Maui Business

Nominations for Community Business and Humanitarian awards and Maui County’s Outstanding Nonprofit Director are being accepted by the Maui Nonprofit Directors Association now until Sept. 23.

Maui Behavioral Health Resources installed Lauri Calkins, Ph.D. to its board of directors on July 1, 2021 after an installation ceremony conducted by Judge Peter Cahill at its administrative offices in Makawao.

Hawaiian Airlines Bank of Hawaii World Elite Mastercard and business accelerator Mana Up are launching a “Meet the Makers” virtual event series this month to celebrate nine up-and-coming Hawai‘i entrepreneurs and offer viewers special products and promotions.Sheldon Simeon of Tin Roof in Kahului and Lineage in Wailea will be featured in the series, August 25.

This is the third Spectrum Employee Community Grant awarded to the Hawaiʻi Foodbank since 2019, bringing the total donation to $25,000 for the organization from Charter Communications.

Two business and financial programs, produced by MEO and the Maui Chamber of Commerce, will be held in July for entrants in “The Greatest Challenge 2020.” They are: Core Four Business Planning Course for Teens, and Teens Financial Literacy.

Castle Vacation Rentals Hawaii has named Kellie Breitfuss as its first operations coordinator, a new position in which she will assist the director with accounting, operations, revenue and inventory management, marketing and eCommerce, and business development.

Lahaina Cannery is offering a free hula show with the performance of Maui’s most talented hula halau every Wednesday from 4 to 5 pm on the lawn near the shopping center’s front entrance.

Hawaiian Electric and luxury Hawaiian fashion label MANAOLA Hawaiʻi launched pre-sales of a new environmentally-conscious bath and body collection as a fundraiser for Aloha United Way.

Hawai’i Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 29 attorney generals from around the nation and Hawai’i Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) Executive Director Stephen Levins to support the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its efforts to combat fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct.

At Binhi at Ani’s recent annual meeting, Melen Agcolicol, owner of Copy Services, was re-elected as President and Michelle Balala, educator at Kahului Elementary School, was elected as Vice President.

Three young professional on Maui were named to the 2021 statewide list of 40 people under 40 who made significant impacts to Hawaiʻi businesses and communities. They are: Cassi Yamashita, Maui Economic Opportunity’s Director of Community Services; Tyson Miyake, Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino’s Chief of Staff; and Ashley Takitani Leahey, Director of Communications and Development at ʻOhana Pacific Health.

Hawaiian Airlines today released its 2021 Corporate Kuleana Report, which outlines the carrier’s progress on Environmental, Social and Governance initiatives during the most challenging period in its 92-year history as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance Factors and its sister company Finance Insurance, opened a newly-renovated Kahului Branch and business office on June 28, 2021.

Following a nationwide search, the James Campbell Company LLC selected Donald E. Huffner, Jr. as the company’s new president and chief executive officer effective August 1. Mr. Huffner brings more than three decades of business and leadership experience in real estate to the Company. He most recently served as president and chief executive of Colliers Enterprises in Naples, Florida.

Technology company Unite Us has partnered with Kaiser Permanente and the nonprofit AlohaCare to create Unite Hawaiʻi, the first coordinated care network throughout the state that connects local communities to critical health and social services.

Tourism to Maui has rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic with 215,148 visitors in May 2021, but the number of tourists is still less than the 251,655 in May 2019, according to preliminary statistics from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. But despite having 36,517 fewer visitors in May 2021 than May 2019, tourist spending on Maui was $409.23 million, an increase of 2.2% from two years ago, the report said.

To support its mission to help Hawai‘i women and girls reach their full potential, the Women’s Fund of Hawai‘i held its 16th Annual Tea & Champagne Fundraiser on Friday evening. The virtual event was boosted by a special guest appearance and a $100,000 grant from the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation.

Last month Hawai‘i become only the second state with a formal microgrid services tariff, and its framework could become a model for other states, according to Microgrid Knowledge, a national publication.

In addition to winning free cart space for three months and $250 from Hawaiʻi USA Federal Credit Union, Mise Kimono will have access to business and marketing consultation from the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center.

Peter Merriman created a customized brew called “Pete’s Island Wheat” that will be exclusively offered at select Merriman’s Hawaiʻi and Handcrafted restaurants. In partnership with Kohola Brewery, a portion of the sales will be donated to the Polynesian Voyaging Society.