Hawaii news: Adjustments amid Japan disaster

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Travel Weekly - The National Newspaper of the Travel Industry

April 4, 2011

Hawaii Insight

Adjustments amid Japan disaster

By Shane Nelson

Hawaii Tourism Authority officials met March 23 to outline the organization’s recovery strategy in the wake of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Through June, the state now expects arrivals from Japan to plunge 21% and total expenditures across the destination to be off by nearly $250 million. Read More

News

Alaska adds Bay Area-Kauai nonstops

Alaska began nonstop service to Lihue, Kauai, from both San Jose and Oakland, Calif., on March 27. Read More

Arson suspected in third shark tour boat blaze

Honolulu police investigating a March 25 fire that caused $100,000 worth of damage to a North Shore Shark Adventures boat on Oahu believe the blaze was set intentionally, according to a Honolulu Star Advertiser report. Read More

Maui Ritz-Carlton set for auction block

Maui’s 262-room Ritz-Carlton in Kapalua will be sold at a foreclosure auction in May. Read More

JAL cuts lift to Hawaii

Japan Airlines announced its plans to cut the number of weekly flights it offers between Honolulu and Tokyo’s Narita Airport from 21 to 14 beginning April 6. Read More

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Kilohana Plantation: Roots of the ‘sugar boom’

By Shane Nelson

As you drive into the Kilohana Plantation on Kauai, it's awfully tough to miss the mansion. Built in 1935 by Gaylord Wilcox, one of the Garden Isle's best-remembered sugar barons, the colossal manor is home to more than 16,000 square feet of living space and just three bedrooms. Read More