Maui Business

The County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development hosts several workshops in January as part of its monthly schedule.

Pacific Media Group announced a switch in dial positions for the company’s two AM radio stations.

Action sports brand Vans will open a store at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center center in late summer, becoming the first official Vans retailer on the neighbor islands, mall managers announced today.

The daily, non-stop service will operate year-round, and is expected to add more than 120,000 air seats to both travel markets when it launches on July 1, 2014.

The Committee on the Status of Women announced that it is now accepting 2014 nominations for its “Women of Excellence” awards program.

Gas in Wailuku, Maui was up a penny from a week ago, up a three cents from a month ago, and up 20 cents from the same time last year—that according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge report.

To be eligible, businesses must have 100 or fewer employees, and hold a Hawaiʻi General Excise Tax license for at least two years.

Despite a slight drop in visitor arrivals to Maui in November, higher daily spending and a longer length of stay contributed to the growth in visitor expenditures for the island, according to new data released by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

The event is described as a “trade show for manufacturers,” and networking opportunity for entrepreneurs and businesses interested in expanding or re-branding.

Other large appropriations of more than $200,000 each went to Maui Economic Opportunity for a program that provides micro enterprise loans; and to the UH Allied Health Dental Programs for the under-served, low-income, uninsured families of Maui.

Six Maui resorts earned honors in the 2014 Gold List annual reader’s survey conducted by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Four of those resorts also earned Platinum Circle recognition which recognizes consistency in excellence for properties who make the Gold List five years in a row.

The Fire Prevention Bureau on Maui began selling fireworks permits on Monday Dec. 23, at their offices off Waikō Road, as well as at county parks permit offices at the Lahaina Civic Center and on Molokaʻi. Permit sales on Lānaʻi begin on Thursday at Pine Isle Market.

Maui’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was 4.9%, down from the 5.5% rate reported at the same time last year, according to information released by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

The site ranked Kīhei as number six on a list of top 10 vacation rental destinations trending for 2014, based on traveler demand and booking requests to date.

The sale of Maui-based Blue Hawaiian Helicopters to Colorado-based Air Methods Corporation has closed for an undisclosed price.

The project calls for a mix of 600 single-family detached and multi-family residential units, a 1.4 acre neighborhood commercial center, a park, and open space.

Real property owners in Maui County are reminded of the upcoming Dec. 31, 2013, deadline to file claims for real property tax exemptions, condominium use declarations, and requests for agricultural use valuations.

The event runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and includes: a traditional Hawaiian blessing by kumu hula Kaponoʻai Molitau; special performances by actor and jazz aficionado Jimmy Borges, Grammy award winner George Kahumoku, and more.

A Maui business has introduced a clothing concept in which fitness attire doubles as fashionable clothing, dubbed “Crossover.”

The Rock & Brews restaurant, proposed for development in Pāʻia, announced a planned grand opening event in January, despite a challenge to the project’s permits.