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Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
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Whither the Resort Fee?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6431 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 :: 8723 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 :: 5833 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 :: 12350 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 :: 9376 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 :: 4446 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 :: 4966 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 :: 7678 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 :: 7327 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 :: 5590 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 :: 7836 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 :: 5943 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 :: 7184 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 :: 5508 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 :: 5345 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 :: 4291 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 :: 5690 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 :: 5866 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 :: 6865 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 :: 5634 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 :: 7435 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 :: 6308 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 :: 6448 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 :: 4394 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 :: 7055 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 :: 11637 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 :: 6009 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 :: 6918 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 :: 5671 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 :: 6279 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 :: 4783 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 :: 5439 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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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
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HTA: Arrivals, Spending Up
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 5756 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...Total expenditures by visitors who came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2014 rose 2.6 percent from the same month last year to $1.4 billion....
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Sunday, August 17, 2014 |
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Flying High
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5640 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Airline passengers are considered an easy group to tax....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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UHERO: Stall in Tourism Slows Hawaii Economy
By UHERO @ 3:32 PM :: 5507 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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...and no other sector has yet emerged to provide offsetting stimulus....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
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Hawaii Symphony announces two-year agreement with Musicians
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 5404 Views :: Labor, Tourism
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The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Association of Hawaii are pleased to announce a two-year agreement that will run through June 30, 2016....
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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HTA: Tourism Data Faked Since 2013?
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 5181 Views :: Tourism
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This matter is currently under review by the State Attorney General’s office, the HTA, as well as the HTA’s contractor....
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Monday, June 16, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Members to BLNR, HTA
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 7652 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Land Use, Tourism
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Both are interim appointments subject to state Senate approval....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Kyo-ya Case
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 6049 Views :: Development, Tourism
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court announced it would consider the four-year legal challenge waged by a hui of environmental groups against the City and County of Honolulu....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending Down 2.9%
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 4659 Views :: Tourism
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For the first four months of 2014, total visitor expenditures fell 2.9 percent to $4.9 billion and total arrivals dropped 2.6 percent to 2,720,760 visitors....
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
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UHERO: Tourism Weakness Continues
By UHERO @ 4:56 AM :: 5941 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Last year’s tourism weakness continued in the first quarter of this year, and incremental gains for 2014 will be slight....
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Monday, May 12, 2014 |
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Molokai Ranch Achieving Success with … Ranching
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 9396 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Agriculture, Tourism
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Moloka'i Ranch is launching initiatives to achieve sustainability, starting with the re-establishment of ranching operations....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending and Arrivals Decline for Month and Quarter
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 4549 Views :: Tourism
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in March 2014 fell 3.5 percent compared to last March to $1.2 billion....
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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States make wild claims about the effectiveness of their tourism promotion campaigns
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 AM :: 6315 Views :: Tourism
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Not surprisingly, they almost always report that funds spent on advertising translate into tourist spending and tax revenues many multiples of the original outlay....
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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Pro Bowl to Arizona in 2015, slated to make Hawaii return in '16
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 4450 Views :: Tourism
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The Pro Bowl following the 2014 season will be played on Sunday, January 25, 2015, and televised live on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET from University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, the site of Super Bowl XLIX a week later....
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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Occupy, Union Activists Organizing Homeless Tent Cities in Honolulu?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 AM :: 15086 Views :: Homelessness, Labor, OHA, Small Business, Tourism
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In Honolulu, unofficial tent cities are now set up in strategic locations designed to pressure the tourism industry, the Chinatown community, the Korean community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Honolulu Council debate over Housing First....
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Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
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Own Ivory? 89% Chance You Won't Be Able to Sell it Legally if Clayton Hee Gets His Way
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 7109 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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Hawaii is the third largest retailer of ivory and ivory products in the nation....
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