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Island Sole opens a second location

Locally owned footwear retailer Island Sole has opened a second Maui location at 728 Front St. in Lahaina. The new store, at 2,400 square feet, is more than three times larger than its first Maui location.The new location features a selection of "trendy" beach and island lifestyle brands.The original location at 736 Front St. will now focus on offering a selection of Sanuk footwear.EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP. Hawaii State Federal Credit Union (Hawaii State FCU) has been granted approval to expand its market area to include select employee groups such as businesses, associations and nonprofits. ...

Business/In Brief • Dec. 25, 2013

Three D Gallery has winning storefrontThree D Gallery captured the "Best Decorated Storefront" contest at the Wharf Cinema Center's Shops and Restaurants in Lahaina.The theme this year was "Surfing with Santa at The Wharf." The winners received "Wharf Bucks."Second place was Simon-Jon Gallery, and third place was KC Hawaiian Fashions.***Company expands chicken recallHONOLULU - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Kapolei company is expanding its recall of frozen chicken products.The department's Food Safety and Inspection service said Tuesday that Palama Holdings is expanding its ...

Business/In Brief • Dec. 21, 2013

Car rental rates highest at Kahului AirportCheapcarrental.net reports that rental car rates for holiday travelers are the highest at Kahului Airport at $339 a day, according to its survey of top U.S. destinations.The survey examined car rental rates at 30 popular U.S. destinations over the Christmas period from Monday to Friday.Hawaii took three of the top four spots, the online rental car booking site said. Kahului was No. 1, followed by Lihue, $272 a day; and Honolulu at No. 4, $114 a day.The Kahului rate was 455 percent higher than regular prices, the news release said.*****Company ...

Season of joy is also a time to give thanks, share aloha

The holiday season is here and it is wonderful to see all the great cheer. It is a time to be thankful for family and friends, and sharing our spirit of aloha so the joy never ends.We want to recognize and thank all chamber members (whom you can quickly identify by looking for the Maui Chamber of Chamber logo on their door) for being a part of the chamber ohana and helping us to achieve all that we have this year.Together, we have:* Strengthened businesses.* Improved our economy.* Fought and avoided unnecessary regulations that would cause harm.* Provided continued advocacy to improve ...

Business/In Brief • Dec. 20, 2013

Six county hotels on 2014 Gold ListSix Maui County hotels made Conde Nast Traveler's 2014 Gold List, based on its annual reader's survey.The hotels are the Four Seasons Maui at Wailea; Four Seasons Lana'i at Manele Bay; Four Seasons Lana'i, The Lodge at Koele; Honua Kai Resort & Spa; Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui; and the Wailea Beach Villas.The hotels were rated by readers on rooms, service food, location, design and activities. There were 200 U.S. properties that made the Gold List.Some 80,000 readers filled out the survey, helping rank the world's best properties, Conde Nast said on its ...

2 Maui restaurants make top 100 list

Mama's Fish House in Paia was ranked second on OpenTable's 2013 Diners' Choice Award of the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America.The award reflects the combined opinion of more than 5 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for about 19,000 restaurants nationwide.The top restaurant was St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Santa Rosa, Calif. Other restaurants on the list were n/naka of Los Angeles, Halls Chophouse of Charleston, S.C., and Charleston of Baltimore."These winning restaurants are conducted like great orchestras," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable chief ...