Maui Business

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today unveiled a new searchable online geographic information system, which they claim makes data that once would have taken hours – if not days – to compile now available within seconds.

As a result of recent moderation in bunker fuel prices, Matson announced today that it is decreasing its fuel related surcharge by 3.5%, from 40% to 36.5%, for its Hawaii service.

On Tuesday, Maui’s Chef Sheldon Simeon was on hand to receive a special commendation from Governor Neil Abercrombie at Hawaii’s Capital Building in Honolulu.

Due in part to a recent $20,000 contribution from Alexander and Baldwin, Carden Academy of Maui has purchased its 2.1-acre campus.

The Hawaii State Office of Planning’s Coastal Zone Management Program is seeking proposals from the general public, community groups, and the research and educational communities for an estuarine research reserve site in the state.

Paul Casey, former head of Hawaiian Airlines and a leader in the Hawaii travel industry, has been named chief executive officer of Island Air.

The Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2013 Gintong Pamana Leadership Awards which celebrates the leadership and community service of a member of the Maui Filipino community.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March for Maui declined to 5.3%, from 5.5% in February.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded $826,377 in grants to three community-based organizations on Maui that have tied their missions to helping improve conditions for Native Hawaiians.

The number of initial unemployment claims filed in Maui rose 35%, the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said Thursday.

Maui high-tech experts will gather for the inaugural Engineering Innovation Day at the University of Hawaii Maui College campus on Thursday, April 18.

Serino’s Pizza, a Waikiki-based restaurant, is planning to open a second location in Kihei.

Taxpayers have until Monday, April 22 to file their Hawaii state taxes this year.

The New Miami Subs Grill announced Monday that it has struck a deal with Honolulu-based franchise operator Ocean Breeze Hawaii LLL to open 58 new restaurant locations in Hawaii.

The most recent First Hawaiian Bank Business Activity Report shows a 10.81% increase in first quarter “same store sales” over one year ago, making it the strongest first quarter in the past four years.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority has selected five Maui community-based projects to receive funding in 2013 through its Natural Resources Program and Kūkulu Ola – Living Hawaiian Culture Programs.

Following reforestation efforts on Kahoolawe, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea is now partnering with Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods (HLH), to save the native koa trees and forests that once occupied on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island.

Target Corp. has signed an agreement to open a new Target store on Maui in 2015.

The Maui Business Brainstormers and Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce will co-host an After-Tax Potluck Party on Saturday, April 27 at the Maui Dragon Fruit Farm in Lahaina.

Hawaiian Airlines today announced it plans to launch non-stop service between Honolulu and Beijing, China in April 2014, pending approvals by US and Chinese regulatory agencies.