Resort Quest at the Executive Centre Hotel in Honolulu is a short stroll from galleries, shops and restaurants and an emerging night scene. Guest accommodations feature suites with separate sleeping areas and bathrooms with in-room jet spas. Executive one-bedroom suites feature kitchen facilities and a washer/dryer, while the business suites have a wet bar and refrigerator. Friday through Sunday kama'aina rate for a city-mountain view room is $99; a one-bedroom suite is $129. 800-949-3932 or e-mail info@resortquesthawaii.com.

HOTEL RENEW BARGAIN: Renew, Aqua's 72-room hotel in Waikiki, offers a 50 percent discount on published rates, starting at $149 per night through January. 866-406-2782, www.aquaresorts.com.

NEW MANAGEMENT: The Pacific Beach Hotel has returned to independent management after nearly a year as an Outrigger-affiliated property. 800-367-6060 or www.pacificbeachhotel.com.

ALL-GIRL PACKAGE: Fairmont Orchid's all-girl getaways package include daily oceanfront hula lessons; two guestrooms; daily breakfast for four; cultural, beach and pool activities. From $978 a night for two rooms, 800-845-9905, through December 2008, www.fairmont.com/orchid.

LAVA ANNIVERSARY: Celebrating 25 years of lava on Kilauea's East Rift Zone, the first 2008 "After Dark in the Park" program looks at Kilauea volcano's ongoing Pu'u 'O'o eruption. Join Tim Orr, geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, for eruption highlights and an up-to-date report. 7 p.m. Jan. 1, Kilauea Visitor Center, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Free. 808-985-6014, www.nps.gov/havo.

CELEBRATING BREWS: Kona Brewers Festival promotes craft breweries and chefs in Hawai'i at the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, March 8. www.konabrewersfestival.com. 808-331-3033.

CULTURAL LECTURE: Hawaiian medicinal plants and lomi lomi massage are topics in the first lecture in the 2008 series on Island art and culture. Teacher and traditional healer Dane Silva demonstrates and talks story to share how Hawaiian plants and cultural practices assist quality of life and wellness. 2 p.m. Jan. 13, Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Free. 808-967-8222, www.volcanoartcenter.org.

PGA GOLF: The MasterCard Championship at Hualalai features 36 top golfers, who have won Champions Tour or other PGA majors or money events, in a 54-hole competition for a $1.5 million purse. This annual PGA golf event is the first match of the year on the PGA Champions Tour. Jan.14-20 at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Golf Club. www.pgatour.com (click on Champions Tour).

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