When hurricane Iniki blasted its way through Kauai in 1992, it also decapitated and dismantled a few ill-fated chicken coops that happened to be scattered across its path.

Hawaii visitors expected to be below 7 million again this year: State on track to have 6.5 million tourists this year Nov.

Despite an uptick in the number of visitors from the West Coast and Japan, nearly 2 percent fewer tourists arrived in Hawaii in October compared to the same month last year, according to new data.

WAILUKU - Local merchants predict a lackluster Christmas shopping season, and instead of ordering more for the holidays some Maui merchants have already cut back their inventory because consumers are clinging to their wallets.

Hawaii Discount Car Rentals is a travel wholesaler that represents several automobile rental agencies, such as Dollar, Thrifty and Enterprise, on the islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Oahu and Molokai.

From Los Angeles, nonstop service to Lihue, Kauai, is offered on Delta, United and American, and connecting service is available on Hawaiian, Alaska, American, Northwest, United and Continental.

Bobbing on a crowded tour boat at the base of true beauty, sitting next to family and new friends, surrounded by passing pods of dolphins and an occasional sea turtle, I notice everyone is pointing and whispering.

When hurricane Iniki blasted its way through Kauai in 1992, it also decapitated and dismantled a few ill-fated chicken coops that happened to be scattered across its path.

Before the USS Missouri entered dry dock on Oct. 14, visitor attendance was on the rise even as tourism slumped by double digits.

November 18, 2009 - HILTON WAIKOLOA VILLAGE -- a 62-acre Pacific playground located on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii's Big Island - proudly announces new sales team members who will work in the field to help service the many Hilton Waikoloa Village national accounts.

Maui. It has plenty of parking and is easy-to-find! Big Beach is known for it's really wide and sandy beach, along with calm and clear water in the early morning.

The Shops at Mauna Lani, the Kohala Coast's premier lifestyle shopping destination, today announced the doors to the first-ever 4-D theater in Hawaii will open this Friday at noon.

There's more than chocolate at Menehune Mac's new Gourmet Hawaiian Boutique at Ala Moana Center, between Dior and Neiman Marcus.

Furlough Fridays are a little more complicated for Lahainaluna High - the only public school in the state with dormitories - and its 85 students who live on campus.

On our first trip to Maui we had the amazing opportunity to stay at the Grand Wailea.

Kauai is Hawaii's "Garden Isle", with amazing natural beauty, and a slower pace.

Having gained a B.S. in Marine Science from Eckerd College, much of my view of the world is... Full Bio Christie Wilcox Hawaii's beaches are infamous.

Maui restaurants are well-known for offering a wide variety of island cuisine, from upscale to simple, laid-back burger joints.

Reporting from Princeville, Kauai - Here on the North Shore, a land so beautiful that any building seems an intrusion, a glitzy palace of a hotel that opened in 1985 as the Sheraton Princeville has shed its European pretensions and emerged haute Hawaiian.

AUDREY McAVOY Hawaii's beaches are shrinking; scientists say the trend will accelerate with global warming KAILUA, Hawaii - KAILUA, Hawaii a ' Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.