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Business / In Brief • June 11, 2013

Networking event open to publicBusiness Networking Institute, or BNI, an international business networking organization, will hold a "Visitors Day Extravaganza" for its Wailuku Chapter beginning at 7:45 a.m. June 19 at the Old Wailuku Grill at 62 N. Market St.The event is open to the public. The organization's primary purpose is to exchange qualified business referrals. Participants are recommended to bring business cards and brochures to pass around.The event costs $15, which includes breakfast.For a reservation, call Wailuku Chapter President Jeana Gamboa at (808) 419-1617 or send ...

Tides Of Commerce: MauiGrown Coffee seeing success

MauiGrown Coffee is winding down on another successful harvest season, and the company president is bullish on the future."It's exciting to see how far we've come since the first coffee field trials were conducted in the state of Hawaii," said Kimo Falconer, president of MauiGrown Coffee, in a news release.He attributed the success to the varietal approach to coffee, innovative coffee growing and processing methods and a strong demand locally and nationally for the company products.Working with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources in 1988, ...

The Chamber View: Chamber combines Installation Luncheon with an inspiring workshop

Summer is here and that means the Maui Chamber of Commerce's annual Installation Luncheon is on the horizon.On June 28, the Installation Luncheon will be held at the Grand Wailea. This is a special event each year as the chamber celebrates and honors its members, key volunteers and leaders, as well as inducts new members into the chamber's board of directors.The luncheon will be held from noon to 2 p.m. and is open to chamber members and their invited guests. We are thrilled to have Gov. Neil Abercrombie as the keynote speaker this year. Tickets are $50 per person and available by ...

Business / In Brief • June 7, 2013

Japan to help fund Thirty Meter scopeHONOLULU - A group building what will be the world's largest and most advanced optical telescope atop Mauna Kea says the Japanese government has allocated key funding for the construction of the project.The Thirty Meter Telescope said Wednesday that the Japanese parliament last month approved a budget including more than $12 million for the telescope.TMT says Japan is expected to manufacture the main telescope structure and the mirror blanks for the segmented primary mirror. In total, Japan is expected to fund one-fourth of the total cost of ...

Business / In Brief • June 6, 2013

Honolulu Weekly struggling, set to foldHONOLULU - The publisher of Honolulu Weekly said Wednesday that the local newspaper is shutting down after struggling to maintain revenue and trying unsuccessfully to find a buyer.Publisher Laurie Carlson said in an open letter published in the free weekly's final issue that the 23-year-old paper has been struggling."I am sad about closing but I see no way that we can maintain our revenue stream and our fiscal health," Carlson said. "Things have gone from manageable with great stress to bleak."Carlson said efforts over the past few months to bring ...

Business / In Brief • June 5, 2013

Airline unveils Hawaii-themed airplaneHONOLULU - A Hawaii high school student's design now adorns an Alaska Airlines jet.The airline says Kaiser High School student Aaron Nee's Hawaii-themed design was chosen from nearly 3,000 entries in the airline's "Paint-the-Plane" contest. The contest was sponsored by the airline in partnership with the Hawaii Department of Education and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools.The design depicts a voyaging canoe, a bright yellow hibiscus, the Hawaiian Island chain and the phrase, "Spirit of the Islands."The plane touched down in Honolulu on ...