Maui Business

The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Central & South Maui 25th Anniversary kickoff party will be held Thursday, Jan.7, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku.

Walmart’s two-year, $2.7 billion investment in its US workforce includes $950,000 for additional raises to associates in Hawai‘i, providing 820 additional raises to Walmart workers in the islands.

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

Two innovative, new microenterprise business and market plan courses will be offered during the spring semester, January through May 2016, by UH Maui College. The registration deadline is Jan. 15, 2016.

Maui is ranked number 2 on a top 10 list of domestic destinations being booked for 2016, according to the Travel Trends Survey released today by the Travel Leaders Group

After nearly three decades of helping to shape Wailea as the esteemed destination it is now, Maynard Torchiana, executive vice president and managing director of Destination Residences Hawai‘i, part of Destination Hotels, will retire at the end of the year.

Subaru Hawaii’s community-based “Share the Love” campaign, in which the dealership will donate $250 for each new 2015 or 2016 Subaru vehicle sold, up to $30,000 to six local nonprofit organizations, ends Dec. 31, 2015.

The Department of Finance will close all of its divisions and all DMVL Satellite offices (Lāna‘i, Moloka‘i, Lahaina, Pukalani, Hāna and Kīhei) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, to conduct staff training.

Hawaiian Airlines invites you to enjoy a winter adventure on the Mainland starting at $358 round trip.

Hospice Maui received $22,000 in operating support from the Robert Emens Black Fund and Kent & Polli Smith Family Fund, both of which are participating Hawai‘i Community Foundation FLEX grant program funds.

More than 450 Bank of Hawai‘i employees will gather in downtown Honolulu this evening at the bank’s main branch for a special tree lighting celebration, sing-along and check presentation to the bank’s 23 beneficiaries of the 2015 Live Kōkua Giving Campaign.

EdVenture and SLIM (the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui) are offering a 10% discount through Dec. 24 on upcoming spring classes, workshops and trainings.

Dec. 15. is the deadline to sign up for coverage at HealthCare.gov that will begin on Jan. 1. The days just prior to last year’s open enrollment deadline saw the biggest surge of sign-ups.

The recent inspections covered about 6,000 such establishments on Oʻahu, 1,800 on Hawaiʻi Island, 1,700 in Maui County, and 690 on Kauaʻi.

The groundbreaking and blessing ceremony for the 64-unit Kulamalu affordable-rental project in Pukalani was held on Thursday, Dec. 10.

Makena Robinson of Makawao, a senior at King Kekaulike High School, will continue her Holiday Toy Drive in front of T.J. Maxx on Saturday, Dec. 12, from noon to 2 p.m. The toys will go to preschoolers in MEO’s Upcountry Head Start Program.

Duke’s Beach House in Kā‘anapali recently named Jason Wilhite as the winner and Krizhna Bayudan as the Facebook Fan Favorite in the restaurants fourth Annual Adult Holiday T-Shirt Design Contest. Natalya Rodarte of King Kamehameha III Elementary School was selected as the winner of the Keiki Holiday T-Shirt Design Contest.

SoHa Living, a new merchant at The Shops at Wailea, will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, Dec. 12. The new shop offers decorative accents, linens, gourmet foods, jewelry, artwork, shells and anything that epitomizes the beach lifestyle.

The visit focused on schools, kupuna care and economic development with site visits to Lānaʻi High and Elementary School, Lānaʻi Community Health Center, Lānaʻi Community Hospital, and Mānele Small Boat Harbor.

Maui Friends of the Library will hold its Pu‘unēnē Warehouse Sale on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, from 8 a.m. to noon. The warehouse is located next to the MFOL Pu‘unēnē Bookstore, behind the HC&S mill. Follow the “books” signs.