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We've set up a full service blog over at Wordpress.com and hope you will join us over there. ALl of the articles here have been re-posted over there, for your reading and sharing pleasure!

Visit our new blog at visitlanai.wordpress.com today!

Decadent Indulgence, Overcoming Fears, #VisitLanai via @caroundtheworld

Please enjoy Chris's articles which are filled with photos by the way!

Aloha, Lana'i: Hawaiian Poke = Fish Fabulousness

Aloha, Lanai: Four Seasons at Manele Bay

Aloha, Lanai: Creating a Signature Scent, a la Kim Kardashian

Aloha, Lanai: Snuba Diving in Hawaii

Aloha, Lanai: Garden of the Gods & Shipwreck Beach

Aloha, Lanai: Shooting for the First Time at Lanai Sporting Clays

Aloha, Lanai: Off-roading with a Jeep Rental

Aloha, Lana'i: Four Seasons The Lodge at Koele

Aloha, Lana'i: Lana'i City, Hotel Lana'i & the Lana'i City Grille

For more adventures on the Hawaiian island of Lānaʻi, please search anywhere for the tag "#VisitLanai." We hope to see you here on our almost private island soon!

E Kipa Mai to Melanie & Adam Waldman! @travelswithtwo @refinedadam #VisitLanai

 Here is how Melanie describes her life:

I do the writing (and most of the photography) here at Travels With Two. Adam owns an entertainment advertising company, which keeps him busy an average of  60 hours a week. We have a house, a garden, a dog and a large circle of friends. Our families are spread out amongst the east and west coasts of the United States, and we visit (and travel with) them as often as we can. In short, it can be complicated for us to get away together. So, we prioritize it in small chunks of the future, like teeth cleanings and tire rotations…only with more joy. Sometimes our trips take us across town and sometimes across the world, but they’re always driven by a desire to reconnect and have new experiences that become part of our story.

Please connect with Melanie and Adam at any of these locations on line, and be sure to follow Travels with Two on Twitter (and follow Adam too!) for updates before, during, and after their stay here in the Hawaiian Islands.

Web: www.travelswithtwo.com
Twitter: Melanie twitter.com/travelswithtwo  Adam: twitter.com/refinedadam
Facebook: www.facebook.com/travelswithtwo
Flickr: www.flickr.com/people/30122252@N02/ 

Melanie and Adam arrive May 26th for 5 days and will be staying at the Hotel Lanai and both Four Seasons' properties while visiting with the entire Lānaʻi community:

www.lanaichc.org - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center
www.hotellanai.com (@AquaHotels)
www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/ (@FSLanai)
www.fourseasons.com/koele/ (@FSLanai) 

We invite you to join the conversation with all of the New Media Artists who are visiting now through May, 2011:

• Using the tag #VisitLanai on Twitter
• Talk to us on Twitter @VisitLanai
• Like our Visit Lanai Facebook page
• Viewing photos on Flickr

Read more about this innovative Hawaii tourism New Media Artist-in-Residence Program here.

E Kipa Mai Sheila and Andy Beal! @sheilabeal @andybeal #VisitLanai

Sheila’s husband, Andy, provides the photography and videos for Go Visit Hawaii. Together, they’re a dynamic duo for Hawaii vacation planning.

Please connect with Sheila and Andy at any of these locations on line, and be sure to follow Sheila on Twitter (and follow Andy too!) for updates before, during, and after their stay here in the Hawaiian Islands.

Web: www.govisithawaii.com  Andy's site: www.marketingpilgrim.com
Twitter: Sheila twitter.com/sheilabeal  Andy: twitter.com/andybeal
Facebook: www.facebook.com/govisithawaii
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/govisithawaii/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/govisithawaii

Sheila and Andy arrive April 19th for 7 days and will be staying at the Hotel Lanai and both Four Seasons' properties while visiting with the entire Lānaʻi community:

www.lanaichc.org - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center
www.hotellanai.com (@AquaHotels)
www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/ (@FSLanai)
www.fourseasons.com/koele/ (@FSLanai) 

We invite you to join the conversation with all of the New Media Artists who are visiting now through May, 2011:

• Using the tag #VisitLanai on Twitter
• Talk to us on Twitter @VisitLanai
• Like our Visit Lanai Facebook page
• Viewing photos on Flickr

Read more about this innovative Hawaii tourism New Media Artist-in-Residence Program here.

E Kipa Mai Kara Williams! @karasw @thevacationgals #VisitLanai

Please connect with Kara at any of these locations on line, and be sure to follow her on Twitter for updates before, during, and after her stay here in the Hawaiian Islands.

Web: http://www.thevacationgals.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/karasw
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thevacationgals
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/karasw

Kara arrives March 6th and will be staying at the Hotel Lanai and both Four Seasons' properties and visiting with the entire Lānaʻi community:

http://www.lanaichc.org - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center
http://www.hotellanai.com (@AquaHotels)
ttp://www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/ (@FSLanai)
http://www.fourseasons.com/koele/ (@FSLanai) 

You can join the conversation with all of the New Media Artists who are visiting now through May, 2011:

• Using the tag #VisitLanai on Twitter
• Talk to us on Twitter @VisitLanai
• Like our Visit Lanai Facebook page
• Viewing photos on Flickr

Read more about this New Media Artist-in-Residence Program.

Note: Since I was late posting this entry, I was able to grab one of the first pics from Kara's trip to Lānaʻi: that is Kara and her friend and production assistant Kristina Bingaman "tweeting from horseback" on their first day in the islands. My apology to Kara!

E Kipa Mai to Gary Arndt @everywheretrip #VisitLanai

Gary has been traveling and blogging around the world since March 2007. The road is his official home.

The idea of traveling around the world wasn’t something that gradually dawned on me. It all rather happened in an instant. Once I had the idea, I knew it was something I had to do. That happened about two years before I left on my trip. I had an internet consulting firm I sold back in 1998. Since then I’ve been involved in online gaming and helped found a business intelligence software company. I also spent the two years prior to my trip studying geology at the University of Minnesota (I’m actually a few credits shy of my geology degree). My travel history prior to this trip was a mixed bag. I never saw salt water until I was 21 when I saw Puget Sound in Seattle. I often tell that to people I meet while traveling and it blows them away. Wisconsin and Minnesota are a long way from the ocean.

Gary is also one of three hosts of the popular travel podcast, This Week in Travel, which also includes Jen Leo of the LA Times Travel Blog and Chris Christensen of The Amateur Traveler. Listen to Episode #75 to learn more about this New Media Artist-in-Residence Program.

Please connect with Gary at any of these locations on line, and be sure to follow him on Twitter for live updates while he is here in the Hawaiian Islands. He will be traveling to the island via ferry, courtesy of Expedtions. I wonder how long the internet connection will last en route?

Web: http://www.everything-everywhere.com (be sure to join his email list)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/everywheretrip
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhere
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CaesarRomanus
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garndt/ 

Gary arrives March 1st and will be staying at the Hotel Lanai and both Four Seasons' properties and visiting with the entire Lānaʻi community:

http://www.lanaichc.org - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center
http://www.hotellanai.com (@AquaHotels)
http://www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/ (@FSLanai)
http://www.fourseasons.com/koele/ (@FSLanai) 

You can join the conversation with all of the New Media Artists who are visiting now through May, 2011:

• Using the tag #VisitLanai on Twitter
• Talk to us on Twitter @VisitLanai
• Like our Visit Lanai Facebook page
• Viewing photos on Flickr 

Read all about Shannon Lane's trip to #VisitLanai cc @cajun_mama

Shannon was our inaugural New Media Artist-in-Residence and she burst on the scene with incredible energy and enthusiasm! We hope you will want to read all she has written and watch her videos - they give you her unique "Traveling Mama" perspective on visiting the precious island of Lānaʻi.

Here is a list of her blog entries. Please do leave a comment while you are there (or here!) and let us all know what you think about the people, places, and adventures of Lānaʻi.

From the Traveling Mamas Blog:

Dreaming of Hawaii

Morning at Manele Bay

A Day at the Four Seasons Manele Bay

Getting Around Lanai Hawaii Golf Courses

Hotel Lanai - Affordable Hawaii Lodging

From Shannonʻs Personal Blog:

Images from Lanai during #Visit Lanai

The New Era of the Press Trip

View Her Photos on Flickr.com. (89 plus one video)

Photo Credit: Shannon Hurst Lane on Flickr

Postscript: have you noticed that the titles of these blog entries use a different sort of syntax? It's because we are writing for two audiences. Each blog entry also creates a link on Twitter (automagically!) and the subject of the article becomes the Twitter message. So you will often see Twitter names (@something) and/or a hashtag (#something) included!

E Kipa Mai to Matt Long of @Landlopers!

Matt's journey to Hawaii will be via @Delta and @IslandAirDotCom.

Follow him on his blog and his Twitter account:

http://www.landlopers.com

http://twitter.com/landlopers

Matt will be staying at the Hotel Lanai and both Four Seasons' properties and visiting with the entire Lānaʻi community:

http://www.lanaichc.org - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center
http://www.hotellanai.com (@AquaHotels)
http://www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/ (@FSLanai)
http://www.fourseasons.com/koele/ (@FSLanai)

You can join the conversation with all of the New Media Artists who are visiting over the next month by:
* using the tag #VisitLanai on Twitter
* liking our Visit Lanai Facebook page
* viewing photos on Flickr 

E Kipa Mai to Chris Gray Faust! @caroundtheworld #VisitLanai

Chris Gray Faust, winner of a 2010 Lowell Thomas writing award for travel blogging, is the former travel editor at USA TODAY. A journalist for 20 years, Chris has worked as a reporter and editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the York (PA) Daily Record. She's also active with social media, with accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon and foursquare. She’s a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, a blogger for the Huffington Post’s Travel section and a member of the USA TODAY Travel Alliance blog network.

Please connect up with Chris while she is on island in Lanai or anywhere here on the internet! She loves adventure and will be doing back country tours, SNUBA, and all sorts of fun activities, including a lomi lomi massage which I think every traveler deserves after the flight to Hawaiʻi! BTW, she will be traveling via Hawaiian Airlines (@HawaiianAir) and Island Air (@IslandAirDotCom).

http://caroundtheworld.com
http://twitter.com/CAroundTheWorld

Chris arrives January 30th and will be staying at the Hotel Lanai and both Four Seasons' properties and visiting with the entire Lānaʻi community:

http://www.lanaichc.org - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center
http://www.hotellanai.com (@AquaHotels)
http://www.fourseasons.com/manelebay/ (@FSLanai)
http://www.fourseasons.com/koele/ (@FSLanai)

You can join the conversation with all of the New Media Artists who are visiting over the next month by:
* using the tag #VisitLanai on Twitter
* liking our Visit Lanai Facebook page
* viewing photos on Flickr 

Hoping a lei will make up for travel delays @Cajun_mama @roxannedarling

Shannon and Bret's trip was delayed today by mechanical problems via American Airlines. She missed her connection to Lāna‘i which meant an overnight at the airport in Honolulu.

But being a glass half full kind of person, Shannon kept smiling as she kept me posted on her change notes. Lucky for me, I was able to hop over to HNL and meet her in person!

One thing is for sure: a massage at the Four Seasons Manele Bay is going to feel even better tomorrow!

You can Visit Lanai with Shannon this week by following her on Twitter or following the #VisitLanai hash tag around the web.

http://twitter.com/Cajun_mama
http://www.travelingmamas.com

http://twitter.com/fslanai
http://twitter.com/VisitLanai
http://www.gohawaii.com/lanai

Aloha, Roxanne Darling, New Media Artist-in-Residence producer