The U.S. hotel industry finished 2008 with a 60.4-percent occupancy rate, an average daily rate of US$106.55 and revenue per available room of US$64.37, according to data released today from STR.

I am a spry, athletic young man, and I somehow knew inherently I’d be a good surfer.

Some ways and means for following the Obama trail on Oahu: Eat One of Obama’s favorites is downtown Honolulu’s Alan Wong’s , famous for Hawaii regional cuisine.

Midweek in Carmel. A number of Carmel hotels and inns have cooked up midweek winter promotions.

The Hokule’a will go on a sail around O’ahu with its ‘Chinese cousin’ today. The Princess Taiping, a replica of a 14th-century Chinese junk, arrived in Hawai’i this month after a nine-month voyage across the …

Join the Barack bandwagon at one of these Obama-themed destinations, from the historic to the tenuous and the downright creative guardian.co.uk , Tuesday 20 January 2009 12.42 GMT Kenyan connection … take the …

The Sheraton Waikiki Resort recently opened its Helumoa Playground, a 12,500 square-foot area between the Sheraton and The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection Resort, set to officially reopen on Tuesday.

The Sheraton Waikiki Resort recently opened its Helumoa Playground, a 12,500 square-foot area between the Sheraton and The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection Resort, set to officially reopen on Tuesday.

Even in Hawaii there are ways to achieve high luxury on a low budget. Here are some budget-friendly tips for vacationing on Maui, the Big Island, and Oahu.

Places presidents call home often become major tourist attractions, from estates at Mount Vernon and Monticello, to Hodgenville, Ky., where Abe Lincoln’s log cabin once stood, to Bill Clinton’s boyhood home in …