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Maui ALOHA Shuttle offers rental car alternative to resorts
As Aloha Bruce has noted many times on the Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast, finding transportation options for a Hawaii vacation is exceedingly difficult and expensive. In early July, the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) announced the launch of the “Maui ALOHA Shuttle”, with service from Kahalui Airport to the resorts of Wailea and West Maui. It…
Read MoreHawaii surf lessons are a safe adventure
Aloha Bruce talked about planning activities for a Hawaii vacation on the latest Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast, and he highlighted the importance of having an adventure. He urged visitors to “get out of your comfort zone” and plan at least one activity that they wouldn’t otherwise consider. One of his suggestions was to take Hawaii…
Read MoreRoyal Hawaiian Golf Club
The Royal Hawaiian Golf Club in Windward Oahu is a stunningly beautiful and maddeningly challenging eighteen holes sculpted into the rainforest. It was opened in 1993, with the venerable architects Perry and Pete Dye providing the design. A recent redesign was masterminded by Aussie golf legend Greg Norman. For golfers it is a singular, savage…
Read MoreAloha Plate Food Truck races along on Food Network
Hawaii Vacation Connection Podcast listeners will have noticed by now that Aloha Bruce has been flying solo of late, as co-host Lanai Tabura has been bouncing around between Hawaii and the mainland for a variety of local and national television productions with Aloha Plate Food Truck. He is a busy man (and Emmy Award winner)…
Read MoreAction! Hawaii film and television production thrives
Hawaii’s film and television industry hummed along quietly during the worst of the pandemic. The pandemic slowed productions, but it did not stop them altogether. Funded by big “Hollywood money”, productions were able to maintain rigorous testing and distancing practices. The cameras kept rolling. No one seemed to notice because most of us were self-isolating…
Read MoreHawaii tourism survey headline misleads visitors
The University of Hawaii Public Policy Center (UHPPC) has just released the results of a survey conducted by Anthology Research. A recent Honolulu Star-Advertiser headline construed the results of the survey of 700 residents to indicate that a majority of “Hawaii residents support limits on tourism”. Sure, 52% is a majority. But the margin of…
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