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Everything you need to write about Hanahou accurately. Boilerplate, the facts, a founder bio, and a real person to reach.
The boilerplate, ready to quote
Hanahou is a curated marketplace for Hawaiʻi event vendors, built on Oʻahu by Kaliʻinoa Maeva. Planners discover photographers, caterers, florists, performers, and the rest of the people who make a Hawaiʻi celebration, by island and by the kind of gathering they're throwing, then reach out and book directly. Every vendor is reviewed before going live, reviews come only from real bookings, and Hanahou takes no commission on the booking itself. The name means encore: hana hou, once more, one more time.
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What's true, and nothing that isn't
- What it is
- A curated marketplace for Hawaiʻi event vendors. Discovery by island and category, then inquiry, quote, availability, and booking.
- Where
- Hawaiʻi. Every island.
- Founded by
- Kaliʻinoa Maeva, on Oʻahu.
- The model
- Vendors pay a flat monthly subscription to be listed. Hanahou takes no commission on bookings. Vendors keep what they earn.
- Curation
- Every vendor is reviewed by the founder before going live. Some applications are sent back with notes. Some are declined.
- Reviews
- A review comes from someone who actually booked the vendor and had the event happen. No drive-by ratings.
- Giving back
- Through Manawaleʻa, a portion of platform activity goes to organizations supporting Hawaiʻi flood relief. The ledger is public.
You won't find vendor counts or revenue figures here on purpose. Hanahou is in its building phase, and we'd rather say nothing than inflate a number.
Kaliʻinoa Maeva
Founder, Hanahou
Kaliʻinoa Maeva grew up in Hawaiʻi planning celebrations from inside Hawaiʻi families: the graduations, the first birthdays, the weddings, the lūʻau where everyone shows up and the music goes all night. Hanahou is the platform they wished existed when they were the one doing the asking.
They review every vendor who applies, write every category label, and read every piece of feedback personally. Hanahou is built and run from Oʻahu.
The name, the mark, the colors
Set in Fraunces. Hana hou is Hawaiian for encore: once more, one more time. The best events always end with one more song.
Warm paper, ink, a coral accent, moss for the giving-back surfaces. Built to read like a Hawaiʻi celebration, not a tech product.
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