Business

Several Big Island businesses and organizations are getting a financial boost to help fund pilot ideas or scale up concepts.

New dining options have arrived at the Queens’ Marketplace food court: Waikoloa Shrimp Co., Island Greens, Waikoloa Pizza and Hawaii Kind.

A University of Hawaiʻi organization is optimistic about the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, predicting a broader recovery in the first several months of 2022 in its March report.

Businesses in downtown Hilo have struggled since the beginning of the pandemic and onset of restrictions. Some pivoted and made changes to their operations to weather the storm.

Nihilo Artisan Market, a bi-monthly event that strives to stimulate the creative community in Hawai’i, is hosting an Art Walk from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 in the Brew Block, 74-5599 Pawai Place in Kailua-Kona.

Changes can be made by phone, text or via Hawaiian Airlines website.

The new contract will engage these services for four years, with an option for a fifth year.

With COVID-19 cases on the steady decline, Kona Community Hospital is looking at long-term solutions to expand and bolster its workforce.

The American Job Center Hawaiʻi will host a free virtual Job Fair on Thursday.

More than 55 vendors from around the island will offer a variety of products to shoppers.

Through the first nine months of 2021, total visitor spending was $9.03 billion. This was a decrease of 32.1 percent from the $13.30 billion spent through the first nine months of 2019.

Hawaii hotels statewide reported substantially higher revenue per available room, average daily rate, and occupancy in September 2021 compared to September 2020.

The restaurant has been directed to contact the DOH when the violations have been corrected, at which time a follow-up inspection will be conducted.

Bay Clinic, Inc. and West Hawaii Community Health Center are joining together.

HTA is resuming its Community Enrichment Program, which supports community-based projects, festivals and events that enhance resident and visitor experiences, and create opportunities for meaningful economic development.

Visitor arrivals to Hawai´i, and monetary spend within the state, continue to creep closer to pre-pandemic levels.

Outrigger Hospitality Group announced today that it has revived its plan to acquire ownership of Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay, a 509-room property in a prime oceanfront location on the Island of Hawai‘i.

Tasty Kona is open 9 am to 7:30 pm Tuesday through Sunday and looking for employees and vendors.

The Puna Kai Shopping Center in Pāhoa is welcoming a new, but familiar tenant.

Both full-time and part-time employment opportunities are available.