Tourism

Hawaiʻi golf industry leaders discuss the launch of a new golf campaign to promote golfing across the Hawaiian islands.

Former pro golfer and sports commentator Mark Rolfing and Honolulu Star Advertiser sports reporter Dave Reardon spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the future of golf in Hawaiʻi.

The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting also rejected a permit for a controversial gondola project on O‘ahu’s North Shore.

The PGA Tour and Sony have announced the golf season in Hawaiʻi will start at Waialae Country Club next year with the Sony Championship. This PGA Tour Champions takes over for the Sony Open that had been on the PGA Tour schedule since 1965.

Hawaiʻi's hotel industry is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into luxury renovations as the state shifts focus to higher-spending visitors. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

House lawmaker Adrian Tam spoke to HPR's The Conversation about a scuttled plan to amend the Transient Accommodation Tax for cruise ships.

Passengers disembarking in Honolulu spoke to HPR about their feelings towards the Green Fee and its additional tax for cruise passengers.

Shannon McKee, president of travel consulting firm Access Cruise, Inc., tracks trends in Hawaiʻi cruise industry after a strong year of cruise activity.

Hawaiian monk seals have been on the endangered species list for 50 years. But advocates of marine mammals said they need more protection, including enforcement and education.

Nearly three years after the Lahaina wildfires, Atlantis Submarines Maui returns to the town's harbor.