Hawaii hotel - Hotel occupancy 77%

Hotel occupancy 77%
Hawaii hotel occupancy, almost 80 percent a week earlier, fell to 77.1 percent last week as rain and flood effects began to register, Hospitality Advisors LLC reported Friday.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Work starts on Hilo hotel makeover
Renovations begin this month at the Hawaii Naniloa Resort in Hilo, as its new lessor reinvents the property as a staging area for volcano vacations.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Hotel talks likely to start next month
The first round of bargaining on new labor contracts for 6,100 hotel workers in Waikiki is likely to start in mid-April.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Hawaii time-share owners are frequent visitors
Most of Hawaii's time-share buyers are repeat visitors who want to keep coming back to Paradise.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Newswatch, Police/Fire
A group of Nuuanu Valley homeowners concerned about the potential hazards posed by a proposed subdivision on a nearby mountainside where rockslides have killed at least one resident are suing the city.
Source: starbulletin.com

Advertiser wins 10 first-place awards
The Honolulu Advertiser won 26 awards yesterday, including 10 first-place awards, in the Hawaii Publishers Association's Pa'i Awards contest for work published in 2005. Pacific Media Publishing, an affiliated company, won three other awards, including one first-place award.
Source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com

Bedbugs could hurt Isle tourism
With bedbugs a growing problem across the country, the National Pest Management Association yesterday applauded Hawai'i legislation to increase prevention and public awareness of the bloodsucking insects.
Source: the.honoluluadvertiser.com