Maui Business

The County of Maui Volunteer Center will host a free “Lead with Purpose in 2020” workshop for volunteer leaders to enhance their leadership skills.

This monthʻs Filipino Chamber of Commerce business mixer, “A Closer Look on Maui’s Health System in 2020,” will focus on Mauiʻs only privately run hospital. 

Seasoned retail real estate pro tapped to lead marketing for center’s transformation.

Outlets of Maui will ring in Lunar New Year on Saturday, Feb. 1 with a series of family-friendly special events.

More than 1 million passengers traveled on Hawaiian Airlines in December 2019, the company recently announced. 

Maui entrepreneurs are invited to learn how to “create a successful business through innovation and research” at next month’s Maui TechOhana.

The evening will feature the film “Life in the Doghouse” as well as two short films. There will also be a silent auction of a variety of art as well as food and beverages available for purchase.  

Median Sales Price increased 4.6 percent to $740,000 for Single Family homes and 4.7 percent to $514,120 for Condominium homes.

The scholarship will be awarded to eight Hawai’i public school graduates who have demonstrated academic achievement, leadership skills and an expressed interest in pursuing a hospitality, tourism or culinary education and career, and up to two Hawai’i community college graduates with an associate degree in hospitality, tourism or culinary studies.

The Department of Transportation will host a series of public meetings to discuss a project to improve six of the historic bridges along the Hāna Highway.

Kamehameha Schools today announced the selection of John Komeiji as its new General Counsel and Vice President. With Komeiji’s departure, Hawaiian Telcom announced the promotion of Su Shin to President and General Manager.

The airline, which has offered daily nonstop flights between Phoenix and Honolulu since 2002, held a blessing to welcome 60 employees to its 15,000-square-foot center.

Workplace drug testing results by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., showed increases in the positivity rate in the four major drug classes from Q3 to Q4 2019.

The Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Resort Development Association recently donated $4,000 to the Wailuku branch of the Ka Hale A Ke Ola homeless resource center in Central Maui.

Starting in January, the three utilities that serve 95 percent of Hawaiʻi’s residents will be united under a common name: Hawaiian Electric. “Having three different names continues the three-company mindset,” Oshima said. “By having one common and inclusive name that is of Hawaiʻi, not just of one place, we signal that we are a strong and united team working for all the people of the five islands we serve.”

The event raises vital funds for early childhood development programs and services that meet the diverse needs of Maui County’s children with disabilities and developmental delays.

In Kahului on Maui, the average price today is $3.83, which is the same as last Thursday, also the same as a month ago and eight cents higher than on this date a year ago.

A new self-service DMV kiosk was installed and blessed today at the county’s Kalana O Maui Building, bringing to five, the total number available in Maui County.

During the months of January through March 2020 a portion of all gasoline sales at Maui ʻOhana Fuels locations will be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui.

The OHA chair and vice chair say that despite the news, they hope to work with the Legislature this session to ensure that programs and services to Native Hawaiians continue uninterrupted.