analysts, investors<\/a>, and, most importantly, tourists.<\/span><\/p>\nPerhaps equally as important to getting the points partnership off to a solid start — and to the top and bottom lines of Boyd and Hawaiian Air — is that Hawaii’s economy is on the mend.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cT<\/span>otal air seats to Hawaii in May recovered 78.2 percent from the same month in 2019, and the June airline schedule will recover over 89 percent of the seats. Seats from domestic flights in May are 3.2 percent more than those in May 2019, and seats scheduled for June will be 14.3 percent more than June 2019,\u201d according to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT).<\/p>\nDBEDT also boosted its 2021 state GDP forecast to 3.5 percent, up from a 2.7 percent estimate issued in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boyd Gaming and Hawaiian Airlines are tapping into customers’ affinity for frequent flier miles and points, with the two companies announcing a reciprocity accord involving their loyalty programs. Under the terms of the agreement, Boyd Gaming’s B Connected Points can earn points with the carrier and those enrolled in the HawaiianMiles program can add to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":176061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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