Business leaders urge people to ‘shop small’ this holiday season
‘Tis the season — to shop small. Although Small Business Saturday falls on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, island business leaders...
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Hawaii’s hotel industry is still struggling despite tourism reopening, and isn’t expected to break even in 2021
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/11/24/hawaii-news/hawaiis-hotel-industry-is-still-struggling-despite-tourism-reopening-and-isnt-expected-to-break-even-in-2021/
HAWAII HOTEL PERFORMANCE REPORT
HAWAII HOTEL PERFORMANCE REPORT In October 2020, Hawaii hotels statewide reported substantial declines in revenue per available room (RevPAR), average...
Alaska Airlines’ next CEO optimistic on recovery and ‘pent-up demand for Hawaii’
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/11/16/hawaii-news/alaska-airlines-next-ceo-optimistic-on-recovery/
Hawaii auto sales skid 15.9% in quarter
Tight inventories and COVID-19 restrictions left Hawaii auto dealers spinning their wheels in the third quarter as sales plunged 15.9%...
‘Cautiously optimistic’: Kailua Village Business Improvement District updates council
Despite the damage incurred amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Kailua Village Business Improvement District says services in downtown Kailua-Kona...
Bar fight: Lawsuit claims bias in regulating Hawaii businesses
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/11/08/hawaii-news/bar-fight-lawsuit-claims-bias-in-regulating-businesses/
Hawaii bankruptcies continue downward trend
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/11/04/hawaii-news/hawaii-bankruptcies-continue-downward-trend/
Unemployed residents utilizing Hawaii Restaurant Card
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/11/02/hawaii-news/unemployed-residents-utilizing-hawaii-restaurant-card/
State launches $25M grant program for businesses and nonprofits
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/10/21/hawaii-news/state-launches-25m-grant-program-for-businesses-and-nonprofits/
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
We’ve heard the mantra for many decades: Hawaii’s economy needs to diversify. But lately we’re hearing it even more, thanks...
Kona Brewing Co. operations in Hawaii now independently owned, managed locally
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/10/12/business/kona-brewing-co-operations-in-hawaii-now-independently-owned-managed-locally/
Matson projects an increase in third-quarter profit
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/10/09/hawaii-news/matson-projects-an-increase-in-third-quarter-profit/
Research paper: State tourism forecast sluggish
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/10/03/hawaii-news/research-paper-state-tourism-forecast-sluggish/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hopeful in Honokaa: Businesses struggle with lack of visitors, eye Oct. 15 reopening
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/09/30/hawaii-news/hopeful-in-honokaa-businesses-struggle-with-lack-of-visitors-eye-oct-15-reopening/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Big Island Businesses guarded about Oct. 15 reopening
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/09/24/hawaii-news/businesses-guarded-about-oct-15-reopening/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
DOJ approves beer merger; Kona Brewing Co.’s Hawaii operations to be sold
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/09/22/hawaii-news/doj-approves-beer-merger-kona-brewing-co-s-hawaii-operations-to-be-sold/
Hawaii businesses claimed by COVID-19 could total 1,000 on way to 25,000
The toll of COVID-19 in Hawaii is being tallied in ways that include lives lost daily and claims of unemployment...
Hawaii has lost half of its recovery since June, analyst says
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/09/16/hawaii-news/hawaii-has-lost-half-of-its-recovery-since-june-analyst-says/
Hanging on: Restaurants struggle to survive as pandemic worsens
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/09/06/hawaii-news/hanging-on-restaurants-struggle-to-survive-as-pandemic-worsens/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
