Tag: COVID-19 Hawaii

In a major action anticipated by many Hawaii tourism officials, businesses, adjacent industries, and aspiring Hawaii vacationers, Governor David Ige has announced the end of the Hawaii Safe Travels Program. The program’s attendant vaccination/testing/quarantine requirements for most Hawaii overseas arrivals will be lifted on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Hawaii vacations are on again, in full. […]

Happy New Year! Here at the HAT Blog, we kept our head down over The Holidays, spending Christmas Eve and Christmas with our small group of immediate family. We spent New Year’s Eve hunkered down at home as torrents of rain thundered down and the skies lit up with countless thousands of illegal arial fireworks […]

On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, Hawaii Governor David Ige made an announcement welcoming fully vaccinated residents and visitors to resume nonessential travel to and within the Hawaiian Islands beginning November 1. New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have decreased significantly in recent weeks, and 70% of eligible residents have now been vaccinated. Back on August […]

On Monday, August 30, 2021, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi issued an amendment to an Emergency Order that effectively implements a policy requiring proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken with 48 hours for anyone entering “covered premises” businesses and activities. It takes effect on September 13, 2021. It places the responsibility of […]

Governor David Ige announced Thursday, June 24 the further lifting of COVID testing and quarantine restrictions for Hawaii arrivals with proof of full vaccination through the Hawaii Safe Travels program. The widely anticipated new policy is set take effect July 8. It amounts to a “vaccine passport”. It involves digital QR codes and verifications through […]

Hawaii visitors have found an invaluable resource for navigating COVID-19 testing requirements through the COVID-Testing Sites for Hawaii Travel Facebook Group. It was started by Hawaii Aloha Travel owners Aloha Bruce and Yaling Fisher after Hawaii’s 14-day quarantine requirement was put into place in mid-March. Despite the near total stoppage of Hawaii bookings due to […]

Hawaii Governor David Ige led a handful of administration members and legislators at a Hawaii COVID-19 press conference today, June 1, at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. He announced the lifting of the mandatory 14-day interisland travel quarantine on June 16. It was wonderful news for Hawaii residents, and it should be encouraging for anyone […]

Today in Hawaii, Thursday May 28, Governor David Ige held a public video conference with Hawaii’s county mayors, and a press conference during which he announced that the Hawaii COVID-19 14-day mandatory quarantine for Hawaii air arrivals is extended beyond the previously announced date of June 30. He announced no specific date for the end […]

The coronavirus global pandemic has hit Hawaii’s largely tourism-based economy hard. We’re fortunate here to seemingly have been able to control the spread of the virus. We have some of the lowest confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and fatality rates in the US. We do, however, have the highest unemployment rate in the nation due to the […]

Hawaii Governor David Ige on Sunday announced that coronavirus-related Hawaii travel restrictions and mandatory 14-day quarantines will be extended through the month of May. When announced, those restrictions were meant to expire on April 31. Despite Hawaii has some of the lowest coronavirus numbers in the United States, concern remains high about community spread of […]

On our , co-host Lanai Tabura spoke to us about the work that the Show Aloha Challenge is doing to help feed Hawaii’s vulnerable senior population curing the COVID-19 global pandemic. He also let listeners know about the Show Aloha Challenge Keiki Food Drive the organization is holding on Sunday, the Keiki Stimulus Pack at […]

The Show Aloha Challange has announced that the program has reached the $500,000 mark in its fundraising goals. Show Aloha is a community-based program built from the ground up to help feed Hawaii’s seniors, or , at a time when they are most vulnerable to food insecurity during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The program was […]