''Honolulu'' is a city magazine covering
Honolulu
Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island ...
and the
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 ...
region. It dates back to 1888 when it was called ''Paradise of the Pacific.'' It is the oldest magazine in the state of Hawaii and is the longest published magazine west of the Mississippi.
''Honolulu'' is a member of the
City and Regional Magazine Association
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(CRMA).
History
In 1888, when Hawaii was still a monarchy, King
Kalākaua
Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamananakapu Mahinulani Naloiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), sometimes called The Merrie Monarch, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, ...
commissioned a magazine
[ under royal charter to be Hawaii's ambassador to the world. That magazine was ''Paradise of the Pacific''.][ For nearly a century, ''Paradise of the Pacific'' promoted local business and tourism by assuring citizens of the United States that the Islands were civilized. Noted contributors to ''Paradise of the Pacific'' included Henry B. Christian, Helen Thomas Dranga, Arman Manookian, and Edwin North McClellan.
In 1966, ''Paradise of the Pacific'' became ''Honolulu Magazine''.
In 1977, David Pelligrin acquired it through his Honolulu Publishing Company and raised the bar for journalists in the islands.][ ''Honolulu'' shifted its focus to news and features aimed at an affluent residential audience. It covers dining, culture, arts, politics, entertainment in and around Honolulu and throughout Hawaii. ''Honolulu'' also has an annual dining awards called the Hale Aina Awards. Under Pelligrin in 1984, ''Honolulu'' established the awards as the islands’ first local restaurant awards. Before then, culinary awards in the Islands had only been given by mainland travel interests.][
In 2001, Duane Kurisu, the owner of PacificBasin Communications, acquired the magazine from the Honolulu Publishing Company.]
Awards
*2015 – Sour Poi Awards
*2016 – CRMA Award and National Prize
*2017 – Soi Poi Awards
*2018 – CRMA Awards
See also
*'' Hawaii Business''
Further reading
*''Hawai'i Chronicles: Island History from the Pages of'' Honolulu Magazine. Edited by Bob Dye. 1996,
*''Hawai'i Chronicles II: Contemporary Island History from the Pages of'' Honolulu Magazine. Edited by Bob Dye. 1997,
*''Hawai'i Chronicles III: World War Two in Hawai'i, from the Pages of'' Paradise of the Pacific. Edited by Bob Dye. 2000.
References
External links
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Paradise of the Pacific
' at the HathiTrust
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