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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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Online Travel Companies Pay $53.1M Hawaii Tax Judgment
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 4579 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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including Travelocity.Com, LLP, Expedia, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, and Priceline.Com, LLP....
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Monday, September 28, 2015 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals Set New Record in August
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 4212 Views :: Tourism
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There were 1,074,914 total air seats to Hawai‘i in August 2015, up 5.4 percent from the same month last year....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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UHERO: Tourism, Construction Lead Economy
By UHERO @ 4:41 PM :: 6604 Views :: Economy, Rail, Tourism
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Tourism is pushing toward new records, and the construction upswing is building in strength....
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
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Public Comments Invited on Project to Erect Wall Around Ala Wai Canal
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 5935 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Tourism
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The meeting will be held at Washington Middle School from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Weds Sept 30....
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Friday, September 11, 2015 |
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Sen Ted Cruz Backs Airline Deregulation for American Samoa
By Michael Hansen @ 9:22 PM :: 5890 Views :: Republican Party, Tourism
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The US territories cannot vote in the presidential election, but are able to vote in selecting a candidate for the Republican and Democratic parties in their local caucuses....
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Friday, September 11, 2015 |
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Media Monopoly Grabs for Tourism Market
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 3544 Views :: Tourism
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Francis stressed that Hawaii.com will complement, not compete against, the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau’s (HVCB) GoHawaii.com site....
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Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
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After Lying, Caldwell Admin Finally Admits Waikiki Flooding is Purely Due to City's own Incompetence
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 AM :: 8896 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Tourism
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... Caldwell 'Running from Controversy', 'Wasn't Around' During Crisis, 'Not the First Time' ....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
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HTA: July Tourist Arrivals Up 5.6%, Spending Up 4%
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 4900 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Higher daily spending contributed to increased visitor expenditures on Maui (+7.2% to $2.6 billion) and Kaua‘i (+16.3% to $981 million). Visitor expenditures on O‘ahu ($4.2 billion) and Hawai‘i Island ($1.1 billion) were comparable to a year ago....
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 |
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Travel Technology Industry Applauds Maui's Proactive Approach to Short-term Rentals
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 5421 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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The Travel Technology Association supports formal regulations that legalize short-term rentals....
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Sunday, August 9, 2015 |
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HTA "Will Continue to Monitor the Jones Act"
By Michael Hansen @ 12:05 AM :: 5651 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism
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HTA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a cruise development consultant....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Travel Taxes: The Hidden Trifecta
By NCPA @ 11:50 PM :: 5425 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Hotel occupancy taxes also appear to eat into the budget tourists set for their vacation trips. Such an effect was empirically observed in Hawaii in 2013....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals, Spending Up in First Half of 2015
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 4652 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands rose 4% and visitor spending increased 3.5%....
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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Visitor Arrivals Jump 9.3%
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 4775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total Visitor Expenditures Increased 10.4 Percent to $1.2 Billion....
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Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
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$418M 'Clean Energy' Tax Hike: Fewer flights and fewer visitors to Hawaii would be expected
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 11322 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...it is OK that their plan would gut the tourism industry because it would also drive Hawaii's cost of living up to the point where residents could no longer afford to leave....
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Monday, June 8, 2015 |
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Travel Assoc: FAA Bill before Congress Should Cut Taxes on Airfares
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 4654 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Organization presents comprehensive policy platform to lower aviation taxes, promote airline competition and fix air travel infrastructure in coming FAA reauthorization....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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UHERO: Neighbor Island Tourism Still Has Room to Grow
By UHERO @ 3:08 PM :: 5701 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Tourism will see additional healthy gains on the Neighbor Islands for the next two years, before rising occupancy and costs begin to bring down growth rates, something that has already occurred on Oahu....
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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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Whither the Resort Fee?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6015 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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By adding a resort fee of $25 to a room rate of $125, the hotel brings in $150 per night but it can advertise a $125 room rate....
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Deja vu: Offshore wind plan vs. whales and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 8239 Views :: Energy, Environment, Tourism
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Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
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Inside the Government’s Push to Regulate Short-Term Rental Industry
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:33 PM :: 5442 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....
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Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
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Rusting Windfarm Junk off Waikiki: Europe's Disaster Coming to Hawaiian Waters
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 11838 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits, Tourism
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“The Southern area will be visible from Waikiki beach.... The eastern area is equally visible from the southeastern part of Oahu and will be part of the sunrise...."
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Turtle Bay Deal Announced
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 8812 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Tourism
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“The proposed bill will give the state the beach front property around Kawela Bay in fee simple for $35 million...."
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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Total Visitor Expenditures Decrease 4.3%
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 4195 Views :: Tourism
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...Average daily visitor spending (-6.4% to $194 per person) was lower compared to last February....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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TAT: Tourist Dollars not an Infinite Resource
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:37 AM :: 4592 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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HB 169 would gradually raise the transient accommodations tax for resort time share vacation units to 9.25%....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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Online Travel Companies Win Big Before Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 7220 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled decisively in favor of online travel companies....
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Monday, March 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii the extortionate state--Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 7008 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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Ownership of a Hawaiian vacation rental has become a dangerous investment....
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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Tourism: Visitors, Expenditures Drop
By News Release @ 5:46 AM :: 5215 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Japanese arrivals decreased 4.9 percent to 110,969 visitors....
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Friday, February 20, 2015 |
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HB 825 Provides Little Incentive for Illegal Vacation Rentals to Register
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:32 PM :: 7517 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...the effect of this bill is to burden the compliant small businesses and owner/operator establishments by creating a system that favors larger rental companies and hotels....
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Sunday, February 15, 2015 |
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Hotels as Renters
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5608 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Sales taxes in most states leave rent alone, but our General Excise Tax (GET) taxes it....
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Saturday, February 7, 2015 |
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Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 4:59 AM :: 6669 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act, Tourism
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...the early years of one of the most successful tourist destinations in the world, Hawaii, from about 1870 to 1940....
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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Hawaiian Airlines: 'Deepest Decrease of any US Airline'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:54 PM :: 5263 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...the strengthening US dollar is driving down Hawaiian’s projected unit revenues by 3.5% to 6.5%....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Could Sock Expedia for $626M in Hotel Taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 5018 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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...In coming weeks, Hawaii’s Supreme Court is expected to hand down a decision....
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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HB1452 Heard Without Notice: Permits Vacation Rentals "In any area of zoning classification"
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 PM :: 4047 Views :: Tourism
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It seems to be the first waiver granted this session by House Speaker Joe Souki....
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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2014: Record Visitors, Record Expenditures
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5315 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... 8,282,680 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in 2014, exceeding the 2013 record of 8,174,461 visitors by 1.3 percent ....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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DLNR Imposes 3% Gross Receipts Fee on Ocean Recreation Vendors
By News Release @ 6:53 PM :: 5472 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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Permit fees are $200 per month or 3% of gross receipts; whichever is greater....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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"'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:30 PM :: 6430 Views :: Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...for not permitting it to use their site on Maui's north shore for things like weddings....
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Up for November
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 5258 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to the Hawaiian Islands in November 2014 increased 3.4 percent to $1.1 billion, compared to last November....
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Sunday, December 28, 2014 |
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Anti-GMO Activism Caused by Illegal TVRs?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 7058 Views :: Tourism, GMOs
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The balancing of million-dollar mortgages on inverse absolutes--paradise and illegality--produces a hyper-sensitive fear-and-hate-inspired psychology....
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014 |
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HTA Study: Vacation Rental Units are 25% of Total Lodging
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5905 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...these units would account for up to 25 percent of Hawai‘i’s total lodging inventory. In comparison, hotels units make up approximately 50 percent of visitor accommodations....
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Saturday, December 20, 2014 |
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Flying to Hawaii: Comparing the Cost and Frequency Across States
By UHERO @ 12:56 AM :: 6066 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...The latest installment in the UHERO dashboard project is packed with information on the cost of travel to Hawaii from the US mainland....
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 |
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October Visitors Up 3%, Expenditures up 3.3%
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 4099 Views :: Tourism
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Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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New Jersey Has Therapists, Hawaii Has Tour Guides
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:22 PM :: 6689 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...businesses and workers with specialized skills congregate together....
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Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Galuteria Talks Up Casinos for Hawaii Tribal Reservation
By Video @ 6:11 AM :: 10995 Views :: Akaka Bill, Development, Gambling, OHA, Tourism
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To Galuteria, gambling on Native American land offers "a lot of great models" that "the Hawaiians can follow" ....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Waikiki Homeless Outreach Begins Nov 3
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 5673 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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UHERO State Forecast Update: Hawaii's Economy In Need of An Engine
By UHERO @ 2:00 PM :: 6527 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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Weak tourism and federal downsizing are holding down growth. Construction has disappointed this year....
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 |
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Honolulu Airport 3rd Worst in N America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:34 PM :: 5322 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Honolulu’s airport is hardly the welcome to Hawaii that you might expect.....
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Chertoff: Gabbard's Visa Proposal Damages Tourism
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:45 PM :: 5981 Views :: Military, Tourism
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...the Gabbard measure would go further, forcing thousands of economy-boosting tourists and business travelers to apply for visas — a notoriously arduous process....
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Thursday, October 2, 2014 |
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With Billions of Tourist Dollars at Stake, DoH Quickly Slaps Down Talk of Ebola
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 4420 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has determined that the individual in isolation at a Honolulu hospital who was reported to the department as a possible Ebola case yesterday does not meet the criteria for testing....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
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Total Arrivals Decline 1.3 Percent
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 5078 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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A 1.3 percent decline in total arrivals and a shorter average length of stay led to a 3 percent decrease in visitor days....
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