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The 2011 Ka’anapali Champions Skins Game

24 January 2011

2011 KA’ANAPALI CHAMPIONS SKINS GAME The Skins Game will held at Royal Ka’anapali Golf Course, Maui, Hawaii. This event is free all spectators. The Pro-Am is on Friday, January 28th and it starts at 9am. The Tee Time is 2pm on Saturday, January 29th and on Sunday, January 30th. Nine holes will be played each [...]

Maui Nui Newsletter Updated with Fresh New Look

12 January 2011

With the new year comes a fresh and updated look for Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau’s newsletter. The quarterly e-publication features “what’s new” on the islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai. Categories include accommodations, tours and activities, dining, culture and ag-tourism, romance and much more. The next newsletter publishes in April. Enjoy! Named “Best Island” [...]

Maui Nui 2011: Special Events

5 January 2011

Welcome to 2011, we have many wonderful events for everyone to enjoy on Maui Nui. The first big event is Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua. Tournament play starts on Thursday, January 6th at 10am on the Plantation Course. There will be exciting golf and events in Kapalua through Sunday, January 9th get the complete [...]

Maui and Lanai to Welcome 2011 In Style!

29 December 2010

2010 is almost history and we are about to ring in 2011. Where did the year go? To bid aloha to 2010 and a warm welcome to 2011, there are several events and celebrations to choose from on both Maui and Lanai. Thanks to our friend Sheila Beal of www.govisithawaii.com (check out her site, it [...]

Kaanapali Beach Hotel’s “Hula o Na Keiki” Marks 20th Anniversary

3 November 2010

The 20th “Hula O Na Keiki”, Maui’s only children’s hula competition, is set for November 12-14, 2010 at Kaanapali Beach Hotel. The weekend event commemorates one of Hawaii’s richest traditions and is open to hula students from all across Hawaii Nei and around the world. Children ages five to seventeen dance solo and in pairs. [...]

Maui Ukulele Festival Celebrates 5th Anniversary at the MACC

8 October 2010

For more than 130 years, the ukulele has been celebrated by the people of Hawaii as the instrument of the alii (royalty) as well as makaainana (commoners). In 1879, Portuguese immigrants arrived in Honolulu to work in the cane fields and brought with them a braguinha, a four-stringed instrument. As soon as they jumped off [...]

88th Maui County Fair Rolls In to Town; Nearly 100,000 Expected to Attend

22 September 2010

The Fall season officially began yesterday which tells me my favorite event of the year is right around the corner. E kipa mai…welcome to the 88th Maui County Fair! Themed “Celebrating Community,” the Fair will be held Thursday, September 30 through Sunday, October 3. The highly anticipated event brings the entire community together to enjoy [...]

“Tour Da Food Maui” – Revel in the Foods Locals Love While Learning About Maui’s Many Cultures

8 September 2010

Back in 2005, friends and I experienced a New York City Food tour with Susan Rosenbaum, aka “The Enthusiastic Gourmet.” Enthusiastic she was, but her energy was immediately eclipsed by her knowledge of the various cultures and foods that make New York City the vibrant place that it is today. With her “Melting Pot Tour,” [...]

Nifty Fifty! Napili Kai Offers $50 Room Rate to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

11 August 2010

Napili Kai Beach Resort, celebrating 50 years on the beach at Maui’s beautiful Napili Bay, is offering rates starting at $50 for the night of September 15, 2010 to mark the resort’s 50th anniversary. For that one night only, the following Anniversary Rates will apply for all Napili Kai guests staying a minimum of three [...]

New App Highlights Maui’s Best Beaches

28 July 2010

Here is another helpful app for our Maui fans! It truly is no secret that Maui has some of the best beaches in the world.  Some are easy to get to and others, well, not so much. This guide, by Douglas Peebles, will help you find and enjoy more than 50 of the best of them. [...]

New Maui Nui Travel App Now Available on iTunes

14 July 2010

A new travel app, “Maui Essential Guide”, explores resorts, beaches, golf courses, towns and activities on the Islands of Maui Nui — Maui, Lanai and Molokai. Written by respected and award-winning travel writer Carol Fowler and produced by Sutro Media, it is now available through iTunes. The app, downloadable on iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads, [...]