Maui Business

Maui County will honor National Make a Difference Day at the 5th Annual Volunteer Expo on Saturday, October 27, 2012 and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to participate.

The Hawai‘i Department of Labor & Industrial Relations announced today that the not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Maui County for August was 6.1%, down from 7.9% one year ago.

Both Hawaiian Airlines and Island Air are offering a special $61 one-way fare for interisland flights purchased until midnight on Friday September 21, 2012.

The price for regular gas in Hawai’i was listed at $4.42 today on the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. According to the report, the average price for regular gas was listed at $4.46 in Wailuku on Maui, $4.43 in Hilo, and $4.37 in Honolulu.

Students, teachers and industry leaders and organizations will gather at UH Maui College on Friday, September 21 to learn about Maui’s agricultural industry and careers in it.

Non-profit and for-profit organizations and government agencies will be able to apply for grants under three different types of programs.

25 employees lost their jobs when David Paul’s Island Grill in Lahaina closed on September 1.

Despite general fund deposits being up by 11.9% for the first two months into the current 2013 fiscal year, a consultant to the Hawaii Tax Review Commission is recommending a general excise tax hike.

Maui’s electric vehicle drivers will celebrate Maui’s first National Plug In Day on Friday, Sept 21 and Saturday, Sept 22 at the UH Maui College and at other locations around island.

Maxxam Enterprises, owners of the Aston Maui Lu hotel in north Kihei are getting serious about finding a buyer for their property.

Home prices on Maui continue to climb, while sales remain flat for homes and slightly up for condominiums, according to the Realtors Association of Maui’s report on August 2012 real estate sales.

Today visiting professors from the Mariano Marcos State University of the Philippines toured the Maui Dragon Fruit Farm in Lahaina.

At its meeting on September 6, 2012 the Council on Revenues lowered its forecast for State of Hawaii’s general fund tax revenue growth in fiscal year 2013 from 5.3% to 4.9%.

Armstrong Pacific recently completed a $1.7 million renovation for the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa’s lobby and public areas.

The High Technology Development Corp. today announced the creation of INNOVATE Hawaii, a combination of the Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research and Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Overall, the economic forecast calls for job creation, a construction rebound, and robust tourism–factors that make Maui No Ka Oi among the neighbor island economies.

The increase follows two consecutive decreases in June and July of 2012 which totaled 6.5%.

Pacific Links International announced today that it has been selected to enter into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Royal Ka’anapali and Ka’anapali Kai golf courses.

The bond between The Fairmont Kea Lani and the Maui Culinary Academy continues to grow with the resort hotel recently introducing a new $5,000 annual scholarship program for the school.

The 22nd Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference kicks off September 13-16 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus on Oahu and continues with a free mini gathering on Maui.