Maui Business

Leslie Mullens of Kīhei is the president and senior strategist of Playbook Consulting Group, a management consulting firm focused on statewide strategic planning and organizational development.

Chef Prakong Tongsod, formerly of “Thai by Prakong” across from the Hana Ball Park on Uakea Road is the chef at the new Maui Thai Bistro.

The Maui Office of Economic Development released a list of free workshops offered in September.

The session, led by consultant Peter Liu of Kaiscapes, LLC, is geared toward individuals or business new to social media, or exploring options for an overall social media strategy.

The company’s first mainland retail location is a drive-thru shop in Spokane, Washington. The company says it is the first of 10 retail stores slated to open throughout the Pacific northwest within the next three years.

Economists say Maui’s tourism boom will slow down, but its continued strength will support the rest of the economy in the year ahead.

Executives with Pulama Lānaʻi, formerly Lānaʻi Resorts, have offered to match the county’s Small Business Revitalization grants to businesses on Lānaʻi, officials announced.

With a focus on sustainability and farm to table products, Huffington Post Hawaii celebrated their launch with a party on Maui last night.

Maui’s newest resort property, the Andaz Maui, hosted a grand opening celebration over the Labor Day weekend at its 15-acre beachfront property in Wailea.

Visitor expenditures and arrivals increased on Maui in in both July 2013 and year-to-date reports released by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

Ma’alaea Waterfront and Just Wing It close, and the Blue Lagoon is up for sale. Meanwhile, “Sugar Cane” is to open in place of Famous Dave’s on Front Street, and Cafe O’Lei’s owners have purchased the building occupied by Spices on South Kihei Road.

The Elleair Golf Course in Kīhei has been placed on the market in a listing for $15 million by CBRE Group, according to the company’s website. The listing is the priciest parcel included in the company’s portfolio of properties for sale in Hawaiʻi.

Feedback will be used to provide the administration with direction in addressing county services and needs within the community, according to county officials.

Maui Electric Company will host two community meetings to provide information and updates on the Māʻalaea to Kamaliʻi 69kV Transmission Line Project, company officials announced.

Less than a year after opening its doors, Old Wailuku Grill on Market Street has closed.

The Maui Office of Economic Development released a list of free workshops offered in August. The workshops are presented at the Maui County Business Resource Center, located at the Maui Mall in Kahului.

A final judgement in the amount of $246 million was entered in tax appeal court against nine Online Travel Companies selling Hawaiʻi hotel rooms, according to information released by the state Attorney General’s Office.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa announced the receipt of a $20,000 grant from Alexander and Baldwin for the Kaunoa Senior Services’ Nutrition Program.

Hospice Maui plans to break ground at its current site in Wailuku in January, the agency said. The news comes as a separate non-profit organization, Islands Hospice, announced plans for in-patient service on Maui as well.

Management at the Maui Coast Hotel celebrated the completion of the 426 kW solar array, which is expected to offset 766,370 kWh of electricity each year, translating to enough to energy to power 115 homes.