The company stoked controversy after setting up luxurious tents next to a homeless encampment.
"People pay to come and exploit Hawaii and have an authentic Hawaiian experience,” she continues in a recorded video, zooming in on the glampsite. “Meanwhile, right there is the authentic Hawaiian experience,” she says, panning to the homeless encampment. “That’s embarrassing.", Keks Manera5, left a one-star review admonishing the company's actions."...
"This is not an attack on commercial activity, but it is a warning, a shoutout to all business owners who are operating on our parks and beaches that you are not welcome here. And we passed a law to cement that," Waimanalo Neighborhood Board Member Kapua Medeiros told Hawaii News Now. Glamping Hawaii did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment at the time this article was written.