Maui Business

Maui Economic Opportunity is the recipient of a $1,000 grant from Young Brothers and Hawaiian Tub & Barge to provide food purchases for their Youth Services Prevention program.

The Fairmont Kea Lani, the Four Seasons Resort Maui, the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, and the Wailea Beach Villas have all been ranked on the upcoming Condé Nast Traveler’s Gold List for 2013.

The Hawaii Renewable Energy Development Venture and the Energy Excelerator are looking for business or technology candidates for their new Lightning Excelerator.

The OHA today officially added one new face to its Board of Trustees and applauded the re-election of four incumbents..

Alaska Airlines today announced the top three designs in their “Paint the Plane” contest, including one from Izabella Hamilton, a 12th grader at Seabury Hall.

November’s single family home sales on Maui declined from October’s 5-year-high according to figures released today by the Realtors Association of Maui.

The Hawai‘i Health Connector, the new online health insurance exchange for Hawai‘i, today announced the signing of two key contracts to build and publicize the new system due out October 2013.

According to bankruptcy proceedings today in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp will buy the Grand Wailea and three other luxury resorts.

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. announced its system wide traffic statistics for the month of November and year-to-date showing continued growth in both counts.

Kiewit Building Group Inc. is accepting applications for its 2013 scholarship awards which focuses on nurturing future community leaders.

Kaiser Permanents Hawaii today announced $63,523 in grant funding in support of three community health initiatives aimed at improving children’s health.

Hotel fixer Anthony Melchiorri, star of Travel Channel’s “Hotel Impossible,” visited the Maui Sunseeker LGBT Resort in Kihei in September and the tranformation will be featured in an eposide airing December 17.

Hawaiian Airlines today announced plans to launch nonstop service between Taipei, Taiwan and Honolulu in July 2013, further extending the airline’s strategic expansion into Asia.

During the month of December, the Maui County Business Resource Center is hosting several workshops geared toward helping small and micro businesses succeed on Maui.

Management changes, resignations, retirements, and other changes on the Maui business scene this month.

Matson will raise its West Coast terminal handling charge by $50 for both westbound and eastbound containers, effective January 20, 2013.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has rolled out a new program, Hua Kanu Business Loan Program, aimed at helping its beneficiaries expand their businesses.

Feed The Hunger Foundation, an organization with more than $1.5 million to award in Hawaii micro-loans, is encouraging low-income entrepreneurs and small businesses in the state’s food sector to apply for available funds.

The Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission is opening the Kahoolawe Island Reserve to fishing on two weekends in December as well as holding informational sessions for fishermen and interested parties.

Meetings have been scheduled to receive public comment on an Integrated Resource Planning Report being filed by Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light Company.