The Honolulu travel agency brought 85,000 Hawaii residents to Las Vegas last year, and they keep coming back with moreby Todd A. Vines - Kama'aina Magazine (Spring 2012)
Most people get a bouquet of black balloons when they turn sixty. Vacations Hawaii got a pair of Boeing 767s.
The Honolulu travel agency that has become synonymous throughout Hawaii with affordable Las Vegas vacation packages celebrates six decades of service this year. And while most of us begin to slow down at sixty, Vacations Hawaii only appears to be stepping up its active schedule.
The full-service retail and wholesale travel agency began offering tour packages in 1952 out of a modest shop on Beachwalk Avenue in Waikiki under the name “Lea Lea Tours.” In 1995, the company was acquired by Boyd Gaming, the fifth-largest gaming company in the US, and within six months began offering twice-weekly, discounted, non-stop charter service to Las Vegas, with exclusive packages at Main Street Station, the Fremont Hotel and Casino, California Hotel and Casino, and Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.
Today, six round-trip schedules run each week, ferrying around 85,000 Hawaii residents to the state's "ninth island" each year.
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* FULL STORY IN THE SPRING EDITION OF KAMA'AINA MAGAZINE
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