Hawaii honors Memorial Day with weekend celebrations to remember loved ones and celebrate Hawaii culture through events with families and friends. One of the most popular Hawaii events is the Lantern Floating Hawaii Ceremony which will be streamed live and is recognized as the...
Posted in: Big Island, Culture and Events, Kauai, Oahu
Waikiki has long been a revered place of spirit and is a center of culture and government for the Hawaiian people. Even before 1900, several events began shaping the Waikiki that we know today and its sandy beaches. Here are some things you may not know about iconic...
Posted in: Culture and Events, Oahu
Sans Souci "Without Worry" Beach, also called Kaimana Beach, has been a Beat of Hawaii favorite for years. Fronting the Kaimana Beach Hotel, it sits on the Diamond Head side of Waikiki, next to the now infamous Waikiki Natatorium. It is popular with both locals and visitors and...
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Take a guess at where we are this week! This off the beaten track destination is a beautiful island with white sand beaches where you can walk for miles without seeing a soul, spectacular turquoise waters to swim with visibility as clear as Tahiti and mountains that offer world...
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Beat of Hawaii has been known for frequently being the first to post Hawaii travel deals including unpublished fares. Mahalo to our supporters, many of whom have been along for the ride since early on.
Our Hawaii deal website was started in January 2008 by us two gray haired...
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With Christmas over, all thoughts move to New Years in Hawaii. "Hau'oli Makahiki Hou" as we like to say here. A time of celebration, with some unique Hawaii style flare.
New Years in Hawaii
The new year arrives in Hawaii last (well nearly last - there is one more time zone to...
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With snowstorms pummeling other parts of the U.S., Christmas in Hawaii is about as far from a traditional White Christmas as you can get. And for most of us, that's a very good thing.
Christmas in Hawaii includes many traditions, a personal favorite of which is heading into...
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Long before the failed Hawaii Superferry even became a dream, there existed a high speed Hawaii ferry service between the islands. It started in 1975 and used a Boeing 929 Jetfoil boat named Kamehameha. The service, originally envisioned as operating between Honolulu Airport...
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Hanalei Bay's future will be on the table tonight at a meeting to discuss plans proposed by eBay's billionaire founder Pierre Omidyar. His company wants to build a hotel and residential complex on 64 acres perched just across from the Hanalei river. The proposal is for 120...
Posted in: Culture and Events, Kauai
It's that spooky time of year again, and Hawaii Halloween fervor is building. Here's an update for locals, visitors, and anyone interested in knowing what's planned around Hawaii for Halloween 2012.
Halloween in Lahaina
This will be the ultimate of...
Posted in: Culture and Events, Maui, Oahu