Hotel occupancy is the lifeblood and a key indicator of Hawaii’s tourism industry. So why are occupancy rates going down? It’s not that Hawaii’s occupancy rates are bad. Most mainland hotel and resort operations would love to have Hawaii’s average monthly occupancy rates of 70 to 80-percent. Most would love to have Hawaii’s average daily … Read More »
Advertiser finally arrives to the 21st century
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
If there is one thing we can count on, it is change, right? Unless it’s a newspaper. And especially if it’s a big daily newspaper in a small town. The Star-Bulletin lost the race to become the first Honolulu daily to begin changing with the times, a full 12 years after the times began changing.
Kicking a business after it’s dead
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
As if doing business in Hawaii isn’t expensive or difficult enough, the State of Hawaii is siding with those who stand on the side of a road and take pleasure from kicking a dead horse. Does anybody get to say, “enough already?” Probably not. This is a story of business gone bad, and customers gone … Read More »
Why do TV stations have meteorologists?
Monday, September 3, 2007
If you could order picture perfect weather from a weather making machine, what would it be? How about this? “Partly sunny with a chance for light showers near the mountains. The overnight low in the mid 70s and the daytime high in the mid 80s.” That’s Hawaii’s normal weather about 300 days a year. For … Read More »
Is Superferry sinking?
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Oh, the terrible tangled webs we weave. The Hawaii Superferry is taking on water, so to speak. On the surface, the idea of a large, fast, economical ferry between the major islands in Hawaii is attractive. As local surfers will tell you, it’s what’s under the surface that’s scary. Under the surface are sharks. Lawyers. … Read More »
A new day begins
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Welcome to Hawaii Blogger. The internet has plenty of sites which extoll the obvious virtues of Hawaii– beaches, weather, mountains. Even more is written about Hawaii’s famed aloha spirit, her friendly people, the mixture of diverse cultures. Millions of people visit Hawaii’s islands every year from nearly every nation. Resorts in Hawaii are among the … Read More »
