About Us

As our state’s longest-standing and most-acclaimed media brand, HONOLULU celebrate our Islands’ unique culture, heritage and lifestyle across print and digital platforms. Since 1888, HONOLULU has written stories that matter. Our award-winning monthly magazine, as well as our robust website and social media platforms, reach diverse audiences of all ages both in Hawai‘i and elsewhere. Our readers rely on us to report on everything from our newest restaurants to critical issues facing our Island community.

 

HONOLULU is proud of its legacy, having been commissioned by King David Kalākaua to be Hawai‘i’s ambassador to the world. Known then as Paradise of the Pacific, it became HONOLULU Magazine in 1966 and shifted its focus to stories about and for the people of the Islands—a mission upheld today.

King Kalakaua