Maui Business

Hawaiʻi State Sen. Russell Ruderman recently returned from Washington, D.C., where he was honored by the US Small Business Association as Business Person of the Year by the Hawaiʻi Region of the Small Business Association.

The president and CEO of The Kohala Center, Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, received the Samuel M. Kamakau Book of the Year Award for No Makou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation at the 2015 Ka Palapala Po‘okela Awards presented by the Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found the Hawaiʻi Health Connector to be non-compliant with the Affordable Care Act earlier this year.

Gilbert & Associates Art Director Amy Mendolia has received a Pele Award in the Advertising Industry Promotion category for the work on the “Holiday Card” collateral piece.

As part of last week’s National Small Business Week, which was held from May 4 through 8, Maui County celebrated the contributions and achievements of local small businesses and entrepreneurs for a second consecutive year.

Judges crowned Hawaiʻi startup TerViva as the winner of the Third Annual MaiTai Maui Tech Night pitch competition on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapū.

The Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation Maui Region board of directors today announced the election of Avery B. Chumbley as board chairperson, effective May 7, 2015.

The Maui Filipino Chamber Foundation has announced that it will award scholarships to 12 graduating high school seniors and one Maui Culinary Academy student.

After holding a special meeting, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. recently announced the approval of the proposal to extend the deadline for shareholder voting on the proposed merger agreement with NextEra Energy Inc.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority board of directors has selected George Szigeti as its next president and CEO, the state’s tourism agency announced yesterday.

The County of Maui Department of Finance will hold a real property tax sale on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 and will continue the sale on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, (if necessary) at the Kīhei Community Center.

The council will receive testimony on fuel tax rates at 9 a.m., followed by the motor vehicle weight tax rates at 10 a.m., and real property tax rates at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 15, 2015.

Kaiser Permanente welcomed six new physicians and a certified nurse-midwife to its Hawaiʻi region, including cardiologist Dr. Kimble Poon, who joins the Wailuku Medical Office on Maui.

The special ferry service was added to urge Maui residents and visitors to support Lānaʻi businesses by attending the upcoming 5th Friday Town Party on Lanai on Friday, May 29, 2015.

During the 2015 Legislative Session, the Hawaiʻi State Senate confirmed Maui resident Craig Nakamura as a Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority board member.

Sprint and Verizon to pay a total of $158 million for adding third-party service charges to consumers’ mobile telephone bills that were not authorized by the consumers.

UH Maui College students earning Certificates of Competence in Geographic Information Systems in Ecosystem Management will share their final projects during a GIS Showcase this Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

The 7th annual Maui Brewers Festival will return to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Saturday, May 16, from 4 to 7 p.m.

The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association held its 37th Visitor Industry Charity Walk on Saturday, May 9, raising a total of $800,000.

Kaiser Permanente is preparing to submit a letter of interest to participate in the process for selection as Maui Memorial Medical Center seeks a management company for a public private partnership.