B on Hawaii

Just as the aft of two massive cruise ships—which attempted to profit from inter-island sailing—can be seen departing Hawaiian waters, two 145-foot yachts arrive to restore faith in Hawaiian cruising.

Last month I had the unique opportunity of touring Saké One—the world's only American-owned saké brewery on U.S. soil—located in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Most business owners know that in order to maintain a successful operation, one should exist in a location that warrants success. Philip K. White Architects in downtown Honolulu had always been ahead of its game. Swank Kaka'ako digs -- before Kaka'ako became the trendy design hub (and recently booming luxury condo locale) -- is where White headquartered his operations for years.

The last week in January, a handful of savvy journalists (ahem) were invited to the Four Seasons Maui at Wailea to spend two days walking through their brand new, 70-plus piece art collection displayed throughout the hotel's public areas.

Like most Americans, I'm venturing to guess you spend a large portion of your day in front of a computer screen. It's no newsflash that our bodies aren't too happy about it: That all-to-familiar position of rounded shoulders hunched forward in Quasimodo fashion -- it ain't good.

As business after business jumps onboard the "green" bandwagon, it was only a matter of time until the vanity market "tapped in". we'recently stumbled across a unique experience at the Four Seasons Maui spa, which makes use of one of the first all-natural artisan perfumes that has Hollywood types clamoring for more.

Buzz words like "carbon footprint" or "all natural" are being tossed around with such liberty these days, it's hard to truly know whether anyone has the environment, your well-being or the latest marketing trend in mind.

The name "Wyland" has come to be synonymous with "ocean art" and "whale murals" to anyone who resides between the Hawaiian Islands and the California Coastline.

Oahu-native Makana has been strumming a guitar since around the same time he began to speak. Since then he's released a half-dozen albums, all of which feature his unique style of slack key, Hawaiian-inspired music.

It is no secret that the teen travel market is the hardest to please -- ask any parent of a teenager. While an exciting age (in theory), it's one plagued by awkwardness more often than confidence, and the will to deem anything defined popular by society (or parents), "totally uncool."