Roberts Hawaii Tours and Transportation is a tour bus operator in the state of
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
founded in 1941 by Robert Iwamoto Sr. as a one-man taxi company in
Hanapepe,
Kauai. It has operations on 4 of Hawaii's major Islands:
Kauai,
Oahu
Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O†...
,
Maui, and the
Island of Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii ) is the largest island in the United States, located in the state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of , it has 63% of th ...
.
It has an employee-owned company with 900 vehicles and 1,400 employees.
Roberts Hawaii is also the parent company for the Magic of Polynesia Show, Hawaiian Monarch Hotel, Roberts Hawaii School Bus, and various Hawaii shuttle services.
Tours and transportation
Roberts Hawaii has a fleet of motorcoaches, mini-buses, and vans. Most motorcoaches are made by
Prevost Car
Prevost (, , formally known as Prevost Car) is a Canadian manufacturer of touring coaches and bus shells for high-end motorhomes and specialty conversions. The company is a subsidiary of the Volvo Buses division of the Volvo Group.
History
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along with
Motor Coach Industries
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is a North American multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in production of motorcoaches. Best known for coaches produced for intercity transit and commuter buses, MCI produces coaches for a variety of appli ...
, including Renaissance Coaches (55-60 seats), "DL" Series coaches (55-63 seats), some "D" series coaches (55 seats), Ford-Econoline Minibuses (21-25 seats, and Ford Econoline Passenger vans (11–15 seats). The fleet make-up is similar on every island, since it is impractical to move vehicles between islands.
Roberts Hawaii currently holds transportation contracts for many of Oahu's attractions, including Atlantis Submarines & Cruises, Germaine's Luau, USS ''Missouri'', and Hilo Hatties. Tours, especially on the neighbor islands, are narrated by the drivers themselves. In 2013, Roberts Hawaii acquired a $21,000,000 contract with the Hawaii State Department of Education to provide school bus service for 181 of O'ahu's 305 bus routes for the 2014 and 2015 school years.
Environment
In 2009, Roberts Hawaii settled with the
Environmental Protection Agency over allegations that the bus company failed to provide annual chemical inventory information to emergency responders, a requirement of facilities that use dangerous chemicals.
References
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External links
Roberts Hawaii Tours and ActivitiesRoberts Hawaii Shore Excursions
Tourism in Hawaii
Bus transportation in Hawaii
Travel and holiday companies of the United States