Hawaiian Food

Hawaiian Food: Luau Recipes: Luau Food & Drinks: Planning a Luau Party: Hawaiiian Luau Party Ideas: Summer Party Ideas copper fire pit What followed the invention of fire? The party. That's because once man had a warm, inviting place to gather, everyone wanted to congregate in his cave. Not much has changed today except the quality of the fire pit. This one is made of heavy-gauge solid copper by artisans in Turkey. Earthenware Servers with Scrolled Wirework Stands Summer Barbeques @ lillianvernon.com Summer Bright Placemats and Napkins Galvanized Tin Tub and Stand A great cooler or planter! Watertight oval tub is tarnish- and rust-resistant, has brass handles and base, holds oceans of ice. Name or saying custom-engraved to 15 letters per line, 2-line limit. Bright Plastic Goblets-Set of 12 Light Up Multi-Color Lei A fun and festive way to accessorize for those nighttime luaus! See Luau Costumes & Accessories Inflatable Palm Tree Beverage Cooler 6 ft Perfect to match your luau party decorations! Westbury Folding Bar ON SALE NOW! Effortless entertaining on a portable teak bar. It sets up for outdoor drink making and serving with built-in countertop and sectional shelves. Bar folds up when not in use. More Garden & Patio Furniture Planning a Luau: Luau Recipes return to Planning a Summer Party: Main Index Luau Recipes Featured Cookbook Alan Wong's New Wave Luau: Recipes from Honolulu's Award-Winning Chef Chosen Best Regional Chef for the Pacific Northwest in 1996 by the James Beard Foundation, Wong is a master of multicultural cooking. Called Hawaiian Regional Cuisine, his dishes fuse local ingredients and traditions with foods and techniques from Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Taking the succulent meat from whole Kalua Pig, pit-roasted luau style, he uses it in a risotto dotted with corn and crunchy water chestnuts, then enriched with truffle butter. He also features this smoky pork in nachos built on crunchy taro chips, topped with chile-spiked guacamole. His Surf and Turf, for example, features grilled beef tenderloin and a Kona lobster tail wrapped around a scallop. They are served with a roasted potato topped with wasabi-spiked mashed potatoes. This potato sprouts leaves of tat soi, an Asian green, and spiraling antennae of fried linguini. Grilled marinated mushrooms and asparagus add to the plate, which is drizzled with a sauce combining cream, truffle butter, and soy vinaigrette. Then it is ringed with shining dots of basil oil and finished with a sprinkling of chives and diced tomato. Lest this strenuous cooking intimidate you, it is easy to make Wong's Asian Guacamole flavored with ginger and sake, Five Spice Risotto rich with shiitake mushrooms, and Asian Ratatouille, unexpectedly enhanced with oyster sauce and sesame oil. Each adds immeasurably to a meal of grilled fish or store-bought roast chicken. Anyone with an ice-cream maker must try the recipes for tropical Guava, Lychee-Ginger, and Mango Lime ice cream, and a quartet of memorably exotic, liquored sorbets. More Hawaiian Cookbooks Luau Recipes & Food Ideas Pineapple Serving Bowl If you are planning a Luau Party for kids, a Luau wedding reception or bridal shower, luau birthday party or luau graduation party, of course you are going to want to serve great luau food to get everyone in the tropical mood. Here you will find Hawaiian luau recipes (some featuring traditional luau food, some more experimental but still with the luau theme) to help you plan a luau menu that is truly exceptional. Luau party recipes can vary depending on what kind of a party you are hosting, so we've included luau food recipes that cover all tastes and sizes, and luau drink recipes too. Kids luau recipes, luau party food for adults, easy luau recipes for those who get hives just thinking about the kitchen...we've done out best to see that there's at least one luau food idea in here to suit just about everyone! Most people aren't going to roast a "kalua pig" in an imu, usually the centerpiece of a traditional luau menu, but fortunately, there are many other luau food options that are less time consuming and totally delicious. For appetizers, consider creating your own pupu platter, which is basically a platter of hors d'oeuvres, island style. Tropical Flower Plates Consume your canapés on these porcelain plates embossed with florid colors and colorful flowers. Each savory snack will be all the tastier atop the lilies and hibiscuses of these practical plates. Dishwasher and microwave safe. To make sure your guest are well fed, and keep with the spirit of the luau experience, include a few traditional luau foods such as poi, papaya, pineapple and sweet potatoes in your menu. Poi is a thick, purple-colored paste made by pounding taro. Poi can be bought fresh or "day-old," which will have a more sour flavor to it. Slice fresh pineapple in half, cutting out the inside of the fruit (you can cut this into pieces and serve this separately), then fill with tuna or chicken salad. Even if you purchase a prepared salad from a local deli, throw in some fruit and nuts, like pineapple, papaya, mango, mandarin oranges, grapes, slivered almonds or walnuts for a truly tropical experience. Below are some luau recipes featuring some traditional luau dishes, and some that would just go with a luau theme. Vegetarian and vegan Hawaiian recipes are also included in this selection. Hawaiian Luau Recipes: Appetizers This section is new for July 2005. Please note, if a recipe you want is not up yet, send email with your request, and that recipe will jump to the front of the additions list, and probably be up in a day or so. Macadamia Nut Ahi Poke with Furikake Crisp Kalua Pork Dumplings (Gyoza) with Pineapple-Tomato Salsa Hawaiian Curried Avocado Poi Char Sui (Chinese Spare Ribs) Kalua Pork Spring Rolls Traditional Laulau Chicken & Pumpkin Lau Lau Vegetarian Lau Lau Table Skirt-Natural Raffia w/Flowers Not Eating Enough Leafy Greens?Drink Them! From $1 per day! Tiki Citronella Candles Main Course Hawaiian Luau Recipes Macadamia Nut-Crusted Mahi Mahi Beurre Blanc Huli Huli Grilled Chicken Hibachi Mahi Mahi with Pineapple – Papaya Salsa Hawaiian Salad with Sauteed Shrimp Chicken 'Ono Nui Chicken Luau Hawaiian Shrimp Kebabs Hawaiian Grilled Fish With Papaya Relish Chicken Katsu Hawaiian Roasted Pork (Kalua Pig) Chicken Macadamia Hawaiian Shepherd’s Pie Mango Hawaiian Chicken Salad Hawaiian Curry Hawaiian Teriyaki Chicken or Beef Summer Flower Deals at 1-800-Flowers (Thru August 31st.) Save 10% on Birthday Flowers & Gifts Use code 5BD at checkout! Summer Rose Sale!! Save up to $50! Buy 24 Sweetheart Roses, Get 24 Free! (while supplies last) Hawaiian Luau Side Dish Recipes Ginger Coconut Fried Rice Portuguese Sweet Bread (Hawaiian Bread) Macadamia Nut Rice Pilaf Green Papaya Salad Hawaiian Sweet Potato Packets Chicken Long Rice Banana Bread Mango Hawaiian Bread Papaya Coleslaw Mashed Taro w/Lemon Grass and Ginger (Vegan) Lomi Lomi Salmon Aloha Sweet Potatoes Luau Dessert Recipes Luau dessert recipes be something along the lines of a traditional Hawaiian dessert or a dessert with a tropical theme. Of course, accompany your dessert with some Kona coffee. Here are some of my favorite Luau dessert ideas just to inspire you, but feel free to get creative using Hawaiian ingredients and invent your own: Kulolo Pineapple Upside Down Cake Coconut Cream Pie Miniature Macadamia Nut Tart White Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake Pineapple Tea Cakes Hawaiian Mango Cream Pie Chamorro Style Bread Pudding with Fresh Bananas and Macadamia Nuts Sam’s Big Island Macadamia Nut Brownies Pineapple Haupia Hawaiian Sweet Potato Cake w/ Pineapple Ice Cream & Coconut Crème Fraîche Coconut Cake Haupia (Coconut Pudding) Vegan Mango Upside Down Cake Macadamia Nut Phyllo Sticks Organic Kona Coffee (100%) Fresh-roasted and direct from the plantation in Kona, medium roast, whole bean 16oz. As featured on the Food & Wine Radio Network. See More Coffee Organic Acai Juice The Acai Berry, has 2x the antioxidants of blueberries and high levels of omega fatty acids, and an almost perfect complex of amino acids and vital trace minerals, is also considered to have the best nutritional value of any fruit. Oh, and did I mention they taste just like blueberries? Luau Drink Recipes Tiki Bar Sign More featured luau party decorations More Tropical Cocktail Recipe Books Hawaiian cocktail recipes and non alcoholic luau drink ideas are generally things with a tropical flair such as a Mai Tai , Blue Hawaiian , Hawaiian Cocktail or Scorpion . Basically any drink that uses fruit juices and rum will pass as a Hawaiian cocktail, and many of these tropical drinks you may think of as Hawaiian are actually inventions of the 1950's Polynesian Hollywood kitsch club scene. If you prefer to set out a punch bowl for your luau guests, a Hawaiian Punch is always a sure-fire fruity hit. Some non-alcoholic luau drink ideas are still drinks that pack plenty of fruity taste, but just do it without the alcohol, like a Banana-Mango Smoothie or a Virgin Strawberry Colada .

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Quick Breads / Hawaiian | Recipe*zaar ADVERTISEMENT - Remove ads with Recipezaar Premium You are Here: Home > Quick Breads > Hawaiian Get our free newsletter Eater's Digest : | Sign in Home Recipes My Stuff Community Tools Marketplace Help Search: All Recipes Only My Cookbook by Ingredient by Recipe ID # Kitchen Dictionary Member Names for advanced... Organize your recipes online Recipezaar Premium only $24.95 — Take the Tour Quick Breads Hawaiian Recipes 12 recipes sorted by most recently posted highest rated photos fastest to make alphabetical Top 40 Quick Breads Hawaiian Recipes | Recently Reviewed Quick Breads Hawaiian Recipes | ( what is this? ) Search within this set: Filter results by category: ( What is this? ) You do not have JavaScript enabled so the category list below will not function properly. Please click "what is this?" above for more information. Remove all filters Course Breads Rolls/Biscuits Quick Breads Muffins Breakfast Desserts Cakes Lunch/Snacks Main Ingredient Eggs/Dairy Eggs Fruit Nuts Tropical Bananas Mango Pineapple Vegetables Pasta, Rice & Grains Grains Cuisine North American United States Western Californian Pacific Northwest Oceania Hawaiian Asian Preparation Equipment Oven Small Appliance Inexpensive Number of Servings Simple Time to Make Presentation Finger Food Occasion Brunch Dinner Party Gifts Holiday/Event Non-Religious Valentines Day Religious Christmas Easter Hanukkah Novelty Bizarre Seasonal Summer Taste/Mood Comfort Food Spicy Sweet To Go... Potluck Picnic Dietary High in... High Calcium Kid Pleaser Lighter Fare Vegetarian Low in... Low Sodium Banana Macadamia Nut Bread by Rita L (2 reviews) A Tropical Hawaiian Treat! Lots of yummy nuts in this banana quick bread. #125843 Save to My Cookbook Mango Macadamia Bread by Rita L (2 reviews) Tropical Hawaiian bread made with mangos and macadamia nuts with warming spices of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger and yes a pinch of cayenne pepper. #125839 Save to My Cookbook Hale Koa Macadamia Nut Muffins by Lvs2Cook When we lived in Hawaii, we went to brunch at the Hale Koa many times and they always served these wonderful muffins. #121350 Save to My Cookbook Sugar -free Pineapple Nut Bread by 1Steve A simple to make recipe for pineapple lovers who can't afford the calories of sugar ;) #98145 Save to My Cookbook Best Hawaiian Coconut Loaf by Scandigirl Skafte Thought I would share my Coconut Loaf as I'm looking at all my recipes from our time living in Hawaii. #88838 Save to My Cookbook Aloha ! Bread by Lorac (4 reviews) A tropical treat! An easy quick bread for any occasion. #39031 Save to My Cookbook Loaded Macadamia Nut Bread by Karen=^..^= (3 reviews) This yummy quick bread is loaded with nuts, coconut and pineapples. Very easy to make and extremely satisfying. #33709 Save to My Cookbook Hawaiian Mango Bread by Lorac (8 reviews) On the Islands,it's traditional to make and give this tropical fruit-nut bread as a gift. Imagine this bread toasted and buttered or made into French toast! From Sam choy's "Island Flavors". #30296 Save to My Cookbook Mango-Macadamia Muffins by 1Steve (4 reviews) These go well with coffee or tea for breakfast or a nice snack. #23589 Save to My Cookbook Kona Coffee Cup Muffins by 1Steve Specialty Recipe Courtesy Kiwi Gardens Bed and Breakfast, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Serving these in the coffee cups they were baked in lends both an elegant and whimsical touch to any meal.Kona is just the name of a coffe bean grown in Hawaii any... #23136 Save to My Cookbook Hawaiian Zucchini Bread by Grace Guderjahn (5 reviews) This is a moist, sweet bread. Children love it and never know that they are eating a vegetable. Many years ago a friend went to Hawaii and gave me this recipe when she came back. I baked it for my children and it was always a favorite after school... #11984 Save to My Cookbook Pineapple muffins from Hawaii by Charishma Ramchandani (2 reviews) #9337 Save to My Cookbook Having Trouble? Try these... Search within these results for: Use the Category List on the left to narrow results. Post a Request for the Recipe and we'll help you find it. Ask a chef your question in our Cooking Q & A forum. 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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business — ADVERTISEMENT — Sunday, October 17, 2004 DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Yoshi Takahashi amuses his friends Kimi Toi and Michi Ogino with a wetsuit that's a little too small at the Xcel store in the Ward Village Shops. Hey! Big spenders New research shows just where tourists drop their money during stays in Hawaii By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@starbulletin.com ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRYANT FUKUTOMI / BFUKUTOMI@STARBULLETIN.COM China / South Korea travelers » More than 50 percent of these Asian visitors are first-timers and about a quarter of them come as part of a package tour. » Most come to visit friends or family (more than 28 percent), on business, or as part of a stopover, as stringent Visa requirements and a lack of flights has made Hawaii a difficult vacation destination. » In terms of activities, they are statistically similar to Americans, but plan to spend more money. » Most plan to attend a luau and 30 percent intend to play golf, the most of any other group surveyed. United States travelers » American travelers plan to stay longer and spend the least amount of money on retail and souvenirs. » They are most likely to engage in sports like running, scuba or going to the gym, but have the smallest percentage of people who planned to swim or sunbathe. » Americans are more likely to attend a luau, go to a Hawaiian history or cultural event and buy Hawaiian clothing and souvenirs than Japan or other Asian travelers. » They enjoy shopping at convenience stores, malls or hotel stores. They are also the most likely to go to a museum or art gallery or eat in high-end restaurants. Japan travelers » More than 60 percent of Japan travelers come to Hawaii as part of a package group. » These visitors plan to stay the least amount of time and spend the most money. » They are most likely to come to Hawaii to celebrate a wedding or honeymoon than any other group. » They are most interested in going to the beach and shopping while in Hawaii, but few plan to do any activities or eat in high-end restaurants. » They enjoy shopping across the board from outlet and discount stores to designer boutiques. While tourists from Japan and the mainland still pump plenty of money into Hawaii's retail stores, a more global mix of visitors is at the heart of Hawaii's improved tourism outlook, and their preferences are worlds apart. A new cross-cultural study from the University of Hawaii is available to help retailers take stock of what tourists buy, so local stores can match merchandise with spending habits. University of Hawaii marketing professor Mark Rosenbaum and travel industry management professor Dan Spears randomly surveyed more than 1,000 Waikiki tourists to determine cultural differences regarding their reasons for coming to Hawaii, their desire to shop and what purchases they planned to make during their stay. "Not all tourists are alike," Rosenbaum said. "Your target market should greatly impact how you merchandise and what products you stock." Hawaii's retail history gives businesses strong reasons to diversify their customer base, said retail analyst Stephany Sofos. "In the 1980s, the Japanese people came fast and furious and those who didn't cater to them were left out. Now it's changing, and as visitor groups change, retailers are having to figure out what their market is from one day to the next," Sofos said. The University of Hawaii study can help tourist-dependent businesses identify how to best keep their customers happy and how to increase spending from other visitor groups, Spears said. Their research showed that Japanese tourists plan to spend $1,400 on gifts and souvenirs during their stay in Hawaii, which is substantially more than all other visitor groups. According to the study, Chinese and Koreans spend about $750 on retail items and Americans spend around $600. They also found differences when it came to purchasing local foods, clothing and engaging in outdoor activities as well as differences in why these tourists groups were coming to Hawaii. For example, Americans and Japanese came to Hawaii primarily to vacation, while the Chinese and South Korean visitors were in Hawaii primarily to visit family members. Chinese visitors can only travel for leisure to a few designations, which does not include Hawaii. "Most Japanese will spend their vacation shopping at both high-end and discount retailers," Rosenbaum said, adding that data also confirmed the love-affair Japanese have with designer items. Nearly 60 percent of the Japanese visitors surveyed planned to visit Hawaii's designer boutiques; in contrast, only 35 percent of Americans planned to do so. However, the number of Japan travelers who plan to purchase products made in Hawaii, such as coffee, food and clothing, is lower than other groups. "The Japanese are the answer to our luxury business - not our economy," Rosenbaum said, adding that purchases of locally made products create more jobs and ultimately bring more benefit to the state. Visitors, who spend about $3 billion annually on retail goods in Hawaii, make up about 15 percent of the state's $19 billion retail market, said Carol Pregill, president of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii. The islands drew 6.4 million visitors last year, about two-thirds of them from the mainland. "Shopping is the third largest expenditure, next to food and lodging, for visitors," Pregill said, adding that about 20 percent of visitor expenditures can be attributed to shopping. "That's huge when you consider that shopping is a discretionary expense," Pregill said, and is an important part of a visitor's experience. But to make Hawaii shopping attractive to visitors it has to be distinctive, said Frank Haas, marketing director for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. "You can shop in Hong Kong and Las Vegas; what we need to know is what's distinctive about shopping in Hawaii," Haas said. As Oahu's visitor market stays strong, many retailers are going to take advantage of more visitor-based opportunities, said Jeffrey Hall, senior director of research at CB Richard Ellis. "There's huge amount of interest in redoing resort retail, especially in Waikiki," Hall said. According to market reports, Waikiki has a high number of retail vacancies, but in three to four years the sector will be more bullish as Waikiki renovation projects come to fruition, Hall forecasts. "The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center is rapidly changing. The Beach Walk and the International Market Place projects are just getting under way," Hall said. "Expect that in a few years Waikiki will be an entirely different place." Any shift in visitor demographics changes the way businesses advertise their products. "It's important to know who is coming and what you need for inventory," Pregill said. "Inventory is a huge expense and no one wants to be stuck with goods that no one want to buy." That's where the Rosenbaum and Spears study comes in, said Anne Murata, marketing director of the Festival Cos., which manages the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. Murata said she purchased the study because it's the first retail survey in Hawaii that breaks data into small categories such as visitors' reasons for traveling to Hawaii, ability to spend and where they spend their money. Retailers are especially interested on the data about Chinese and South Korean visitors, she said. While Chinese and Korean visitors have more in common with Americans in terms of overall spending, their spending habits are very similar to the Japanese visitor market when it was new, Murata said. In the 1990s, when the Japanese tourism boom to Hawaii was growing, the state's largest industry went to great lengths to cater to their needs. Japanese signs ruled Waikiki marketing; but then the bubble burst and retailers had to regroup to stay in business. "We've been trained to think only in terms of U.S. westbound and Japan travelers," she said. "But our retail market is becoming increasingly global and we're starting to see more travelers from China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the U.S. East." Japanese visitor arrivals to Hawaii, which peaked at 2.2 million in 1997, fell to 1.3 million last year in response to a weakened Japanese economy and geopolitical troubles. Retailers say the market has rebounded, but it's time for those eyeing Hawaii's improved market to use the isles' changing tourist patterns to help determine what's in store. Although the China travel market to Hawaii is small, representing less than 1 percent of Hawaii's total visitors in 2002, state officials have identified it as a market with enormous potential. New research shows that Chinese tourists are now the biggest spenders in the Asia-Pacific region by average credit card transaction size, according to a study released by Visa. The report, published last week in the Financial Times, said Chinese cardholders on average spent $253 per transaction while traveling. The World Tourism Organization has also estimated that China will produce 100 million outbound tourists by 2020 and members of Hawaii's public and private sector want their share. "Just like we geared retail to the Japan market in its heyday, someday I expect we'll see retail signs in Chinese and Korean, too," Murata said. According to the Rosenbaum and Spears survey, the Chinese, enjoy participating in new activities, but look for familiarity in restaurants - characteristics similar to Japanese visitors before Hawaii became a common destination, "They only want to eat in Chinese restaurants," Rosenbaum said. But, more important for retailers is that the Chinese also appear to have a taste for luxury goods. "The Chinese, like the Japanese, also want to purchase luxury goods as gifts to take home," Spears said. While retailers need accurate data to capture their audience, there is one sure plan that works across cultures, Murata said. "One thing you can always sell them is the aloha spirit - that's an approach that works with visitors from China to Lithuania," Murata said. BACK TO TOP | The Hawaii experience A new University of Hawaii study of tourist spending habits raised some interesting questions. For instance, do Japan travelers, who planned to spend $1,400 on gifts and souvenirs during their stay in Hawaii, really contribute the most money to Hawaii's economy? While Americans, who planned to spend about $600 on retail, and Chinese/ Koreans, who planned to spend about $750, lagged behind in overall spending, the data showed that these groups spent significantly more on made-in-Hawaii products. The percentage of visitors planning to buy each product: Items USA / Canada Japan China / South Korea Hawaiian coffee 53.1 38.4 70.8 Macadamia nuts 66.8 52.2 75.5 Pineapples 37.4 7.3 30.2 Hawaiian candies 35.7 12.3 35.8 Hawaiian clothing 47.3 21.7 43.4 Hawaiian souvenirs 60.9 41.1 58.5 Source: University of Hawaii marketing professor Mark Rosenbaum and travel industry management professor Dan Spears Where it all goes Percentage of visitors doing the following activities: Activities U.S. Japan China/Korea Honeymoon/wedding 6.8 18.2 4.7 Visit family/friends 13.4 3.8 28.3 Part of Packaged tour 15.8 61.3 25.5 Buying designer clothes 29.2 34.9 37.7 Golf 16.0 5.6 30.2 Tour bus 30.9 25.2 37.7 Beach 77.4 78.3 84.0 Fine dining 58.2 8.5 49.1 Culture/History 64.2 27.3 43.4 Luau 59.7 16.1 62.3 Designer boutiques 35.1 59.2 41.5 Mall 65.4 74.5 75.5 Characteristics of visitors' stays: Visit U.S. Japan China/Korea Planned Expenditures $644 $1,416 $745 Length of Stay in Hawaii 12 days 7 days 11 days Source: University of Hawaii marketing professor Mark Rosenbaum and travel industry management professor Dan Spears — ADVERTISEMENTS — — ADVERTISEMENTS — | | | PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION E-mail to Business Editor BACK TO TOP Text Site Directory: [News] [Business] [Features] [Sports] [Editorial] [Do It Electric!] [Classified Ads] [Search] [Subscribe] [Info] [Letter to Editor] [Feedback] © 2004 Honolulu Star-Bulletin -- http://starbulletin.com -Advertisement-

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American Hawaii Cruises: Maritime Matters MARITIME MATTERS Ocean liner history and cruise ship news [Home] [Table of Contents] [Shipping Mall] [Index of ships] American Hawaii Cruises American Hawaii Cruises (1980-2001) American Hawaii Cruises, AHC, was formed in 1979 and revivedAmerican-flag cruising around Hawaii. The company bought the laid up 1951-built linerOCEANIC INDEPENDENCE (ex INDEPENDENCE, American Export Isbrandsten) from C.Y. Tung's AtlanticFar East Line. A special act of congress was needed to return the US builtship to American registry. Refitted in Taiwan, and then Japan, she entered service on a slowsteaming economical seven day interisland schedule in June of 1980. As the venture was sucessful, the former sister ship of INDEPENDENCE waspurchased. The 1951-built CONSTITUTION was refitted and began sailing a similar itineraryin June of 1982 following a gala christening by Princess Grace of Monaco that April. These two ships became the only American flagged ocean-going ships in the passenger trade. Briefly, AHC also operated the 1958-built former Moore McCormack Liner BRASIL (later Holland America line's VOLENDAM) on seven day cruises out of Papeete, Taihiti, as the LIBERTE in 1986/7. Due to poor air lift, this venture was a failure and the LIBERTE was sold to present owners, Commodore Cruises, who are presently chartering her to World Explorer Cruises and the Seawise Foundation as the UNIVERSE EXPLORER. In 1994 the INDEPENDENCE was extensively refitted at Newport News, VA. The CONSTITUTION was to follow, but after estimates for the work skyrocketed, she was laid up in Portland, Oregon in July 1995. Two years later, she was stripped of spare parts for her sister and sold for scrapping in India. She mysteriously sank on November 24, 1998 while under tow in the Pacific, 700 miles north and west of Hawaii enroute to the scrap yard in Japan. AHC made the announcement that new US Built ships would be added to thefleet and Ingalls Shipyard at Pascagoula, MI has won the contract for two 1,900 passenger ships for service in hawaii in 2003. In the meantime, another shipwas bought as a stop-gap until the first of the newbuilds is delivered. On October 18, 2000 American Classic Voyages (parent company to Delta Queen Steamboat Cruises and American Hawaii Cruises) revived a famous name in American shipping -- United States Lines -- when it purchased Holland America's 1983-built NIEUW AMSTERDAM and renamed her the M.S. PATRIOT . USL acquired the ship for $114.5 million and the transfer occurred at sea, approximately 14 miles off Portand, Oregon. At the same moment she changed registry to Honolulu and nowshe sails under the U.S. flag. A christening event on December 8, 2000 in Hawaii kicked off the new service beginning the following day.Under the "Project America" initiative, (which allowed this foreign flagged vessel to become US registered) the parent company American Classic Voyages Co. is constructing two 1,900-passenger ships scheduled to begin cruises around the Hawaiian Islands under the United States Lines name beginning in early 2003 and 2004.The two 72,000-ton vessels, under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding (a division of Litton Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Missippi) will be the largest ocean-going cruise ships ever built in a U.S. shipyard, and the first in more than 40 years. In September 2001, American Classic Voyages Co. reached an agreement, endorsed by theU.S. Maritime Administration with the support of U.S. Secretary of Transportation, thatwould enable the uninterrupted construction of two 1,900-passenger cruise ships in the US. Rumouredto be named UNITED STATES and AMERICA the two vessels under grouped under the title "Project America" whichis a pilot project aimed at reinvigorating U.S.-flag cruise ship construction and operation. The two shipswere in the early stages of construction at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls Operations. The cruise ship delivery dates wereextended by 12 months, to February 1, 2004, and February 1, 2005. Sadly this was not to be, as on October 19, 2001, one year after United States Lines had been announced, American Classic Voyages, Inc. announced that it filed for bankruptcy court protection and would cease operating all but one ship. the SS INDEPENDENCE and MS PATRIOT stop sailing on Saturday, October 20 after completingtheir cruises. The Delta Queen Vessels AMERICAN QUEEN, MISSISSIPPI QUEEN, COLUMBIA QUEEN and CAPE MAY LIGHT werelaid up within three days. Only the historic DELTA QUEEN, continued to operate its Mississippi River voyages. American Classic claimed that half of its bookings had fallen off since the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001.Rumors the company was in financial trouble had circulated for for some time and Nasdaq officials halted tradingin American Classic's shares after they reached a new low of 46 cents each. AMCV hoped to work out a deal with Los Angeles based Northrop Grumman Corp., owner of the shipyard, and the U.S. Maritime Administration to keep the ship-building projects underway, however the project was suspended on October 25, and cancelled on November 1. SS INDEPENDENCE now the property of the US Maritime Administration sailed past Pier 39 in San Francisco at 10:30 AM, November 8, 2001 into lay up at the former Alameda Naval Station adjacent to the museum ship HORNET while she prepares for longterm layup within the reserve fleet at Suisuin Bay possibly in February 2001. S.S.INDEPENDENCE , S.S. 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Lanai Accommodations - Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels, and Resorts on the island of Lanai, Hawaii  You are here: About > Travel > Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors > Maui / Molokai / Lanai > Lanai > Places to Stay on Lanai Travel Go Hawaii Essentials Which Hawaiian Island Suits You Best? Clickable Map of the Hawaiian Islands Beach Guide Hawaii Pictures Clickable Map of Maui, Hawaii Topics A Hawaii Vacation Planner Big Island of Hawaii Kauai Maui / Molokai / Lanai Oahu / Honolulu / Waikiki South Pacific Culture, History & Language Hawaii Lodging Hula Luau Maps and Weather Pearl Harbor Photos, Video & Cams Recipes Shopping and Gifts Buyer's Guide Tastes of Paradise from Hilo Hattie HilHilo Hattie Dresses and Sarongs Multi-Day Guided Tours Top Hawaii Guidebooks Top Maui / Molokai / Lanai Guidebooks Forums Help FREE Newsletter Sign Up Now for the Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors newsletter! See Online Courses   Search Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors > Maui / Molokai / Lanai > Lanai > Places to Stay on Lanai Lanai Accommodations Your guide to lodgings on the island of Lanai. We include our picks for the best bed and breakfasts, hotels and resorts on Lanai. Articles & Resources Sort By : Guide Picks | Alphabetical | Recent Hale Moe Bed and Breakfast Hale Moe means "Sleeping House" in Hawaiian. Located at the edge of Lanai city, you can rent one or two rooms of the entire house for your stay. Hotel Lanai Built in 1923 by James Dole as lodging for Dole Plantation Executives, the Hotel Lanai was the only hotel on Lanai until 1990. Today the hotel has 11 rooms as a chef's signature restaurant. Lanai Hui Captain's Retreat Situated at a cool 1700 ft. elevation and surrounded by towering Norfolk pines, the Lana'i Hui Captain's Retreat is within easy walking of Lana'i City, golf at Greg Norman's Experience at Koele or elegant dining at the Lodge at Koele. The two-story cedar home sleeps ten comfortably making it the perfect vacation rental for families, friends, executive groups. Lanai Plantation Home A bed and breakfast which is tucked between stone walls and a profusion of banana and papaya just minutes from the center of beautiful Lanai City. Lodge at Koele Located in the highlands of Lanai, bordered by by lofty pines, the Lodge at Koele is one of the world's premier resorts. Visitors can warm themselves by a stone fireplace, walk along secluded garden paths or through forests of eucalyptus where wild deer roam. Manele Bay Hotel Rising on the red cliffs over the white-sand of Hulupo'e Beach on the island of Lanai, the Manele Bay Resort is one of the world's top resorts. Two 18-hole championship golf courses are located nearby.   Topic Index | Email to a Friend Our Story | Be a Guide | Advertising Info | Work at About | Site Map | Icons | Help User Agreement | Ethics Policy | Patent Info. | Privacy Policy | Kids' Privacy Policy ©2006 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company . All rights reserved. Around About Tips to Losing Weight Guide to Distance Learning How to Travel for Less PHOTOS: Italy PHOTOS: Hybrid Cars What's Hot Top Picks in Hawaiian Coffee Kamehameha the Great Kalua Pig Waikiki Beach, Oahu - Life's a Beach in Hawaii - Hawaii Beac... Best Beaches 1999 Headlines 2006 Special Packages on Kauai For travelers considering a visit to the Garden Isle of... Plumeria Photos from Hawaii Plumeria is the most common flower that you'll find in... You Won't See This Sign at Home! This certainly isn't a sign that you've ever seen near... Atlantis Submarine Tour Maui Since I had just experienced the Atlantis Submarine Tour on...