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Event Information Now Available! Free Mobile Application Provides Instant Access to Hawai'i Festivals and Events
Hawai'i Welcomes First-Ever Direct Flight From China
Hawaiian Language Greeting Launched at Moloka'i Airport
HTA Spotlight: Pana 'Aina Stories Detail Meaning and Value of Places in Hawai'i
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Event Information Now Available! Free Mobile Application Provides Instant Access to Hawai'i Festivals and Events

 

 

Not sure of what to do this weekend? With the new Festivals of Hawai'i mobile phone application, kama'āina and visitors can easily access information on upcoming festivals and events throughout Hawai'i.  

App NYC Times Square

 

In just one week, the Festivals of Hawai'i app received more than 2,000 downloads. The app was even featured on an electronic billboard in Times Square, New York. 

  

The free app can be downloaded on iTunes for iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. Click here to download the application.

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Hawai'i Welcomes First-Ever Direct Flight From China

 

China Eastern Arrival

On Tuesday, Aug. 9, Hawai'i welcomed the first-ever direct regularly-scheduled flight from China to our islands.

 

The passengers of China Eastern Airlines flight #571, including eight members of the Chinese media, were sent off from Shanghai with a departure ceremony at Pudong Airport on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. local time and arrived in Honolulu at 9:50 a.m. Read More

 

Hawaiian Language Greeting Launched at Moloka'i Airport

  

Visitors and kama'āina passing through Moloka'i Airport will now be welcomed by a Hawaiian language greeting. The greeting at Moloka'i Airport, which was launched earlier this month, is a part of the HTA's statewide Hawaiian Language Airport Greeting Program to integrate the Hawaiian language into the visitor experience.

 

The Hawaiian Language Greeting Program was launched at Honolulu International Airport in February. Hilo, Kona, Maui and Kaua'i International Airports are expected to launch greetings in the coming months. Local residents from each island will record the messages for their respective airport. Read More  

 
HTA Spotlight: Pana 'Aina Stories Detail Meaning and Value of Places in Hawai'i

 

The mo'olelo (stories) of Hawai'i are rich in culture and values.  'Ōiwi TV, with the support of the HTA's Hawaiian Culture initiative, is perpetuating the mo'olelo of Hawai'i with their Pana 'Aina stories project.  The Pana 'Aina stories are Hawaiian language segments that share the mo'olelo of a specific wahi pana, or culturally significant place.  The project, filmed entirely in the Hawaiian language and voiced by Amy Kalili of Aha Punana Leo, strives to raise awareness of the Hawaiian language and culture for visitors and residents using a creative broadcast medium. Read More

 

HTA recognizes the use of the 'okina ['] or glottal stop, one of the eight consonants of the (modern) Hawaiian language; and the kahakō[ā] or macron (e.g., in place names of  Hawai'i such as Lāna'i).  However, HTA respects the individual use of these markings for names of organizations and businesses.  Due to technological limitations, this current communication may not include all Hawaiian diacritical markings.