Maui is the place to be for November sports with the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational NCAA Basketball Tournament and the Maui Invitational Golf Class, both being held. This is the first year of the Maui Invitational’s new expanded format, going from 8-teams to 12-teams and an additional 11 games played on the mainland prior to arriving in Hawaii.

Nani Moon Mead, LLC, is the only producer of tropical honey wines in the state of Hawaii and can be found in Kapa’a, Kauai. Made with locally produced honey and locally grown fruits and without the use of any sulfites or other artificial chemicals, they currently produce five different varieties of honey wine.

Happy Chinese New Year!
January 23rd, marks the start of the Chinese New Year, with 2012 being the Year of the Dragon, more specifically, the Year of the Water Dragon.  Traditionally celebrations are held for fifteen days, this year ending on February 6.  Having said that, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated over differing periods […]

The Waikiki Aquarium, unveiled its Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Exhibit featuring sea-life from over 7,000 marine species, a quarter of which are found nowhere else.

USGS HVO News Release
August 3, 2011

HAWAI’I ISLAND, Hawaii — At 2:05 p.m., HST, this afternoon, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitoring network detected the onset of rapid deflation of the Pu`u `Ō `ō crater floor. Soon thereafter, at 2:20 p.m., lava broke out at the base of the west flank of the Pu`u `Ō […]

Visit one…two…or all of them?
One of the biggest mistake many first-time visitors to the Aloha State make is to try and take in too much of the island experience with too little time.  While on paper, it might seem like you could spend a week and island-hop until you’ve taken in the six major islands, […]

This question will no longer be asked on Maui, once the new ordinance goes into effect banning the use of plastic bags at checkouts throughout Maui County.  Maui County includes the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai.
The new county ordinance is scheduled to take effect January 11, 2011, once Mayor Tavares signs off on it.  […]

Two recent bills under consideration are aimed at leveling the playing field between timeshares and traditional room rentals.  The current formula used to calculate the value of a timeshare when used by its owner appears to undervalue the market value of that unit and therefore the occupancy tax paid by the owner.
HB 809 and HB1163 […]