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Monday is Last Day to Support New Japan Flight

September 9, 2012
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Monday is Last Day to Support New Japan Flight

Monday is the last day to write letters of support for Hawaiian Airlines’ application to start a new direct Kona-Japan flight.   Hawaiian is asking businesses and residents to write letters of support to the U. S. Department of Transportation, explaining why the USDOT should grant the route to Hawaiian Airlines.   Hawaiian Airlines has filed an application for a daily, direct flight between Haneda, Japan and Kona.  It would depart from Kona at 5:50 p.m. from October through May and at 5:30 p.m. from November through April, arriving at Haneda at 10:00 p.m. the following…

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Hawaiian Air Needs Public Help for New Japan Flight

September 6, 2012
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Hawaiian Air Needs Public Help for New Japan Flight

The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce is seeking assistance from residents and businesses around the island to help make a direct Kona-Japan flight a reality. Hawaiian Airlines has filed an application for a daily, direct flight between Haneda, Japan and Kona.  It would depart from Kona at 5:50 p.m. from October through May and at 5:30 p.m. from November through April, arriving at Haneda at 10:00 p.m. the following day.  The flight from Haneda to Kona would leave at 11:55 p.m. and arrive in Kona at 12:45 p.m. the same day. The  flight could bring an…

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Hotel Occupancy Shoots Up Statewide for July

September 4, 2012
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Hotel Occupancy Shoots Up Statewide for July

Hotel occupancy is up statewide.  The hotel lodging analysis group Hospitality Advisors says hotels set a statewide record for July monthly room revenue, and the visitor industry is on a pace to set an annual high for both arrivals and spending.   Statewide, hotel occupancy was close to 82%.   Hawaii Island isn’t doing as well as the rest of the state, with hotel occupancy at 64%.  The Sheraton Kona at Keauhou Bay’s General Manager Steve Lundberg says that’s partly a function of airlift, and Hawaii Island needs more flights to get the visitors here.  He…

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Hawaiian Air Looking to Add Kona-Japan Flight

September 1, 2012
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Hawaiian Air Looking to Add Kona-Japan Flight

In what is excellent news for Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Airlines has told the United States Department of Transportation it wants to add a daily nonstop flight between Kona and Tokyo International Airport, also known as Harada Airport.   But there’s no guarantee the DOT will grant the request. Japan Airlines used to have a daily flight between Kona and Tokyo’s Narita Airport.  JAL cancelled that flight at the end of October, 2010.  Since then, the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce leadership and local hotels have been concerned about Kona International Airport being able to maintain its “international”…

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UH Hilo Hosting Golf Championship

April 18, 2012
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UH Hilo Hosting Golf Championship

The University of Hawaii at Hilo hosts the 2012 Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Men’s Golf Championship, April 22-24, on the Waikoloa Kings Course at the Waikoloa Beach Resort.   Participating in the tournament are PacWest members Academy of Art University (San Francisco, Calif.), Brigham Young University-Hawaii, California Baptist University (Riverside), Chaminade University, Dixie Sate College of Utah (St. George), Dominican University (San Rafael, Calif.), Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, Ariz.), Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii Pacific University and Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, Calif.).   Five players will represent each school in the best-4-of-5, 54-hole format.…

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Waimea Middle Board Sets Thursday Public Meeting

February 15, 2012
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The Board Chair of Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School, Keith Vieria, has set a community meeting to discuss the departure of principal John Colson for Thursday, February 16 at Thelma Parker Memorial Gym in Waimea from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.   Colson abruptly left his position after being called to  a Friday, February 2 meeting with representatives of the school’s governing board  in Honolulu.    Just a week prior, Colson had received his evaluation from the Board, and was given 4.8 points out of a possible 5. The following Tuesday, Board President and Interim Principal…

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Hawaiian Airlines to Fly to Big Apple

November 17, 2011
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Hawaiian Airlines announced it will fly between Honolulu and New York City starting in June, 2012.  Hawaiian Airlines’ President and CEO, Mark Dunkerley, said adding New York is an important part of the airline’s growth strategy.   Over the last many years, Hawaiian Airlines has expanded their service to include many West Coast and Asian destinations. Mike McCartney, CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, said the new service will generate an estimated $156 million in visitor spending and $17 million in state tax annually for the state’s tourism economy. The new Hawaiian Flight 50 (named after…

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Hawaiian Airlines Removing Minimum Mile Credit

May 29, 2011
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Hawaiian Airlines Removing Minimum Mile Credit

Hawaiian Airlines will no longer award a minimum of 500 miles for short flights, the airline said in an e-mail to HawaiianMiles members Friday. The removal of the minimum earning for short flights will apply to reservations booked after September 1. HawaiianMiles members currently earn the actual mileage of a flight–with a minimum of 500 miles if their flights are shorter than that length.  All of Hawaiian’s flights within the Hawaiian Islands are shorter than 500 miles.  The longest flight is Honolulu to Hilo at 216 miles; the shortest is Kahului to Kona at just…

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Big Island Newspapers Win Publisher Awards

May 28, 2011
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The Hawaii Tribune-Herald won 9 Hawaii Publishers Association Awards in Honolulu last week.  They took seven first-place awards and two second-place awards. The daily East Hawaii newspaper won awards for spot news reporting, editorial enterprise reporting, editorial series, investigative reporting, sports photography, essay photography, excellence in design, and editorial opinion. West Hawaii Today won two awards, for editorial column and excellence in design. Other newspaper award winners included The Maui News, The Garden Island, MIdweek, and Maui Weekly.  The state’s largest newspaper, the Star Advertiser, won none.     Magazine award winners included Hawaiian Airlines’…

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UH Hilo Wins Utah Pac West Golf Tourney

April 19, 2011
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The University of Hawaii at Hilo has won the 2011 Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Golf Championship at the Sunbrook Golf Club in St. George, Utah.  Blake Snyder, a freshman from Seattle, Washington, was the only player to finish below par.  He won by three strokes over BYU-Hawaii’s Jon Scolari.  Snyder turned in rounds of 68, 70, and 75 to finish at 3-under-parr 213 on the 6,875-yard course. The team won by a stroke over Grand Canyon University.  Final scares were, UH Vulcans 880, Grand Canyon University 881, Dixie State 882, BYU-Hawaii 891, Notre Dame…

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Big Island Visitors Bureau Promoting Aussie Tourists

February 13, 2011
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A representative from the Big Island Visitors Bureau are in Australia to help promote tourism to the County and State.  Debbie Hogan is part of a fourteen-member delegation fat the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo in Melbourne.  Others on the trip include representatives from Hilton, Starwood, Marriott, Hawaiian Airlines, and other members of the Hawaii Tourism Authority team from Oahu, Maui and Kaua’i. On Hawaii Island, tourism is the biggest industry.   This island’s tourist trade is taking longer to recover than Maui and Oahu.

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