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Report: Two Hawaii beaches among most polluted in the country
Two Hawaii beaches are among the most polluted in the country, and 13 more have unsafe bacteria levels more often than not, ...
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I Lived in Hawaii for 10 Years and This Hotel—With the Longest Oceanfront Infinity Pool in the U.S.—Is the One I Always Come Back To
The Sheraton’s adults-only Edge Infinity Pool is the longest oceanfront infinity pool in the United States. First-time ...
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Hawaii's first-in-the-nation climate change tourist tax expected to generate nearly $100M annually
Hawaii's governor signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise ...
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Waikiki tourists voice support for extra fee for ‘a good cause’
An upcoming increase in the state hotel room tax of less than 1% — or $3 more per night for a $400 room — won’t deter any of ...
Waikiki visitors undeterred by fee increase
An upcoming increase in the state hotel room tax of less than 1 %—or $3 more per night for a $400 room—won’t deter any of nearly two dozen Waikiki tourists from coming back, especially if it provides ...
Travel + Leisure on MSN5d
I Took My Mom on Our First Mother-daughter Trip to This Hawaii Adults-only Hotel, and It Was Perfect
O‘ahu's only adults-only hotel, Romer House Waikīkī, opened in the summer of 2024 with 179 rooms, a restaurant and bar, and a ...
Hawaii’s governor signs new hotel tax law to help cope with climate change
The measure adds an additional 0.75% to the daily room rate tax starting Jan. 1. Gov. Josh Green said this amounts to an ...