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><channel><title>Directory of MAUI &#187; Maui Business</title> <atom:link href="http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/category/maui-business/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://directoryofmaui.com</link> <description>Life, Business and Tourism on the Valley Isle!</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:52:17 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Maui Condo Prices Drop To A 5 Year Low (Honolulu Advertiser)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-condo-prices-drop-to-a-5-year-low-honolulu-advertiser/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-condo-prices-drop-to-a-5-year-low-honolulu-advertiser/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:06:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-the-realtors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[last-month]]></category> <category><![CDATA[median-price]]></category> <category><![CDATA[realtors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[realtors-association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[roughly-five-year]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sold-on-maui]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://directoryofmaui.com/?p=1441</guid> <description><![CDATA[The median price of previously owned condominiums sold on Maui last month fell to a roughly five-year low amid a rise in sales, according to a report from the Realtors Association of Maui.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-condo-prices-drop-to-a-5-year-low-honolulu-advertiser/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maui Prince becomes Makena Beach Hotel with New Contract and Management (The Maui News)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-prince-becomes-makena-beach-hotel-with-new-contract-and-management-the-maui-news/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-prince-becomes-makena-beach-hotel-with-new-contract-and-management-the-maui-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:41:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[become-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[benchmark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-dust]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new-contract]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prince-hotel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[staff-at-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[suffering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[with-the]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=1154</guid> <description><![CDATA[MAKENA - Benchmark Hospitality International and the ILWU have negotiated a new contract for the staff at the Maui Prince Hotel, which will become the Makena Beach Hotel at midnight tonight when Benchmark takes over management from Prince Resorts Hawaii.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-prince-becomes-makena-beach-hotel-with-new-contract-and-management-the-maui-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maui Is On The Road To Recovery!? (Maui Weekly)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-is-on-the-road-to-recovery-maui-weekly/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-is-on-the-road-to-recovery-maui-weekly/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:14:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[annual-maui]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-hawaiian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hotel-on-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maui]]></category> <category><![CDATA[morning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[optimism-at-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outlook-forum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[same-as-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scrambled-eggs]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=1099</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was standing room only in the Elleair Rainbow Ballroom of the Maui Beach Hotel on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 3, as more than 100 residents arrived for coffee, scrambled eggs and a serving of some much-needed optimism at the 35th Annual Maui County Business Outlook Forum hosted by First Hawaiian Bank.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-is-on-the-road-to-recovery-maui-weekly/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maui Hit Hard By Recession (BizJournals)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-hit-hard-by-recession-bizjournals/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-hit-hard-by-recession-bizjournals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:25:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[coast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drove-the-island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maui]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[return]]></category> <category><![CDATA[says-the-threat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-pace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[topics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=1069</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new economic forecast for Maui says recovery will be gradual and the pace will depend on the return of the affluent West Coast vacationers who drove the island’s growth through the 2000s.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-hit-hard-by-recession-bizjournals/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maui Prince Hotel Closing and 380 to Lose Jobs (Newsday)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-prince-hotel-closing-and-380-to-lose-jobs-newsday/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-prince-hotel-closing-and-380-to-lose-jobs-newsday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:56:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[380-employees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[employees-have]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[joined-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prince]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prince-hotel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resort]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resort-and]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-310-room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[their-jobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[worked-at-the]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=1051</guid> <description><![CDATA[HONOLULU (AP) — The operators of the 310-room Maui Prince Hotel — which is being foreclosed upon — said the resort and neighboring golf courses will close in two weeks. Prince Resorts Hawaii President Donn Takahashi said Monday 380 employees will lose their jobs when the resort is shut down on Sept. 16.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-prince-hotel-closing-and-380-to-lose-jobs-newsday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Panel votes on Maui Island Plan policies (The Maui News)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/panel-votes-on-maui-island-plan-policies-the-maui-news/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/panel-votes-on-maui-island-plan-policies-the-maui-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:18:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[been-endorsed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fell-off-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[island-as-part]]></category> <category><![CDATA[month-after]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resort-areas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-expansion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[urban-development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[were-among]]></category> <category><![CDATA[within-walking]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=1017</guid> <description><![CDATA[WAILUKU - Policies that call for higher-density urban development, locating schools within walking distance of homes, and limiting the expansion of resort areas were among recommendations that have been endorsed by the Maui Planning Commission.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/panel-votes-on-maui-island-plan-policies-the-maui-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>B&amp;B Permit Processing is ‘faster&#039; but not ‘lightning’ (The Maui News)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/bb-permit-processing-%e2%80%98faster%e2%80%99-not-%e2%80%98lightning%e2%80%99-the-maui-news/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/bb-permit-processing-%e2%80%98faster%e2%80%99-not-%e2%80%98lightning%e2%80%99-the-maui-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:17:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[amend-the-maui]]></category> <category><![CDATA[county]]></category> <category><![CDATA[county-council]]></category> <category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category> <category><![CDATA[have-received]]></category> <category><![CDATA[homes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[homes-and]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new-blood-]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open-their]]></category> <category><![CDATA[planning-director]]></category> <category><![CDATA[since]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-bed-and-breakfast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[went-into]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=917</guid> <description><![CDATA[HAIKU - Since the new Maui County ordinance intended to clarify and speed up the bed-and-breakfast permitting system went into effect in January, 33 percent of the applicants - so far - have received licenses to open their homes and ohanas to guests, Planning Director Jeff Hunt said.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/bb-permit-processing-%e2%80%98faster%e2%80%99-not-%e2%80%98lightning%e2%80%99-the-maui-news/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maui Land and Pine posts $54M loss (BizJournals)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-land-and-pine-posts-54m-loss-bizjournals/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-land-and-pine-posts-54m-loss-bizjournals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:34:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[54-2-million]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6-75-per]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a-wider-second-quart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[for-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hefty-charges-]]></category> <category><![CDATA[loss-due]]></category> <category><![CDATA[monday-]]></category> <category><![CDATA[monday-it-lost]]></category> <category><![CDATA[net-income]]></category> <category><![CDATA[second]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-second]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wider-second-quarter]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://wordpresstested.com/?p=821</guid> <description><![CDATA[Battered by losses in real estate and agriculture, Maui Land &#038; Pineapple said Monday it lost $54.2 million, or $6.75 per share, in the second quarter. (MLP)]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/maui-land-and-pine-posts-54m-loss-bizjournals/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>General Plan proposing a ‘Growth Belt’ for West Maui (The Maui News)</title><link>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/general-plan-proposing-a-%e2%80%98growth-belt%e2%80%99-for-w-maui-the-maui-news/</link> <comments>http://directoryofmaui.com/blog/general-plan-proposing-a-%e2%80%98growth-belt%e2%80%99-for-w-maui-the-maui-news/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:20:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maui Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[county]]></category> <category><![CDATA[for-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[general-plan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[growth-on-the]]></category> <category><![CDATA[island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[making-it-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new-housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[next]]></category> <category><![CDATA[over-the-next]]></category> <category><![CDATA[proposals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-top]]></category><guid
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