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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 |
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UNITE Here Local 5 -- "Safe Hotel Operations in Pandemic Conditions"
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 3753 Views :: Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Safe Hotels, Safe Hawaii Operational Guidelines for Safe Hotel Operations in Pandemic Conditions....
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Friday, April 10, 2020 |
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March Hawaiian Air Passenger Count Down 45%
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 3610 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Hawaiian Airlines March and First Quarter 2020 Traffic Statistics Reflect Effects of COVID-19....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Is Hawaii Really Run by the HTA?
By UHERO @ 8:24 PM :: 2735 Views :: Tourism
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...HTA is a destination management organization and not strictly a destination marketing organization....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Airports Corporation takes on new sense of urgency
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:16 PM :: 3062 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...The Hawaii Legislature suspended its 2020 session in early March because of the coronavirus situation, but eventually it will get back to business....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Honolulu Zoo achieves accreditation
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 3045 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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...The Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) has announced that the Honolulu Zoo was granted accreditation by AZA’s independent Accreditation Commission....
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Thursday, April 2, 2020 |
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UHERO: What is the COVID-19 exit strategy?
By UHERO @ 2:35 AM :: 3682 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Herd Immunity or Containment through Test and Trace?....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 |
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February 250,052 Tourists Per Day -- Up 0.5%
By Hawaii Tourism Authority @ 9:23 PM :: 2473 Views :: Tourism
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...life before COVID....
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Monday, March 30, 2020 |
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Economists Expect 140,000 Unemployed
By UHERO @ 11:26 PM :: 3819 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...the job count will average 11% lower than 2019 for the year as a whole, and real income will be more than 3% lower. Visitor arrivals for the year will be down an astounding 41%....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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COVID Recession: Hawaii, Nevada Likely to be Hit Hardest
By Selected News Articles @ 7:21 PM :: 4290 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...More than one in four jobs in Nevada, Hawaii and Wyoming are at risk....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Legislators: Ige's Tourism Shutdown is not Enough
By News Release @ 5:18 AM :: 3970 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Airlines to Suspend Most Long-Haul Passenger Service Due to New State of Hawai‘i Quarantine Order
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 3029 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Hawaii: The Road to Corona Recovery Leads Through Japan
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 7522 Views :: Health Care, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Governor Ige’s 14-day quarantine announcement may feel like a health precaution, but it's really a tourism marketing plan....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Ige Imposes 14-Day Quarantine
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 4513 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID Committee Meets in Secret: Harbors Div Closes Hawaii to Cruise Ships, Airports Div Next
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 5154 Views :: Health Care, Military, Tourism
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...This plan identifies three levels of risk: 1) Limited community transmission, 2) Sustained community transmission, 3) Widespread community transmission....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Thousands Sign Petition Demanding 14-Day Quarantine for all Visitors
By News Release @ 11:02 AM :: 3833 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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..."In order for it to not just ravage our community and start having massive community spread, we need to stop people bringing it into the state"....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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February 2020: Hawaii Hotels Set Another Record
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 3232 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...All classes of Hawai‘i hotel properties statewide reported higher RevPAR and ADR in February compared to a year ago....
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 |
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COVID: Activist Groups Demand Ige Clamp Down Harder
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 4067 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...A public request to enact stronger measures of social distancing across Hawaiʻi....
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Sunday, March 15, 2020 |
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Green Fees – But Not the Golfing Kind
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4543 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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...per visitor, per stay charges the money from which goes to protect and preserve the environment....
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 |
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Minimum Wage Hike will Worsen Corona Virus Recession
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 4660 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business, Tourism
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...Testimony on proposed minimum-wage increase....
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 |
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COVID19: Hawaii Tourism Drops 35% Since March 1
By UHERO @ 3:31 AM :: 4546 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism
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...In the past two weeks, things have changed markedly, and a SARS-type V-shaped path is now too optimistic....
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Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
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Just a Technical Change
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4237 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes, Tourism
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...the Department of Taxation, is behind a few of them....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 |
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Pine: Risk of Corona Virus Recession Means Hold off 'Nice-to-Have' Projects Like Blaisdell
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:11 AM :: 3459 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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...“We should hold off on ‘nice-to-have’ projects like construction at Blaisdell Center and focus on fiscal prudence,” said Pine....
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Sunday, March 1, 2020 |
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Tourist Count up 5% for January
By Hawaii Tourism Authority @ 2:42 PM :: 3543 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...The average daily census of total visitors in the Hawaiian Islands on any given day in January was 269,421, up 2.0 percent....
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 |
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Hawai‘i Vacation Rental Performance Report--Oahu Down, Sister Isles Up
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 3418 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...In January 2020, the total monthly supply of statewide vacation rentals was 797,300 unit nights....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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UHERO: Corona Virus May Damage State Economy
By UHERO @ 5:02 PM :: 4248 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism
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...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....
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Monday, February 24, 2020 |
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Before the Crash: Dillingham Aviator's Last Letter to Airports Division
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 8178 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Tourism
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...Experienced aviators Rick Rogers and Bill Enoka have been identified as the two killed at Dillingham Airfield Saturday, February 22, 2020, when their Cessna crashed on takeoff. Captain Rogers forwarded this letter to media outlets Wednesday, February 19, 2020....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 |
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Dillingham Crash is Fourth Fatal Incident in Less Than a Year
By News Release @ 2:19 AM :: 4363 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...Airplane in deadly Mokuleia crash involved in another incident 7 years ago....
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 |
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Video: Why we need an airport corporation, in 61 Seconds
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:51 PM :: 3515 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...Will 2020 be the year of an Hawaii Airport Corporation?....
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Monday, February 3, 2020 |
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Committee Releases Whistleblower Allegations of Misconduct at FAA Honolulu Office
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 5116 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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FAA employee blocked from inspecting Kauai tour chopper prior to crash
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 4843 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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HB2728: Diamond Head Attack Becomes Excuse for Tax Hike
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:03 PM :: 4806 Views :: Law Enforcement, Taxes, Tourism
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...House Bill 2728 implements a $5 surcharge for all overseas flights except for interisland travel....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Another Record Year: 10.4M Tourists Visit Hawaii in 2019
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 4213 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...On average, there were 249,021 visitors in the Hawaiian Islands on any given day in 2019, up 3.0 percent from 2018....
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 |
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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FAA Lowered Bar for Southwest Airlines Hawaii Approvals, Complaint Alleges
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 AM :: 3992 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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...U.S. air-safety regulators likely acted improperly in the way they authorized Southwest Airlines Co. to begin flights between California and Hawaii last year....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Ed Case: Why Was VFR Helicopter Pilot Flying in Fog?
By Ed Case @ 5:56 PM :: 3981 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Tourism
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...“A pilot flying his eighth 50-minute tour in one day. Without instrument certification and flying in a rough and variable terrain, rapidly changing weather environment, on visual flight rules only (solely what he could see). According to a close-by witness and other observations, probably in ‘20 ft visibility in rain and fog.’ No flight tracking equipment aboard....
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Saturday, January 4, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Retirement
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 AM :: 5050 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, Cost of Living
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...ultimately, it comes down to how far do those retirement dollars go....
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Monday, December 30, 2019 |
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The Brutality of the Museum Market
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 4024 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...On Saturday the 28th of December, a museum closed its doors for the final time....
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Sunday, December 29, 2019 |
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Rep Case Calls on FAA to Tighten Regulations After Deadly Helicopter Crash
By Ed Case @ 1:30 PM :: 4035 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii has seen 18 civilian helicopter crashes in the last five years....
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Friday, December 27, 2019 |
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Will 2020 be the year of an Hawaii Airport Corporation?
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:43 PM :: 5365 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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...After failing in the Legislature four times, maybe the fifth time will be the charm....
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Friday, December 27, 2019 |
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November Tourist Arrivals up 4.2%
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 3178 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...and tourist spending is up 3.4%....
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019 |
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November 2019 Hawaii Vacation Rental Performance Report
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 4837 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Tourism
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...On O‘ahu, the vacation rental supply in November was 252,000 unit nights. This is a decrease of 4.4 percent from a year ago....
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Saturday, December 21, 2019 |
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Property Tax Onslaught Looms
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:47 PM :: 5123 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...First they came for the owners of million-dollar homes, but I didn’t speak against it because I didn’t have a million-dollar home....
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
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“Piling On” to Transient Vacation Rentals
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5647 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Taxes, Tourism
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...The bill would classify bed and breakfast homes and other transient vacation rental units as “hotel and resort” for property tax purposes....
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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Maui on $10K per day: New Vacation Rental Fines
By News Release @ 5:34 PM :: 4442 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism
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...a civil fine of $20,000 plus $10,000 per day for each day the unlawful operation persists....
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 |
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Auditor: Zoo Loses Track of $658K
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 4539 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Tourism
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...The cooperative agreement between the zoo and the Zoo Society hampered roles and responsibilities....
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 |
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A Day in the Life of a Napali Coast Ranger
By Video @ 2:43 AM :: 4617 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Tourism
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...One of the most visible features of what has been called a “new day” for Hā’ena State Park and the adjacent Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park, is the presence of park rangers....
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 |
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Auditor--14 Years Later: Liquor Comm Still Working on 2005 Recommendations
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 4686 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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...Follow-Up on Recommendations from Report No. 05-02, Audit of Selected Management Issues of the Honolulu Liquor Commission....
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