BUSINESS BRIEFS
Delta offering lower fares

Advertiser Staff

Delta Air Lines yesterday announced lower fares between Hawai'i and most Mainland cities that the airline serves.

For purchases up to Feb. 20, the new round-trip fares include $388 between Honolulu and Los Angeles or San Francisco, $648 between Honolulu and New York City and $638 between Maui and Atlanta.

The fares cover travel completed by April 30 and are based on round-trip tickets, a seven-day advance purchase and Saturday night stay. Other restrictions apply.

Hotel Moloka'i sold for $3.4M

Hotel Moloka'i, a 44-room property near Kaunakakai, is being sold for $3.4 million to vacation rental company Travel Advantage Network and is being partially converted into vacation condominiums.

Travel Advantage Network is buying the property from Keawe Group and spending about $250,000 to upgrade the hotel and reopen by April.

Gains seen in visitor spending

Visitors last year spent an average of $173 per person per day on Maui, $147 per day on Kaua'i, $141 on the Big Island and $83 on Moloka'i.

Daily spending increased on Maui and Kaua'i and remained stable on the Big

Island and Moloka'i, according to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism's Neighbor Islands' spending report.