Oculus Rift and Marriott Hotels have partnered to allow guests to enjoy a free Hawaii vacation albeit virtually. Feel the balmy temperature, the ocean breeze and the mist in the air all while being transported to Maui via the Oculus teleport. To become part of this new virtual Hawaii tour, visit Marriott’s traveling booths and experience one of the […]

Hawaiian Airlines has just been rated as having the best economy class seats on flights to Hawaii on their Airbus A330 planes. According to expertflyer.com’s Chris Lopinto, “Hawaiian Airlines — they do it right.” The A330 planes offer passengers up to 32 inches of legroom and approximately 18 inch wide seats. Alaska Airlines is a close second and missed by an inch […]

Island Air Hawaii announced this week that CEO Paul Casey will step down on October 1, 2014, to be replaced by David Pflieger. Most interesting about the new appointment is that David comes with tremendous global aviation experience which on the surface seems to be more than what Island Air current operations might dictate. We were a bit surprised at just […]

What do you think will happen next in Hawaii air travel? At last week’s Hawaii Tourism Conference, that was one of the most popular questions. With it came talk of the following carriers’ interest in flights to Hawaii. 1. Asia/Pacific Carriers: Cebu Pacific, Jin Air, Skymark, Air Busan, Hong Kong Airlines and Scoot. 2. European Carriers: Norwegian. 3. US […]

Prospects for upcoming Hawaii deals are continuing to improve. The latest indication is new service that will soon add 210,000 annual seats to the Hawaii travel deal market. San Francisco to Maui Nonstop Last week Hawaiian Airlines announced new year-round Airbus 330 service. Flights commence from Maui on November 20, 2014 on a four time per week basis and change […]

Good news for Canada and for Hawaii today! Canadian giant Westjet is stepping up their flights to Hawaii in a big way and more Hawaii vacation deals could be coming. The company is poised to acquire a fleet of 262-seat 767-300 widebody aircraft which will be completely refurbished and used largely for their Hawaii travel. Beat of Hawaii’s Prediction: “With these planes Hawaii flights […]

We haven’t used hotel business centers in a long time. Do people even use them any longer? Well according to a recent warning from the US Secret Service, you might want to consider avoiding hotel business centers (even here in Hawaii) at least for now. Criminals have installed key loggers on hotel business center computers specifically to steal information […]

An eerie fire destroyed the historic main lobby of the soon to be rebuilt Hyatt Coco Palms resort on Kauai on Friday afternoon. The cause is still under investigation. This sad news comes on the heels of an interesting twist revealed last week on the upcoming $125 million Coco Palms Resort rebuild. Developers have indicated they are seeking federal […]