Aloha

 June July 2005

FATHER'S DAY CRUISE

Date / Time: June 19, 2005 / 9:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Location: Starlet departs from Aloha Tower Marketplace, Pier 8

Description:  Dads deserve their day too!  Our favorite pick for this Father's Day is the family-friendly Tropical Ocean Fun Cruise with lots of fun water activities, special giveaways and freshly grilled BBQ lunch buffet!  For reservations or more information, please call 983-STAR (7827) or visit www.starofhonolulu.com. 

Fireworks from STAR OF HONOLULU'S 3rd of JULY CRUISES

Date / Time: Sunday, July 3, 2005 / 8:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Location: Star of Honolulu departs from Aloha Tower Marketplace, Pier 8

Description:  Celebrate Independence Day in a special and memorable way this year, aboard the Star of Honolulu's 3rd of July Cruise!  Three levels will be offered, but all include bon voyage champagne toast, live entertainment and the best ocean views of the fireworks!  For reservations or more information, please call 983-STAR (7827) or visit www.starofhonolulu.com. 

Kama'aina / Military Rate

Matsumoto & Clapperton New Ad Agency For Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center 
 
HONOLULU, HAWAII - Anne Murata, marketing director for The Festival Companies, the management company for Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, has announced the selection of Matsumoto & Clapperton as Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center's advertising agency of record to handle the rebranding of the 25-year-old center as it goes through an $84 million renovation scheduled to begin in July 2005. 
 
"Matsumoto & Clapperton are heavy hitters-extremely creative in their marketing executions, and we're excited that they will be bringing our new marketing direction to fruition. As the center begins its revitalization this year, the agency been tasked with creating an interim ad campaign and a post-renovation campaign, totally rebranding the center," said Murata. "Their expertise, creativity and sensitivity to the center's unique Hawaiian history and sense of place make them an excellent marketing partner," she added. 

       
 Matsumoto                    Clapperton

Murata's background as former group publisher and national marketing manager of Guest Informant, and before that, agency president of Murata Creative of Honolulu and Medlin & Associates of Los Angeles, means that her direction to the agency is "outside the bounds of normal Honolulu advertising and marketing thinking," she says. "I expect them to move like the hottest shops in LA or Tokyo, and this is what they do best." 
 
At the agency, the account team includes: Craig Matsumoto, creative director; Ed Clapperton, client services director; Celeste Chikamori, account executive; Wade Nishimuri, copywriter; and Jane Pascual, production manager. Louise Saffery of inter-media is working in partnership with Matsumoto & Clapperton to provide media planning for the agency and client. 
 
Internationally recognized for their creative work, Matsumoto & Clapperton is consistently ranked among the top advertising agencies in Hawaii by Pacific Business News. To date, the agency has won nine first-place awards from the Hawaii Advertising Federation and Best in Show in the 2004 and 2005 Pele Awards, plus has had work selected for the National ADDY competition. 
 
"Craig Matsumoto and Ed Clapperton have more than 40 years of combined experience in advertising and marketing, including work in prestigious agencies in Los Angeles and New York, which gives their work an edge and a depth that I want in our advertising and marketing," said Murata. "I'm very into creating great ads that move people to market." 
 
A graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Craig Matsumoto has spent over 20 years with some of the "hottest" agencies in California, including Della Femina & Partners, Dailey & Associates, DMB&B and Abert Newhoff & Burr. His clients have included Ralph Lauren Polo, DHL Worldwide Express, Universal Studio Tours, Sheraton Hotels, Carl's Jr., Castle & Cooke, American Honda, Armoral, and Ala Moana Shopping Center. He was recently honored as the Advertising Agency Association of Hawaii's Advertising Man of the Year for 2005. 
 
Ed Clapperton has both national and international agency experience, including two years with the Mallory Factor agency in New York City and seven years with Cove-Ito Advertising in Tokyo, Japan, where he became bilingual in Japanese. In Hawaii for more than a decade, he has also served as vice president and account supervisor at Peck Sims Mueller Advertising and as director of interactive marketing for KHON2 television. 

First of Three AquaSpas Opens in Waikiki

            HONOLULU, Hawaii – Aqua Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of the first of three AquaSpas at the Aqua Bamboo & Spa condotel, located in Waikiki, at 2425 Kuhio Avenue. 

AquaSpa @ Bamboo is open to the public and offers a spa menu that includes Swedish, Lomi Lomi and Hot Stone massage treatments, as well as facials and body scrubs.  Services are provided by licensed massage and occupational therapists in a poolside cabana, or enclosed spa salon with two beds, located in the property’s serene outer sanctuary.

Hours of operation are:  10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday – Saturday and 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sunday.  Appointments are taken by Aqua Bamboo & Spa guest services staff at 808-922-7777. Complimentary five-minute chair massages are offered to weary travelers who may be waiting to check-in to their rooms, when therapists are available.

Additional AquaSpas are planned in the near future for the Aqua Aloha Surf and Aqua Palms.

           Aqua was founded in 2000 by Hawaii hotelier Mike Paulin to manage and operate hotels and hotel-condominiums in Hawaii.  Waikiki properties feature branded amenities, such as the AquaSpa, comprising the seven pillars of the Aqua brand, adding value and improving the quality of the overall guest experience.

Tiki's Grill & Bar Announces Kids Eat Free
 
HONOLULU- Tiki's Grill & Bar welcomes families this summer with its new Kids Eat Free program. Starting June 1, 2005, children 12 years and under will receive a free meal when accompanied by an adult purchasing a regular entrée. The Kids Eat Free program is valid on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
 
Kids are treated like VIPs with specially designed placemats featuring games and a set of crayons to express their creativity. 
 
The Kids Eat Free meal includes a kid's sized entrée, dessert and soft drink in a souvenir cup. Entrée choices include Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Keiki Chicken Strips with fries and carrot sticks, Grilled Teriyaki Chicken with rice and vegetables, Keiki Burger with cheese, lettuce and tomato, fries and carrot sticks, Keiki Fish & Chips featuring fried fresh catch of the day, fries and carrot sticks, and Linguine with a delicious Marinara or Alfredo sauce. Entreés are served on take-home Tiki's Grill & Bar flying discs. 
 
"We want to welcome both kamaaina and visiting families alike to Waikiki for a fun, affordable dining experience," said Bill Tobin, managing partner of Tiki's Grill & Bar. "Families can come to Tiki's and sit down together and enjoy a meal highlighting delicious food and excellent service." 

WAIKIKI BEACH MARRIOTT celebrates 12 AWARDS
 
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Since assuming management of Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa in 2000, hotel associates are standing proud. The hotel has received a total of 12 awards in 2004.  

Most recently, Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa was awarded the corporate-wide Market Excellence Most Improved Award and general manager Stan Engeldorf was awarded the Sales Leadership Award for leading the resort to exceed previous years’ results and increasing market share in all areas.

Another award the hotel is proud of is the Federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Seal of Approval.  The award ranks the resort in the top 25 percent of environmentally efficient buildings nationwide.  The resort was only the seventh business in Hawaii to receive this recognition.

 

Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa, in the pulse of Waikiki, is buzzing with excitement.  New additions such as D.K. Kodama’s Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar and d.k Steak House, Arancino di Mare Italian Restaurant, Paul Brown’s Spa Olakino * Salon, and the Faith Riding Company Surf School has made the resort the center for visitor attractions.  

The resort offers 1,310 refurbished guest rooms and suites with a private lanai providing a spectacular view of world-famous Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach or mountain views; Kuhio Beach Grill, featuring the best in Pacific Rim cuisine; Moana Terrace, offering live entertainment nightly; Restaurant Run, contemporary sushi bar; two locations of Seattle’s Best Coffee; two freshwater swimming pools; new 24-hour fitness facility; business center with 24-hour Internet access; high-speed and wireless internet access throughout the resort; shops and boutiques; and Hawaiian cultural activities.  

LIST OF AWARDS

• 2004 Energy Star Seal of Approval – Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
• Market Excellence Most Improved Award – Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
• Best Internet Strategy Award – Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
• Sales Leadership Award – Stan Engeldorf, general manager
• Individual Property Sales Leader of the Year – John Limper, director of marketing
• Owner Relations Award, Marriott International Asia/Pacific Region – Salah Ihsan, director of finance
• Revenue Management Leader of the Year – Gerd Tritschler, director of revenue strategy
• Leadership Excellence Award, Marriott International Asia/Pacific Region – Jeff Tyler, director of restaurant and banquet services
• Award of Culinary Excellence Marriott International – Brendan Mahoney, executive chef
• Loss Prevention Director of the Year – Wendell Jung, director of loss prevention
• Revenue Management Leader of the Year Marriott International Asia/Pacific Region – Fujie Murakami, director of market strategy
• Na Po‘e Pa‘ahana Award Security Officer of the Year – Chi Mok, loss prevention shift lead

 Sheraton Summer Weekly Luau

WAIKIKI BEACH, OAHU – Sheraton Waikiki is pleased to announce the return its weekly summer luaus in Waikiki.  Starting June 1, 2005 the luau is held every Wednesday through August 31, 2005 (with the exception of the following dates: June 15, July 13, August 17 and 24).  Guests are invited to watch the island's best Polynesian entertainment while enjoying a Hawaiian dinner buffet steps away from world-famous Waikiki beach.

            The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with a fresh flower lei greeting, cocktails and mai tais served on the hotel’s beautiful Diamond Head Lawn fronting Waikiki Beach. Entertainment for the evening is a spectacular extravaganza featuring the songs and dances of Polynesia.

            The luau buffet includes kalua pig (Hawaiian style roast pork), mahi mahi, lau lau (steamed Polynesian spinach with rice and baked sweet potato, poi, lomi lomi salmon, tako with miso, tossed salad, namasu (pickled cucumber), bean salad, seafood salad, fresh pineapple, sliced fresh fruit, haupia (coconut pudding), coconut cake, pineapple chiffon cake, guava chiffon cake, banana bread and carrot cake.

OHANA Waikiki Malia completes half a million dollar upgrade 

        The Luana Wing at the OHANA Waikiki Malia hotel, located at 2211 Kuhio 

Avenue, recently completed a half million dollar facelift and now offers 47 fully-refurbished 

one-bedroom suites with kitchenettes.  New carpeting, freshly painted walls, island 

artwork by Sandra Blazel, woven shades and daybed coverlets with orchid, banana 

and fern designs provide a tropical feel to these island-themed suites. The bedroom 

and living room in each suite received new split air conditioner units with wall mounted 

remote for the cool comfort of hotel guests.

        Picture windows in all of the suites received a special film treatment with a unique 

tropical pattern that imitates etched glass. This distinctive design element is used not 

only to allow natural light into the living room area, but also for privacy when the drapes are open.

            Ocean Terrace lures in residents and visitors to Waikiki for lunch with a new a la carte menu featuring Hawaii’s favorite local dishes.  Designed and masterfully prepared by executive sous chef and local boy Curtis Ogata, some of the standouts of this new menu include: oxtail soup with peanuts, ginger and green onions and steamed sea bass with ginger, Chinese parsley and sizzling peanut oil, served with bok choy cabbage and sweet potato.  Effective June 6, 2005, the new a la carte lunch menu, available daily from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., will replace the restaurant’s current lunch buffet. 

Other dishes from the “Local Favorites” section include:

·                                 Hamburger steak with grilled onions drizzled with a mushroom gravy sauce;

·                                 Japanese style beef and vegetable curry, served with steamed rice and pickled vegetables;

·                                 Hamburger steak with gravy and fried eggs, “loco moco style”;

·                                 Golden brown chicken katsu, served with BBQ dipping sauce, curry sauce or mushroom gravy, with choice of rice or macaroni salad;

·                                 Pork chop cutlet, lightly breaded, served with dipping sauce and choice of rice or macaroni salad;

·                                 Grilled beef ribs “kalbi” style, with choice of rice or macaroni salad;

·                                 Mixed island plate of chicken katsu and kalbi beef ribs, with choice of rice or macaroni salad.  Menu subject to change.

The new menu also features a variety of gourmet salads, sandwiches and burgers served in generous portions.

Sam Choy's Diamond Head

Promotes Aaron Fukuda to Executive Chef 

 
             Sam Choy's Diamond Head has announced the appointment of Aaron Fukuda to the position of Executive Chef. Fukuda previously served as sous chef at the restaurant for the past seven years. 
            Fukuda attended the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapiolani Community College (KCC), where he received his Associate's degree in Food Service with a specialization in Culinary Arts. He started at Sam Choy's Diamond Head as a line cook while attending classes at KCC and continued at the restaurant upon graduation. He was promoted to sous chef in 1998. 
            While with Sam Choy's Diamond Head, Fukuda has worked at numerous special events and traveled with Chef Sam Choy. Most recently, he was a member of Chef Sam's culinary team on the TV Food Network's Iron Chef America. 
 
Fukuda said, "Working with Chef Sam has given me many opportunities, including the Iron Chef America show. I'm looking forward to using those experiences to continue the culinary quality and creativity for which Sam Choy's Diamond Head is known.  

June 26, Wilma Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, will visit Native Winds Gift Gallery & Craft Supply,  between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.  Native Winds is located at 1152 Koko Head Avenue, 2nd Level, in Kaimuki, Honolulu.   Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.

        Ms. Mankiller will be signing copies of her latest book entitled, Every Day Is A Good Day: Reflections of Contemporary Indigenous Women.  In this new book, nineteen strong and successful women provide a rare glimpse into their lives with the hope that their voices will be heard and their message understood:  they bear witness to the unforgivable acts that their people have survived and take a step forward in mending old wrongs and forgiving past hurts. 

            Wilma Mankiller was born in Mankiller Flats near Tahlequah, Oklahoma.  When she was twelve years old, she was moved with her family to the San Francisco area as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Relocation program, an event she describes in her autobiography, entitled Mankiller:  A Chief and Her People.  This was part of the government's plan to mainstream rural Native Americans into American urban life.  Mankiller's experience of displacement enabled her to understand even more profoundly the hardships of her ancestors who were forced onto the Trail of Tears more than one hundred years before. 

The ARTS at Marks Garage

1159 Nuuanu Avenue, 808-521-2903   www.artsatmarks.com

Wednesdays through August, 4:00-5:30pm

Youth Speaks Hawaii

Slam poetry writing and performance workshops mentored by Travis T

for teens (13-19 years old) FREE

Through Saturday June 25

ETHER/ORE 

An exhibition of metaphysics and dry time starring:

Jesi Asagi, Devin Mohr, CJ Lileikis, Dark Sevier & Christopher St. John

ETHER/ORE plays upon the physical material of artwork (ORE)

and it's ability to evoke an emotional or spiritual quest (ETHER).

Friday & Saturday, June 24 & 25, 8pm

Smashbox presents: Stand up comedy with Shawn Felipe

special guests Elroy and MC Jose Dynamite.

Sunday, June 26, 12-10:15pm

Cinema Paradise presents: West of Tracks

Hawaii premier of director Wang Bing's 9 hour, acclaimed epic film.

A two-year period of the loves, livelihoods, aspirations & frustrations

of Chinese workers displaced by modernization.

In Mandarin with English subtitles; $10 tickets available at the door

or in advance at www.cinemaparadise.org

Tuesday, June 28, 8-10pm

re: Verses

Spoken word luminaries Travis Thompson and Brenda Kwon ignite Hawaii's

poetry scene with featured poets, open mic, and jazz music by DJ Mr. Nick.

On the last Tuesday of every month; B.Y.O.B., all-ages

Tuesday June 28- July 9, 2005, Tues-Sat. 11-6

Hawaii Watercolor Society presents: Summer Small Kine Show

miniature original watercolors at miniature affordable prices.

END ART AT MARKS

July 12 -- Podcasting: A Do-It-Yourself Tutorial and Q&A.  Podcasting

pioneer Todd Cochrane will show you how to get on board the hottest

communication trend of our time. Todd will explain how to develop your 

own show; record a podcast with a PC or Mac that you already own; 

integrate on-air phone calls, interviews, and music; deal with copyright, 

music ownership, creative commons, and RIAA issues; integrate advertising; 

publish and distribute your show; and syndicate it with RSS 2.0 and enclosures.  

University of Phoenix, Honolulu Campus, Topa Financial Center, 745 Fort

Street, Rooms 101/102. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm.  Free. For more information, 

call 536-2686 ext. 35108 or e-mail Steven.Schoen@phoenix.edu.

OCTOBER 4-9, Octoberfest  Ala Moana Hotel, cowbells, polka, hearty sing-a-longs, flagons of beer, and a menu of authentic German dishes.  “It’s really amazing how Oktoberfest at the Ala Moana Hotel has grown in size and popularity since we started this event three decades ago,” said John Cushnie, general manager of the Ala Moana Hotel.   super-sized portions of German fare, including Bratwurst, Sauerbraten, Giant Knackwurst, Pig Knuckles, Sauerkraut, Potato Salad, Apple Strudel, and Black Forest Layer Cake.  A hearty selection of German beers will also be available, such as Ayinger Dunkel, Paulaner, Bitburger, Isenbeck, Becks, Spaten, St. Pauli Girl, and Lowenbrau.  For schnapps enthusiasts, a variety of German “Schnapps Bude” including Barenjäger, Goldwasser, Rumple Minze, Kleiner Feigling, and Jägermeister will also be served.

Oktoberfest at the Ala Moana Hotel’s Hibiscus Ballroom runs Tuesday through Thursday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight; and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.  The official keg tapping ceremony takes place on Tuesday, October 4 at 6 p.m. Admission is $5 per person during the weekday (excluding Friday) and Sunday, and $8 on Friday and Saturday. Tickets may be purchased through the Ala Moana Hotel’s Concierge beginning September 1 or at the door each night.