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June July 2004
SHERATON
AND
XEROX
OPEN
BUSINESS
CENTER
Sheraton Hotels in
Waikiki
and
Xerox
Hawaii
have
opened a full-service, hotel based business center at Sheraton
Waikiki. The 1,900-square foot facility is located on the
fourth floor, within the HoŒokipa Center, which is also the site of
the hotel¹s
fitness center and Keiki Aloha program.
The facility features desktop workstations equipped with high
speed internet access; a wireless access lounge; computer, cell
phone and office equipment rentals; packaging and shipping services;
office products; auxiliary and fax services; and on-site notary
service.
The
Xerox
Business
Center
at the
Sheraton Waikiki is equipped and fully managed by Xerox
Hawaii
and is
open seven days per week, from
6 a.m.
to
6 p.m.
From
6
to
9 p.m.
, full
workstation access and limited business center services are
available. The business center is available to guests
staying at any of the four of the Sheraton Oahu properties including
Sheraton Waikiki, The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Sheraton Moana Surfrider
and Sheraton Princess Kaiulani.
MAY
VISITOR ARRIVALS UP 17 PERCENT.
HONOLULU
–
Continued growth in domestic visitor arrivals, combined with another
monthly surge in visitors from
Japan
, led to a
17 percent increase in total visitor arrivals in May 2004 compared
to the same month last year. The data was released by the
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT).
Domestic arrivals by air increased 8.9 percent to 392,335
visitors for the month and represented the best May on record.
Arrivals from
Japan
, which
comprised over 70 percent of all international visitors, soared 54.3
percent.
Total visitor days numbered 4.7 million while the average
length of stay by these visitors was 8.63 days.
Aloha Live! Concert Tour
Will
Market
Hawaii
HONOLULU
–
Hawaii
entertainers Willie K., Amy Hanaialii Gilliom, Robi
Kahakalau, and Sean Naauao will perform their signature music while
singing the praises of travel to the
Hawaiian Islands
on Aloha Live! a summer concert tour co-promoted by
the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB).
From July 29 to August 25, Aloha Live! will perform in 20 of
Hawaii
’s top source cities in the U.S. East and U.S.
West Major Market Areas (MMAs), and in
Canada
. The tour is being produced by WorldSound, LLC. For
the past several years, WorldSound has worked with many of the
Island
’s finest artists to spread the music of
Hawaii
around the globe.
Aloha Live! is targeting almost all of
Hawaii
’s top source markets, including
San Diego
,
Los Angeles
,
Orange
County
,
San Francisco
,
Las Vegas
,
Sacramento
,
Seattle
,
Vancouver
,
Salt Lake City
,
Phoenix
,
Houston
,
Dallas
,
St. Louis
,
Denver
,
Chicago
,
Detroit
, and
New York
.
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