Hyatt adds five new shops
The Hyatt Shops has added five new shops in the past few months.
Function Surf, opened December 2002, is a specialty surf store conveniently
located on the second floor next to Hyatt’s front desk. Merchandise
will range from trendy surf clothing and gear, popular surfboard
brands such as Channel Islands, skateboards, and body boards.
Also opened December 2002, Elephant Walk is a specialty gift store
located on Hyatt’s ground level close to Harry’s Bar.
Merchandise will range from Koa wood boxes and picture frames, Hawaiian
quilts and prints, clothing, home accents and decorations, and original
art paintings.
Australian surf retailer Billabong opened its first Hawaii store
February 2003 at the Hyatt right across from popular Waikiki surf
spots Queen’s and Canoe’s. Merchandise will range from
surfboards from popular local shapers, swimwear, clothing, surf
gear and various other surf specialty items.
Sergio Rossi, an Italian leather retailer, opened March 2003 on
the prime Kalakaua front of the Hyatt Shops’ first floor.
Merchandise includes men’s and women’s shoes, handbags
and wallets.
Heart and Cross, an original jewelry retailer, will open April 2003
on the ground level of Hyatt’s Ewa Tower. Merchandise will
range from one-of-a-kind items featuring shapes of hearts and crosses
to original costume jewelry creations by local artist Taka Noguchi.
Hawaiian & United
can e-ticket
Hawaiian Airlines and United Airlines announced today that they
have teamed up to offer their mutual customers the convenience of
interline electronic ticketing. The move is the latest initiative
by Hawaiian to convert its operations to 100 percent e-ticketing.
With interline e-ticketing, customers of Hawaiian and United can
now purchase single e-tickets for travel itineraries that include
flights on both carriers. Previously, e-ticketed customers were
required to convert to a paper ticket when transferring between
the carriers.
HVCB EARNS TOP AWARDS
AT KOREA’S LARGEST TRAVEL EVENT
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Visitors and Convention
Bureau (HVCB) earned two top honors for the excellence of its exhibit
booth and cultural demonstration at Korea’s largest annual
travel and consumer tradeshow.
The 16th Korea World Travel Fair (KOTFA) was held June 5-8 in Seoul,
with 321 exhibitors participating from 43 countries. The tradeshow
attracted more than 84,000 visitors, 83 percent of which were targeted
travel consumers who paid an entry fee to gain admission and interact
with destination exhibitors. The remaining 17 percent of attendees
comprised travel trade professionals in Korea.
KOTFA judges bestowed HVCB with awards for “Best Booth Design”
and “Best Folklore Performance” confirming Hawaii’s
presentation as a highlight event during the tradeshow. This marked
the third consecutive year HVCB has earned both awards.
SUMMER BASEBALL TEAM TO TOUR JAPAN
HONOLULU, June 23, 2003 – The Hawaii Island
Movers summer baseball team, composed of 21 university players,
have become ambassadors for Hawaii in a 21-day, 17-game road trip
in Japan, June 23 to July 14.
The team will play university and regional all-star teams in six
cities, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Sendai, and Sapporo.
Travel expenses are being sponsored by Pacific Region Baseball,
Inc., the nonprofit entity supported primarily by Island Movers
with assistance from other Hawaii companies and organizations, said
Don Takaki, chairman of Island Movers and longtime supporter of
University of Hawaii (UH) baseball.
Along with baseball, the team will participate in several goodwill
activities in each city to help promote Hawaii. Takaki will present
remarks at 10 VIP and welcome receptions and use the opportunities
to encourage more travel to the islands.
In addition, the team’s players will conduct baseball clinics
for area youths, address fellow students at universities, and present
Hawaii-made gifts to the teams and VIPs in each city.
Takaki led the founding of Pacific Region Baseball, Inc. and the
Hawaii Island Movers summer league team in 1985 as a way to further
develop local UH baseball players during the off-season. The next
season the team traveled to Japan for the first time starting a
tradition that has seen it return every other year to play in the
Far East, with teams from Japan or Korea traveling to Hawaii in
alternating years.
Takaki estimates it costs Pacific Region Baseball, Inc. roughly
$200,000 per year to operate the summer league team, and credits
the team’s sponsors for helping to make this unique opportunity
possible. The three-week Japan goodwill tour comes in the midst
of a two-month season that has the team scheduled to play more than
40 games, the remainder of which takes place at Les Murakami Stadium
on the UH campus.
Developer gives big check to charities
Honu Group, Inc., developer of the luxury shopping destination 2100
Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu, has presented 10 Hawaii arts and cultural
organizations with checks totaling $100,000.
The gifts result from the funds netted from the gala grand opening
benefit of 2100 Kalakaua in December 2002. They were made on behalf
of Honu Group's "Storyteller, Celebrating Art and Culture in
Hawai'i" partnership with 2100 Kalakaua's retailers Tiffany
& Co., Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Gucci, Tod's and Boucheron.
The organizations benefiting from the "Storyteller" partnership
are: The Contemporary Museum, Diamond Head Theatre, Hawai'i Opera
Theatre, Hawai'i State Art Museum, Hawai'i Theatre Center, Honolulu
Academy of Arts, Honolulu Symphony, 'Iolani Palace, Hawai'i Public
Television and Hawai'i Public Radio. Each organization received
$10,000 to use toward its programs. One third of each gift is designated
for children's educational outreach programs.
The "Storyteller" -- the distinctive icon that graces
the pedestrian plaza fronting 2100 Kalakaua Avenue -- is a seven-foot
bronze sculpture, sculpted by Shige Yamada, that represents the
story of arts and culture in Hawai'i. "Storyteller" supports
the Islands' history and traditions by recalling the rich heritage
of each luxury retailer and arts organization that comprise the
"Storyteller" partnership.
"Through the 'Storyteller' partnership we hope to sustain and
enrich arts and education in Hawai'i," said Mona Abadir, principal
of Honu Group, Inc.
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