Maui Business

The new Kamalani neighborhood in North Kīhei broke ground in mid-January. Upon completion, the community is currently envisioned to encompass approximately 600 homes…

Virgin America airlines today announced it is expanding its service to Hawai’i with daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Honolulu, Oʻahu on May 5, 2016, and Kahului, Maui on June 14, 2016.

Beginning today, Feb. 2, 2016, seven clinics will open across the state. Individuals and families who earned $54,000 or less in 2015 and do not own a home or business are eligible for the service.

The Westin Maui Resort & Spa’s Crystal Lei Lane received top honors as the Manager of the Year while Heidi Michel-Bunyard was recognized as first runner-up for Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year.

The Institute of Hawaiian Music at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is recruiting new students for the Fall semester. Auditions will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2016.

Children who will be three or four years old by July 31, 2016 are eligible for enrollment.

Last year, Maui and set a new record for annual visitor arrivals, which increased 1.5% to 230,868; visitor expenditures on Maui also grew, increasing 4.9% to $436.8 million, bolstered by higher daily spending which increased by 3.7% to $210 per person.

Best Buddies Hawaii was among 10 local nonprofits that received a check for $25,000 each from Servco Chairman and CEO Mark Fukunaga, Servco Automotive President Rick Ching and Maui Toyota Scion’s CEO Damien Farias Sr. in Servco Toyota’s showroom in Honolulu.

Four Seasons Resort Maui is offering the best rates of the year with no resort fee along with a busy schedule of activities—many of which are complimentary.

The Best in Maui list included 17 properties on Maui with the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea topping the list.

A conference dedicated to the unification of the wedding and technology industries will be held at the Royal Lahaina Resort on Feb. 22 and 23, 2016. More than 350 attendees from all related business segments will meet to explore new ways to access the $300 billion, world-wide wedding industry.

Completed grant summary applications must be delivered or postmarked by 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

Kokua Realty LLC, Maui’s largest commercial and residential real estate firm, has assumed the management of Lahaina Business Park in Lahaina.

The Hawai‘i’s hospitality industry’s 26th Annual Na Poe Paahana Awards honored its outstanding employees today—including five recipients from Maui resorts.

Through the CPEP, Hawaiʻi’s four counties receive HTA funding and other resources for tourism product development activities to support projects, festivals and events in the niche areas of cultural tourism, eco-tourism, agri-tourism, edu-tourism, health and wellness tourism, sports and techno-tourism in their respective counties.

Individuals and families without insurance are strongly urged to enroll either through the online portal HealthCare.gov or by phone at 1 (800) 318-2596 by 10 p.m. on Jan. 31 to retain health insurance coverage in 2016.

Hawaiian Airlines presented a $25,000 check donation to ’Imi Hale, the Native Hawaiian Cancer Center Network, as part of its Time is Precious breast cancer awareness campaign.

After years of struggle and only partial assistance available to parents, this year marks the beginning of more resources and much needed help for individuals with autism and their families.

Kā‘anapali Beach Hotel has earned two prestigious Travvy Awards for “Best Hawaiian Cultural Hotel” and “Best Family/Resort, Hawaii.”

The unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) for Maui County in December 2015 was 3.1%, down from 3.4% in November 2015 and down from 3.8% in December 2014.