Tagged: Hawaii

To get a glimpse of how Hawaiʻi’s cruise industry is faring, one need only to visit Aloha Tower Marketplace. It overlooks Honolulu Harbor and one can see the cruise ships slipping in and out of port. (more…)

A federal judge’s ruling has cleared the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of 2026. (more…)

The Department of Justice called the tax a “scheme to extort American citizens and businesses”. (more…)

Hawaii’s plan to slash cruise ship visits has the local cruise sector urging a rethink, with business leaders and policy groups saying there are more collaborative ways to reduce emissions than simply cutting calls. (more…)

In a newly published op-ed in Bloomberg Law, veteran maritime attorney Peter Walsh of The Cruise Injury Law Firm challenges the legality of Hawaii’s new 11% transient accommodations tax on cruise passengers. (more…)

A battle may be brewing over a new 11% tax on cruise lines in Hawaii after the cruise industry warned state officials that it considers the legislation a violation of the U.S. Constitution. (more…)

According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 770,940 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in November 2024, growth of 5.3 percent compared to the same month last year. (more…)

Some Maui businesses say they are getting an economic boost from visitors, but they are not coming by air but by sea. (more…)

In light of the devastation in Hawaii last week, two cruise lines have stepped up generously to help the Maui wildfire victims. (more…)

Maui wildfires that began last Tuesday ravaged several parts of Hawaii, including Lahaina Harbor. Now completely destroyed, cruise ships are forced to call on other nearby ports or omit it entirely from their itineraries. (more…)

Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) has been the first to announce that, for now, it will halt Maui as a port of call on Hawaii cruises. (more…)

This spring, the Big Island will see an increase in the number of cruise ships visiting Hilo and Kona. (hawaiitribune-herald.com)

Governor David Ige has signed the latest COVID-19 emergency proclamation, keeping in place current COVID restrictions and officially adding cruise ship passengers to the list of travelers who must abide by Safe Travels Hawaiʻi requirements. (mauinow.com)

“Given the preparations and coordination needed to ensure Hawaii residents feel confident in the plan to resume cruising, we do not anticipate approving port call for cruise vessels with passengers in the time remaining in 2021,” state Department of Transportation spokesman Jai Cunningham said Thursday. (hawaiitribune-herald.com)

Exactly 33,400 trans-Pacific passengers arrived Thursday by air at Hawaii’s major airports, but the question of when the Aloha State will once again welcome cruise ship passengers at its ports remains unanswered. (hawaiitribune-herald.com)

Come Nov. 1, larger cruise ships could return again to Hawaii’s waters — but it’s probably not going to be smooth sailing at first for the floundering cruise ship industry. (staradvertiser.com)