Kauai Five Oh! News
Finding a Home Away from Home
(News Item #0129, 11/27/06) BudgetTravel.com — Brian Sharples, the cofounder and CEO of HomeAway, came by the other day to talk about the company's plans to become the go-to source for vacation rentals. HomeAway recently secured $160 million in fi... read more ›
The Vacation Home Store
(News Item #0012, 07/01/06) Costco Connection Magazine — William May, a Costco member in Seattle and now President of Sunspot Resorts, knows a little about furnishing a vacation home. In 1999, he and his family purchased a house on a popular lake in central... read more ›
Hamura's Little Restaurant Earns Big Honor
(News Item #0002, 05/07/06) Garden Isle Newspaper — Tucked into a nondescript building at the end of Kress Street in Lihu‘e, Hamura’s Saimin Stand has been quietly winning awards and media attention for years and couldn't care less. On Monday night ... read more ›
Author Campaigns for Relief from "Vacation Deficit Disorder"
(News Item #0114, 04/14/04) ChicagoTribune.com — Virginia Brown has not taken a full-bore vacation in more than six years. The 29-year-old consultant works in a deadline-driven environment ar her full-time job, only to run off to college classes tw... read more ›
America Needs a Vacation
(News Item #0095, 08/24/03) Seattle Times Newspaper — "How do Americans do it?" asked the stunned Australian I met on a remote Fijian shore. He had zinc oxide and a twisted-up look of absolute bafflement on his face. I'd seen that expression before, on G... read more ›
Hanalei Bay makes Dr. Beach's Top 10 Worldwide Best Beaches List
(News Item #0126, 05/22/03) USAtoday.com — Life's a beach, at least for Stephen Leatherman. A professor of environmental studies at Florida International University in Miami and director of FIU's Laboratory for Coastal Research, Leatherman stu... read more ›
Dr. Beach Ranks Poipu #1beach in America
(News Item #0021, 09/01/01) Orange County Register — Nine years after it was smashed, swamped and pockmarked with debris, Poipu Beach has rebounded to be named the best beach in America. The popular sun-and-fun spot on the south end of Kauai in the Ha... read more ›