Vacations In Maui

Alaska Celebrates New Daily San Diego: Ticket Giveaway, Vacations

By Sonia Isotov

Alaska Airlines announced today it is expanding its service between San Diego and Hawaii with a daily nonstop flight to Honolulu and celebrated by giving away a planeload of free tickets.

The new service begins Nov. 17, 2011, and complements the airline’s existing daily nonstop flight between San Diego and Kahului, Maui, which started in October 2010.

To celebrate the new service, Alaska Airlines is partnering with San Diego radio stations to give away a plane’s worth of tickets to Honolulu at locations throughout the city this week. The “Nuts for Honolulu” events will invite listeners and community members to wear Hawaiian clothing at locations to be revealed by the radio stations for a chance to win 160 tickets and other prizes.

Details about each day’s contest are also available by using the Twitter hashtag #nuts4honolulu.

Customers can tune in to these radio stations for complete contest information:

Alaska Airlines is also offering a special introductory fare of $149  each way for tickets purchased by July 25, 2011, for travel from Nov. 17 through Dec. 15, 2011. In addition, customers can bundle and save with an Alaska Airlines Vacation package to Honolulu, with roundtrip air fare and three nights’ hotel from $489 per person.

“We’re nuts about Hawaii and thrilled to be bringing our low fares and award-winning service to the San Diego-Honolulu market,” said Joe Sprague, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of marketing, in a company statement yesterday. “We want to share this excitement with San Diegans and we think giving away a plane’s worth of seats to Hawaii is just the ticket.

Maui Resort Reviews: Kaanapali Beach Hotel | Apple Vacations

Kaanapali Beach Hotel is an Apple Vacations “Value Plus” location, making it one of the best bargains for Hawaii vacations. Situated amongst the heart of Maui’s tourist district and alongside the world famous Kaanapali Beach, this Maui resort is good for families, couples, friends and just about any other purpose you may find for taking a Hawaii vacation.

Ka`anapali Beach Hotel is a four building, 430 room hotel complex with two restaurants, a poolside bar and grill, and a whale-shaped swimming pool. Rooms feature island décor and include internet, air conditioning, safe, television, and mini-fridge.  This hotel provides little extras to make you feel at home, such as a welcome breakfast, serenades from singing employees, Hawaiian cultural activities, and departing lei ceremony. It lacks some of the luster of the more upscale resorts, but more than compensates in charm and value.

Hawaii vacations are chock-full of exciting, unique activities that any traveler would be foolish to skip out on!

First of all, you have to take advantage of the warm, clear waters of the Pacific Ocean. If you want to try something easy, then scuba, fishing, and snorkeling are ideal for low-energy fun. For the more adventurous, surfing, JetSkiing, wind surfing, and motorboat rental are the high-octane activities to keep the adrenaline pumping.

In addition, Ka`anapali Beach Hotel offers plenty of Hawaiian cultural activities. If you have ever wanted to explore the Hawaiian lifestyle, this is your opportunity!

Amongst the activities, which are great for family fun, are ukulele lessons, nightly hula shows signaled by the blowing of conch shells, lei making accompanied by cultural storytelling, tours of the cultural gardens, Lauhala weaving, pineapple cutting, creating sand images, and Hawaiian music, which is present throughout your Hawaii vacations.

Another fantastic feature to this Maui resort is the terrific golfing located nearby at the Kaanapali North and South courses. These pair of championship-caliber courses provide enthusiasts of hour of fun, surrounded by the beautiful Hawaiian landscape.

Do you want to “shop ‘til you drop?” Then Ka`anapali Beach Hotel is perfect! It is close to Whalers Village Shopping Center & Museum, which offers some of the best shopping at art galleries, fashion  and jewelry boutiques, and dining locations. Whalers Village also offers a history museum and renowned sand sculptor Billy Lee.

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