BUSINESS BRIEFS
Maui Hyatt manager promoted
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Hyatt veteran Frank Lavey, who for the past three years has served as vice president and managing director of Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, has been promoted to senior vice president of operations for the company's Europe, Africa, Middle East division.
Lavey will be based in Hyatt's regional office in Zurich, Switzerland. Before working on Maui, Lavey was general manager of the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa.
Lavey, a 17-year veteran of the company, also has managed Hyatt hotels in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Lavey will assume his new role for Hyatt in January, reporting directly to Gebhard Rainer, managing director for Global Hyatt's EAME division.
FOODLAND FARMS OPENING SATURDAY
Foodland Super Market Ltd. on Saturday will open a new gourmet grocery store called Foodland Farms in The Shops at Maunalani on the Big Island.The 8,000-square-foot store will offer a wide selection of island-grown, specialty, gourmet, natural, organic and local favorites, as well as many varieties from around the world. The full-service supermarket will include a bakery, deli, meat, seafood and produce departments, as well as a coffee bar featuring Foodland Farms' signature blend of Kona espresso roast coffee.
Many of the items in the store will be available on opening day, but others including liquor, fine wines and spirits, and some unique specialty items will not be available until January.
A grand opening party will be held Jan. 17 and include samples of food and spirits. Tickets to the event cost $20 ($25 at the door). Proceeds from ticket sales and a portion of proceeds from grocery sales during the event will go to the Hawai'i Preparatory Academy.
AIRPORT PARKING PLANS GO FORWARD
Expanded parking at Maui's Kahului Airport moved a step closer to reality with the release of more than $1 million for design of the project.
About 1,800 parking stalls will be added, which would increase parking capacity to more than 3,800 spaces.
Gov. Linda Lingle said the airport parking shortage statewide has been a priority in her administration's 12-year, $2.3 billion airports modernization plan.
Plans are under way to build a new access road to Kahului Airport, which will open up space needed for the parking lot expansion. The state wants to coordinate the timing of the two projects so that construction on the expanded lot can begin as soon as the space becomes available.
Design for the project is scheduled to begin this month. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2009 and be completed within the year.
HUNTERS, ANGLERS BOOST ECONOMY
Hawai'i's 100,000 hunters and anglers spend more than $154 million a year on the sports, according to a new report.According to the report released by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, spending by hunters and anglers directly supports 2,500 jobs and $71 million worth of salaries around the state. Spending by sportsmen also generates $14 million in state and local taxes.
On the national level, 34 million sportsmen age 16 and older spent more than $76 billion in 2006, supporting 1.6 million jobs, according to the hunting trade group.
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