Category: News for Visitors

The holiday schedule for the City and County of Honolulu operations is as follows: Emergency medical services, fire, lifeguard, medical examiner, and police services will be available.TheBus will operate on a weekday/no school schedule. Visit thebus.org for route and schedule information, and rider guidelines.Refuse will be collected and transfer stations, convenience centers, H-POWER, and the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill are going to be open. For more information, visit opala.org.Parks and botanical... Read More

The 40th edition of the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) presented by Halekulani announced their Drive In Cinema Screenings. This year’s festival, running from November 5-29 will be a hybrid of in-person and virtual screenings, making HIFF — for the first time ever — accessible to audiences all across the United States. As part of the renewed HIFF, the festival will also for the first time ever host Drive In Cinemas... Read More

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association continues to work alongside the Save Dillingham Airfield group to keep open the Oahu airport that offers visitors glider rides, skydiving, and flying lessons—with activity that supports 130 jobs and injects $12 million into the struggling state economy. A newspaper poll that sampled public opinion on Hawaii’s economic prospects stressed the importance of travel to the state’s recovery from the “April trough” that slammed tourism... Read More

Another Hawaii TheBus driver has tested positive for coronavirus, Oʻahu Transit Services, Inc. (OTS), operator of TheBus and TheHandi-Van confirmed today. Just yesterday there was a report of a different driver testing positive. On Wednesday, 10/28/2020, the operator confirmed that had tested positive for COVID-19. The operator’s last day of work was 10/16/2020, and has been on leave since. Operator experienced symptoms on 10/27/2020 and got tested the same day. There... Read More

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell today sent out letters to the general managers of 47 hotels that are currently open on Oahu. The letter was to request their cooperation by continuing to self-enforce all the COVID-19 rules and regulations as it relates to Honolulu’s Emergency Order No. 2020-29 to ensure and make Oahu Halloween safe for this year. This includes, but is not limited to, limiting social gatherings to more than five... Read More

A driver of TheBus has tested positive for coronavirus, Oʻahu Transit Services, Inc. (OTS), operator of TheBus and TheHandi-Van confirmed today. On Monday, 10/26/2020, the operator informed OTS that they had tested positive for COVID-19. The operator’s last day of work was Sunday, 10/18/2020. Since the operator has not been at work since the 18th, there has been no exposure to the public or other employees. TheBus has taken steps to... Read More