Travel + Leisure Magazine’s 2008 list of the world’s 500 best hotels features 16 properties from Hawaii.The annual list is determined from a poll of T+L readers, who graded their experiences at hotels and resorts worldwide.The highest ranking Hawaii resort this year?The Big Island’s consistently top-ranked Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, which broke into the T+L list’s Top […]
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom got engaged in Hawaii last weekend—to actress Jennifer Siebel. Newsom’s a colorful figure, best known for issuing 4,000 marriage licenses to gay couples, and for having an affair with his campaign chair’s wife.The Big Question, according to California’s Sen. Dianne Feinstein, was: When? When she asked him in public, Newsom declined
It’s the 25th anniversary of the Kilauea volcano eruption on the Big Island.Just after midnight on Jan. 3, 1983, molten lava began pouring from a freshly-opened crack in a thick ohia forest a few miles east of Kilauea’s summit. It hasn’t stopped since. Then just kids from nearby Hilo, a bunch of us packed into a
When will the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel open again? Not soon.The Mauna Kea shut down after the October 2006 Big Island earthquake caused serious structural damage and safety concerns. According to itsWeb site, the 43-year-old resort is promising a December 2008 re-opening, after $150 million worth of work.Why a two-year delay?According to a Honolulu Star-Bulletin story, the
