Hawaiian Airlines News

Rather than just complain endlessly about the changes to the Hilton program, I thought I'd share a way to use fewer points than you might expect for stays at top-tier Hilton properties.

For the first time in its 121-year history, two Hilo residents will lead the board of the Hawaiian Historical Society.

The state's largest solar energy project planned for Kauai would have no significant environmental or cultural impacts, according to a environmental assessment for the project released today.

Welcome to the Great Age of Bitters. For a while, the world has had Angostura , Peychaud's , and even newer brands like Regan's Orange Bitters .

The company's logo/mascot Mo T. Mogldog. Under the new partnership, every $1 cash-back can be automatically exchanged for 40 HawaiianMiles.

Throughout 2013 - our 125th anniversary year - From Our Files will focus on a different theme each month, looking back at how particular aspects of life in Honolulu were lived and reported on by HONOLULU Magazine and its predecessor, Paradise of the Pacific .

Time magazine has unearthed never-before-seen photos of President Obama before his senior prom - and he looks exactly the same! Then 17-year-old Barry Obama went with a white sports coat and Hawaiian trappings for the 1979 prom at his alma mater Punahou School in Honolulu.

Here at Grist, climate change is our bread and melting butter. But this month, we're feeling especially hot and bothered .

Da Kitchen business partners Les Tomita and Mariah Brown, seen in this 2011 file photo, are closing their only Honolulu restaurant on Saturday.

A new policy that goes into effect next month calls for all government employees whose travel is paid by an ASG travel authorization , and who are traveling on Hawaiian Airlines, will have those "frequent flyer" miles deposited into a corporate account to assist off-island travel for patients seeking medical treatment or students attending ... (more)

American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the U.S. territory and use the loyalty points to help medical patients and students travel off the islands when necessary.

With group Keauhou, Hawaiian music of the past resurfaces with new regard. Serenading at different venues around Honolulu, this up-and-coming trio brings a vintage quality to Hawaiian music, pleasing the old-timers while inspiring a younger crowd at the same time.

Confucius said, "If your plan is for one year, plant rice; if your plan is for 10 years, plant trees; if your plan is for 100 years, educate children." The philosopher's sagacious message seems to align with the alternative approach to education seen in Hawaii's charter school system.

Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga says the territory will use the miles to help medical patients travel off-island when needed, or help students travel for educational programs.

On a recent cross-country road trip, I visited the Hormel Foods factory and neighboring Spam Museum in Austin, Minn.

Perfecta Faye Antolin April 24, 2013 Perfecta Faye Antolin, 80, of Honolulu, a homemaker, died in Honolulu.

International passenger volumes at Auckland Airport were up 0.5% versus April 2012.

A Hawaiian Airlines plane headed for Australia, carrying 246 people, turned around an hour into its flight and returned to Honolulu Airport today after a cockpit light went on indicating an engine system problem.

Honolulu Hale was home to hundreds of bookworms and music aficionados on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 for the 8th Annual Hawai`i Book and Music Festival .

Bloomingdale's, a division of Cincinnati-based Macy's Inc. plans to enter the Hawaiian market for the first time.