Maui Business

Maui highlights include: $40 million for the widening of Puʻunēnē Avenue from Kamehameha Avenue to Kūihelani Highway; $11 million for Kāʻanapali Beach Restoration and Berm Enhancement; and $4 million for the acquisition of Nā Wai ʻEha as part of the CIP budget for the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) is calling for the suspension of flights from Japan and South Korea to prevent the spread of COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus.

Prior to joining Kamehameha Schools, Darren Pai served as Director of Corporate Communications for real estate company Alexander & Baldwin.

Plans are currently underway for a multimillion dollar project to build a new budget hotel where the old Maui Palms hotel once stood along Kahului Harbor. Several building permits were filed on Friday for the project which is situated on vacant land between the Maui Beach Hotel and the Maui Seaside Hotel in Kahului.

Hawaiian Airlines today announced its decision to temporarily suspend its five-times-weekly nonstop service between Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and Incheon International Airport (ICN), beginning March 2 through April 30, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in South Korea.

An environmental court ruled Monday that the Maui County Department of Public Works violated state law by failing to conduct environmental review for a streetlights project that plaintiffs said “threatens harm to Maui’s imperiled seabirds and sea turtles.”

“My small business has been paying all my employees a minimum wage of $15 since October 2015. It means less money goes to my retirement, but it’s the right thing to do so my employees don’t have to work two or three jobs just to get by,” said Representative Tina Wildberger. “My heart breaks for the families who can’t afford to pay for their kids’ school lunches because the legislature hasn’t found a path to raise the minimum wage to keep up with the cost of living.”

Applications for fall semester scholarships must be submitted online by 4 p.m., on Monday, March 2.

From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on March 14, 15 percent of sales proceeds will benefit the Maui Humane Society.

More than 180 notices of warning and 80 notices of violation were issued to illegal vacation rental operators in 2019.

Meetings will be held on Maui, Oʻahu, and Hawaiʻi Island in March.

MEO’s Business Development Program graduated six students from its latest Core Four Business Planning course last week.

Lahaina-based ocean recreation company Maui Surf Clinics has been awarded the Sustainable Tour Operator Certification from the Sustainable Tourism Association of Hawaiʻi.

Blackborough named Executive Assistant Manager, Food and Beverage and Philip Hoy named Executive Assistant Manager, Rooms Division.

Maui County Council Moves to Sue Big Oil: Unanimous vote approves litigation to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate costs

Pacific Media Group today announced that it has appointed Joshua Mednick as Chief Revenue Officer for the company, and General Manager for its Hawaiʻi Island and Kaua‘i radio station clusters, effective March 2, 2020.

On Maui, Mikey Burke, a commercial account manager, serves as a board member of the Maui Facilities and Enginering Leadership Council, and is involved in two educational nonprofits with a focus on Hawaiian language.

Maui County led the state in overall revenue per available room or RevPAR at $367 (up 11.1 percent), while the resort area of Wailea in South Maui had the highest RevPAR in the state at $611 (up 9.4 percent).

All five of the independently-owned ranches will continue to be equity owners in Maui Cattle Company, and there will be no immediate changes to operations or employees, according to the announcement.

The governor predicted that Hawaiʻi will be one of the first states to provide in-state testing.