Maui Business

The unemployment rate for Maui County was 2.5 percent in November, compared to 2.7 percent in October and the same time last year, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced. 

Maui United Way will be opening up their new online Community Impact Grant Application at the end of January.

MEO BDC’s Core Four Business Planning is a 36-hour course on how to write a business plan while providing the information on how to start, operate and grow a business.

Maui-based Hawaiʻi Pacific Solar has installed a renewable energy system at the Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s Queen Liliuokalani administration campus in Honolulu.  

Maui Electric Company, Ltd. in Kahului on Maui was cited for exceeding the visible emission limits on their combustion turbine generator, units M14 and M17, diesel engine generator unit M14 at the Māʻalaea generating station.

His proposals are aimed at amending the Jones Act, which he says is “widely credited with artificially inflating the cost of shipping goods to Hawaiʻi.”

According to the Hawaiʻi Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, Maui’s RevPAR was $265 (up +7.7%); and average daily rate was $354 (up +5.8%) in November.  

After one year on the job, instructors will be guaranteed a first officer interview during the next available hiring period. Successful applicants will be added to Hawaiian’s first officer hiring pool and be eligible to transfer to a pilot position two years after becoming a Flight Standards & Qualification instructor.

In celebration of whale season, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has created a variety of ways for guests to experience these majestic creatures. 

Based on Maui, Shumate will drive digital marketing strategies for its flagship business in Hawaiʻi – Hawaiian Hotels & Resorts – representing the Royal Lahaina Resort, Royal Kona Resort and Kauaʻi Shores Hotel.

Supplemental Budget Includes Funding for Teachers, Housing and Homelessness: On Maui, there’s $70 million for the Lahaina Bypass and an additional $560,000 for 15 positions at Maui Community Correction Center to increase security.

Maui Deputy Managing Director, Tyson Miyake, was named Chief of Staff today for Maui Mayor Michael Victorino’s administration.

Founded in 2012, the program “seeks to cultivate the conditions in which Hawaiʻi thrives by equipping mid-career leaders with the skills and cross-sector relationships necessary to collectively affect societal change.”

Deidre Tegarden returns to her previous post as executive director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. It was a position she held prior to accepting a role as Chief of Staff for Maui Mayor Michael Victorino last year–which she resigned from effective Dec. 15, 2019.

Maui residents looking to experience Hawai‘i’s “Ninth Island” can now enjoy non-stop service to Las Vegas with Hawaiian Airlines’ new four-times-weekly flights between Kahului Airport (OGG) and McCarran International Airport (LAS).

“This year our operating costs have increased, and the generosity of these organizations is inspiring.”

Beginning Dec. 27, illegal short-term vacation rentals will be fined $20,000, plus another $10,000 each day the operation continues.

Scott Seu, a senior vice president at Hawaiian Electric Company, will succeed Alan Oshima as president and chief executive officer of the company.

Pier 1 Imports Inc. will soon be closing all of seven of its Hawaiʻi locations, including its two-decades-old Maui Marketplace store. 

Maui Windows and doors has partnered with Andersen Window Systems to giveaway new 100 series Fibrex windows, with no installation fee.