Affairs / Environment
09 - Honolulu
The city has the luxury of sitting on Asia’s doorstep. This is great news but it needs to put it to use.
The city has the luxury of sitting on Asia’s doorstep. This is great news but it needs to put it to use.
Sunday 25 March
Late into the evening one August night last year, a hostile coup took place in the picture postcard tourist hotspot of Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach.
For business meetings in the middle of the Pacific, Monocle suggests a few looks from the US East Coast via Marunouchi.
Honolulu, our top-ranking US city for the third year running, wants to shed its honeymoon hotspot image. The film industry, renewable energy and agriculture are helping transform it into a new Pacific power.
Stay in a cottage attached to an izakaya-inspired restaurant in a Portland neighbourhood, discover a curiosity shop run by an airline pilot in Honolulu and eat Portuguese haute cuisine at Belcanto in Lisbon. These are just…
Once again, we've been busy applying the annual Monocle metrics test to cities across the globe. Here are the results.
Tuesday 15 January
Australians love a chat show. Actually, I should qualify that – Australians love an American chat show. Believe it or not, Oz doesn’t really have its own nightly TV host to trade smiles with every Katherine Heigl rolling…
Welcome to the fifth annual Monocle survey of top 25 liveable cities around the world. Here’s how they rank.
Hugo Chávez and his gas-guzzling motorcade, Cuba spruces up its colonial buildings, and the view from Washington of the Republican presidential candidate campaign.
The world is going electric in a bid to combat environmental change and energy dependency. For once this Christmas, batteries are included.
Jetstar, a low-cost offshoot of Qantas, has launched not only itself but a new business model, offering acceptable levels of comfort at prices far below those of rival business classes. Now, the airline plans to expand its…
Great cities adapt and change like their residents. The process of finding a favourite has been a global undertaking that confirmed and renewed our love of exciting urban centres. The following make up Monocle’s top 25.
Our editor-in-chief jumps on his bike to find forgotten corners of the city in need of reimagining and offers a recipe that works – if you can find the ingredients.
While last year’s economic turbulence forced many retailers to up their game, there are too many who seem to have given up even trying. Fortunately, there are still shops out there who know what a huge difference decent…
The challenges facing Bogota's new mayor, a Canadian waterfront drama, and a Q&A with the head of the group spearheading Manhattan's transformation.
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