The Hawaii Traveler

A fish farm in China
Photo by Flickr–Creative Commons, by Jack Parkinson Pics

OK, a brief departure from Kaua’i Week for just a split second…
If you’re convinced that our 50th state is all about sitting back and watching the sun set while holding a lava flow cocktail, take note: Hawai’i is a multi-faceted place, where entrepreneurship and advances in commerce and technology thrive. For example, in recent news, Hawaii Oceanic Technology (HiOT), based in Honolulu, has taken the spotlight for developing an ecologically sound answer to fish farming.
Traditionally, fish farming has earned a bad rap for polluting waters and interfering with the …read more

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It’s the Hawai’i gear superstore visited by tourists and locals alike, and the place where you can buy a pound of Kona coffee, an aloha shirt, a dashboard hula girl, a lei, a box of macadamia nuts, and a set of pina colada stemware on the fly. It’s Hilo Hatties, the ubiquitous sign of island signature items for the comfy climate lover since the ’60s. It’s the only store I know of with its own free shuttle.
The parent company of Fantastic Sams hair salons just bought the Hilo Hattie chain for an undisclosed sum. Its seven on-island stores …read more

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