Not unlike most other vacation destinations, Hawaii is seeing a steady decline in its visitor numbers. The slump, in fact, is now the worst we’ve seen since the Great Depression.
Hawaii’s visitor arrivals dropped sixteen point five percent in December, and that contributed to what was an annual decline of almost eleven percent.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Most people considering a visit to Hawaii know we have a lot of beaches here. Our six major islands all are completely rimmed with the beaches, and all the beaches are accessible to you. Everyone knows about Waikiki Beach of coruse but today we talk about our favorite beaches on each islad to get away and relax. We also talk about Packages that have been booked in teh last 24/48 hours and welcome new customers to our Ohana (family).
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Today we get caught up on some Hawaii vacation news. We talk about a couple of restaurant closings and the opening of some new ones. We also discuss a wonderful Kupuna project that’s underway which is helping preserve the rich history of Hawaii from its precious elders. We make a call and surprise one of our podcast listeners whose here on vacation and get some thoughts from her about her Hawaii vacation. We go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours and take the opportunity to welcome new customers to our Ohana (family).
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Today we give you a first look at the newly renovated Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The fact that the Hotel is reopening is big news this month. After $85 million in renovations, the iconic "Pink Palace" is a shade pinker on the outside and a lot more modern on the inside. There are new and more modern amenities that demanding high-end travelers now expect: granite-and-glass bathrooms, flat-screen TVs and iPod docking stations, for example. The makeover closed the hotel for seven months. We talk about the rich history of this property and how they are bringing Aloha back to the Hawaii vacation experience.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
You’ll be eating at a wide variety of restaurants while you’re here, so it’s a good idea to get as familiar as you can ahead of time with some of the menu items you’re likely to encounter. Today we won’t attempt now to help you with entrees, since there are zillions of kinds of restaurants and the menus are so diversified there’s no way to summarize. But all good restaurants have something for you to try first. Appetizers. Hors D’oeuvres. We call them pupu. Except in the purely ethnic restaurants, you can expect to find the standards: caviar, shrimp cocktail, escargot, calamari, crab cakes, foie gras, oysters, steak tartare …But you’ll see some offerings that may not sound familiar to you. Most of them are wonderful! Here’s what to expect:
We also answer a couple of podcast listener questions and also go over packages that have been booked in the last 24 to 48 hours.
Since 2006 Bruce has been writing and producing the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast and the Hawaii Vacation Blog which create daily content about Hawaii Travel and Tourism. His postings reflect the Hawaiian Islands, their culture and their lifestyle as accurately and thoroughly as possible. The tone is anecdotal, breezy, and devoid of any commercialism.
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