Maui Business

According to Keith Nagata, senior vice president and Business Services Division manager, First Hawaiian Bank is reporting an almost 8 percent increase over last year second quarter in “same store sales”. This follows first quarter growth of 10.7 percent over the year-earlier period.

SmartBusiness Hawaii (SBH) will hold a special business luncheon forum on Maui on Thursday, July 21, at 11:30 a.m, to 1:30 p.m. at the Maui Kahili Golf Course’s Nahele Banquet Room.

Randy Clark, Sales Manager, Four Seasons Lanai is among twelve Hawaii executives who have earned the meetings industry’s highest designation – Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) – enhancing their credentials to secure new business opportunities for their organizations and the State of Hawaii.

Native Hawaiians on Moloka‘i will have an opportunity to provide feedback to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) at a community forum as well as attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 20 and July 21.

Today, Hawaiian Airlines began daily service between Honolulu and Osaka, Japan, marketing the third time in eight months that Hawaiian Airlines began service to a new destination in Asia.

Yesterday, the APEC 2011 Hawaii Host Committee announced that it is seeking reliable vendors to supply products and service hospitality gifts at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Week.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii will host the Maui Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 Governor’s Luncheon & Board Installation on July 29 at the Kahili Golf Course in Waikapu.

The County of Maui Committee on the Status of Women is offering scholarships to young women who wish to join the more than 1,000 Hawaii women that will gather at the 8th Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (IWLC) this fall in Waikiki.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii today announced the addition Dr. Sally Bowles, MD, to its pediatric medical team at its Maui Lani Clinic in Wailuku.

On July 26, the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) will hold an information meeting, on Oahu, to inform the public about its new venture capital fund and to seek input on implementation.

Maui businesses and non-profits now have another solar power option as SolarCity, a national solar provider, expands services to Hawaii.

Bard E. Peterson, Kahului Branch, was among four promotions announced yesterday by First Hawaiian Bank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Don Horner.

In its commitment to growing the Chinese visitor market, the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) and China Television (CHTV) have teamed up and developed a Chinese language welcome video that started showing on the new CHTV Hotel Channel July 1.

Part of a larger realignment, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Stanley M. Kuriyama today announced the appointment of Joel Wine as the Company’s senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.

Beginning Monday, all unemployment claims at the Hawai‘i State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) can now be filed on the internet.

Hawaiian Telcom announced today that it will begin trading its common stock on NASDAQ on July 6, 2011 using the symbol HCOM.

UPS Freight, the nation’s fourth largest Less-than-truck Load (LTL) carrier, announced Friday that a 6.9 percent general rate increase will go into effect August 1, 2011.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii’s Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for excellence in the treatment of their heart patients that come to them from throughout Hawaii.

In preparation for the upcoming November APEC Leader’s Week, the APEC 2011 Hawaii Host Committee is looking for a visual displays contractor that can effectively communicate the story of how Hawaii can play a compelling role as an international business partner.

As the result of the addition of three new aircraft to its fleet, Hawaiian Airlines today announced that it will be adding more flights and jobs.