might be called Hawaiian, but it isn’t Hawaii-owned
By Selected News Articles @ 4:04 PM :: 1782 Views :: Hawaii History, Tourism
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... Hawaiian Airlines has not been owned by an individual or entity in Hawaii for a long time ....
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Sunday, December 31, 2023 |
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Restaurants Getting Cooked
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2075 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... A number of restaurants are in a pinch recently. Here’s what happened to them ....
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Friday, December 29, 2023 |
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DBEDT: Tourist Count Up--Spending Down
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 1028 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Spending was down 2.4% in November when compared to the previous year. However, the number of tourists increased by 0.3% to 731,233 ....
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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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Air Tours to be Restricted over Volcanoes National Park
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 1155 Views :: Tourism
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... National Park Service completes Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Air Tour Management Plan ....
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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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Existing short-term Hawaii rentals may remain in operation, judge rules
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 AM :: 2242 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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... The ordinance that levies heavy fines on short-term rentals in Honolulu remains in effect only for new rentals beginning operations after the ordinance was put in place ....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023 |
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Army and HDOT Set to Negotiate 50-Year Lease for Dillingham Airfield
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1179 Views :: Military, Small Business, Tourism
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... Typically, local commanders are permitted to approve routine five-year leases, however, with HDOT seeking a longer term (50 years), the Army had to seek approval in Washington, D.C. ....
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Saturday, December 16, 2023 |
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Green announces plan to use short-term rentals to help with Maui housing
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 1065 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Should the incentives fail to motivate enough STRs to become available, Green may impose a short-term moratorium by mid-January, he said ....
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
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Fixation on short-term rentals called distraction from 'true culprit'
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:37 PM :: 1660 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... government actions created the demand for STRs in the first place, and government regulatory failures “created housing unaffordability long before STRs even came into existence." ....
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
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How times have changed
By Selected News Articles @ 1:02 AM :: 1442 Views :: Tourism
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... the mere fact that an airline that was not “Hawai‘i based” came in to buy a “Hawai‘i based airline” that didn’t elicit an immediate hearing in the State Capitol on the merits of it told me that, indeed, the relationship between the people of Hawai‘i, its government officials, and its aviation options, has very much changed....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 |
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DHS Offers $11K/Month for TVRs to House Lahaina Victims
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 1240 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Program will house FEMA-ineligible survivors of Maui wildfires for up to 12 months ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Alaska Airlines Buys Hawaiian Air for $1.9B
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 2190 Views :: Tourism
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... a definitive agreement under which Alaska Airlines will acquire Hawaiian Airlines for $18.00 per share in cash, for a transaction value of approximately $1.9 billion ....
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Saturday, December 2, 2023 |
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Use carrots, not sticks, to help Maui fire victims
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:35 PM :: 1145 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... looking for a “win-win” result ....
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Friday, December 1, 2023 |
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HTA: Input Invited on Tourism’s Role in Supporting Maui’s Recovery
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 1015 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Community Meeting to be Held at Maui Arts & Cultural Center, December 4 ....
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 |
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Tourist Arrivals Down for Third Straight Month
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 1202 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Maui: 35,526 visitors in October 2023, compared to 59,372 visitors (-40.2%) in October 2022 and 59,620 visitors (-40.4%) in October 2019 ....
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023 |
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DLNR: Demolition of Uncle Billy's Hotel Begins Today
By News Release @ 12:26 PM :: 1105 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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... For the last few years, drug addicts had been living in the dilapidated structure ....
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Caldwell's COVID Slush Fund: 'Follow the Money'
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:36 PM :: 1583 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, Tourism, COVID-19
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... you have to follow the money, especially when there’s a huge surge of funds given to the government to dole out ....
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Let's not fall for all the Aloha Stadium hype
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:24 AM :: 1588 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism
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... even the slimmed down plan is worrisome ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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DOBOR Proposes Paid Parking at Ala Wai (again)
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 1497 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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... Ed Underwood said, “The boating program is currently subsidizing free parking in the facility which is not fair to those who are paying the fees" ....
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Sunday, October 15, 2023 |
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Tourists, Keep Out!
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1850 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... government should not be there to take choices away ....
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 |
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Is it really a good idea to build a new Aloha Stadium?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 2175 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... Considering the record of the old Aloha Stadium, there are many questions ....
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 |
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West Maui tourism decision should be individual choice
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:12 PM :: 1589 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... leave it to each resident’s own timeline, not government officials ....
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Sunday, October 8, 2023 |
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Let Maui tourism recover at its own pace
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:36 AM :: 1571 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... Should the government have the last word in creating a tourism timeline? ....
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Sunday, October 1, 2023 |
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LahainaFires: 600 families put out of Hotels
By News Release @ 6:44 PM :: 2147 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 2,200 of the families displaced by the Maui wildfires who are receiving shelter in hotels and similar lodging have completed the required eligibility process ... 600 haven't ....
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Friday, September 29, 2023 |
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Maui Tourists Shift to Other Islands
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 1665 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... In August 2023, visitor arrivals to Oahu +11.0%, Hawaii Island +4.1% and Kauai +9.0% increased while visitor arrivals to Maui -57.8% dropped significantly ....
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Friday, September 22, 2023 |
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Wildfires deliver heavy blow to Maui economy
By UHERO @ 4:30 PM :: 1644 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced out of rebuilt town without zoning changes ....
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Thursday, September 21, 2023 |
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RedCross: 78% of Lahaina Staying in Shelters
By Video @ 10:43 PM :: 1829 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... “Our primary focus at this time is caring for about 78 percent of the pre-disaster population of Lāhainā — who are staying in dozens of non-congregate shelters (NCS)” ....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023 |
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More than 11% of workers in Maui County file for unemployment after deadly wildfires
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 1622 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... There have been 10,448 new claims for unemployment in Maui County in the four weeks since the fires struck ....
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