When you’re named one of the best in the entire world, you must be something special. And, in this case, we agree. Travel + Leisure Magazine’s 2008 World’s Best Awards were recently announced, and six Hawaii hotels were featured on the annual readers’ survey. T +L readers gave their views on everything from best rental […]
HawaiiMagazine.com reader Ashley Rath, halfway around the world in Hertfordshire, England, made my morning. Ashley wrote: Aloha Derek! The slideshow you posted this weekend of John Heckathorn’s and David Croxford’s visit to Hawi on Hawaii’s Big Island was, in a word, gorgeous. It was just what I needed on yet another rainy Saturday afternoon in
The Four Seasons Lodge at Koele is doing a wine dinner on June 23. Sadly, unlike April’s beer dinner at Koele, I’m not off to Lanai for the four-course meal this time. But I promised HawaiiMagazine.com readers back then that I would let you all know the next time the Lodge did one of its
What’s your favorite town in Hawaii? Place to stay? Favorite treat or indulgence in Hawaii? Is it Kona coffee or fresh pineapples? Tell us. We want to know. If you haven’t already filled out our Best of Hawaii ballot, you still have time. There’s two ways you can participate: fill our ballot out online and
I’ve never experienced a Hawaii beach quite like Polihua, on the island of Lanai. One-and-a-half miles of white sand. Completely devoid of people. The latter has a lot to do with the 11 miles of unpaved road—half of it accessible only to four-wheel-drive vehicles—one must negotiate down Lanai’s dry, rocky, steep and scrub-brush filled north
Many of you asked. Some of you guessed after my weekend post. Now, I can finally answer. Yes, after some none-too-subtle campaigning on my part, I attended the Four Seasons Lodge at Koele Kona beer dinner on Saturday. It was departing executive sous chef Thomas Bellec’s grand finale at the Lodge—a five-course dinner menu, paired
Another unit of Aloha Airlines lost its fight to stay alive this afternoon as the company announced it was shutting down cargo operations immediately. Attorneys for the company informed a bankruptcy court judge that two companies interested in buying the cargo operation had pulled their offers today, leaving Aloha’s primary lender GMAC unwilling to continue
One of the cooler things about my job is escaping the office on Oahu every couple of months, flying to one of the neighbor islands and getting to call what I do there work. I’m on the island of Lanai this weekend, taking in some scenery, activities and food. You’ll see everything I collect while
Aloha Airlines announced this morning it was shutting down passenger service—both interisland and transpacific. Its last day of passenger operations will be tomorrow, March 31, though many of its Hawaii-to-Mainland routes have their last flight today, Sunday. If you are holding tickets on Aloha past that date, you can contact other airlines, including United Airlines,
Memo to John Heckathorn, editor, HAWAII Magazine: Would it be waaaaay too out of line to ask that you send me on assignment to Lanai, just to attend a beer dinner at the Four Seasons Lodge at Koele on April 26? Executive sous chef Thomas Bellec has crafted a five-course menu, paired with craft beers
Inter-island air carrier Aloha Airlines Inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday. For the second time since 2004. If you’ve got a ticket, don’t worry. Aloha Airlines is still flying its entire schedule, and is not canceling flights. Aloha’s airfares are also expected to remain on par with its competitors despite the Chapter 11 reorganization filing. Why
If HAWAII Magazine took your photo at the Arizona Aloha Festival, the pictures are now posted in our photo gallery. If you had your photo taken at the HAWAII Magazine booth on Saturday, click here. For Sunday photos, click here. The HAWAII Magazine team traveled more than a 1,000 miles to the Grand Canyon state.
