Hawaii Index

Big Island Diary: Smile...Enjoy Life
"Smile. Enjoy life," says the sign on the road. And that's easy to do here on the Big Island, whether it's exquisite tropical fruits, a "live" volcano, funky little towns, or rich Kona coffee...

ATA Airlines Starts Oakland-Kona Service
ATA Airlines will offer a new direct flight between Oakland, California and Kona three days a week starting June 14...

Adventures, Events and Activities on Hawaii's Big Island
Hawaii's Big Island, Hawaii's Island of Adventure, has a diverse eco-system and provides many possibilities for cultural, culinary, natural and spiritual adventures...

Hotel Hana-Maui & Honua Spa Offers Free 5th Night
The Hotel Hana-Maui & Honua Spa is offering the Discover Hana Escape, where guests stay five nights and only pay for four, in select Sea Ranch Cottages...

Ka'anapali, Maui's Coastal Playground
From its lu'au lawns to its golf tees, Ka'anapali is fit, trim and manicured, a playground for all tastes...

30 Things to Do on Maui
If a visitor spent a month on Maui, and did something different every day, there would not be enough time to do everything. Maui is a "doer's" mecca!

Haleakala
Speeding Down the Largest Dormant Volcano
in the World
MAUI -- It’s 5 a.m. on the edge of the Haleakala crater. A sea of stars fills the sky’s black canvas. At the summit – 10,023 feet -- it’s one of the clearest spots on planet earth...

Maui Wines Yield a
Pleasant Holiday Surprise!
MAUI – Maui Splash. Sounds like the perfect name for a dream vacation, right? Well, yes, but with a surprise. Maui Splash is a fun-and-zingy pineapple-and-passion fruit drink produced by Tedeschi Vineyards right here in less-traveled Upcountry Maui, a blissful region of green pastureland high above the island’s fabled beaches… a place where Maui’s legendary "paniolo" cowboys herd cattle in a setting reminiscent of Sonoma County...

Paradise on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai

Ah, wonderful Lomi Lomi!

Here at the Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort's new-age Anara Spa, it's the way to unwind. And, while enjoying the wonders of this massage, which uses lots of elbows, we learn that Lomi Lomi - meaning "to touch with loving hands" - was actually favored by Hawaiian kings, who would spend all day long on the massage table...