BUSINESS BRIEFS
Water park adds miniature golf
Advertiser Staff
Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park broke ground yesterday on a $1 million, 18-hole miniature adventure golf course at its West O'ahu facility.
Island Adventure Golf is scheduled to open Memorial Day Weekend 2007. A round of golf will cost $7.50 for general admission and $6.50 for youth 12 years and under, senior citizens and military.
Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park has contracted COST of Jackson, Wis., to design the miniature golf course.
HAWAI'I FAVORED BY GAYS, LESBIANS
Hawai'i ranks highly as a vacation destination for high income gay men and lesbian vacationers, according to a new study from Community Marketing Inc., a research firm concentrating on the gay travel market.
The survey found that gay men and lesbians with annual income of more than $250,000 took a median of 11 trips last year and showed a strong preference for visiting the Aloha State, as well as Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Miami, compared with all respondents in the study.
The report is based on a survey of almost 2,500 respondents with household incomes of $100,000 or more.
REMOTE TELLERS AT CREDIT UNION
CU Hawaii Federal Credit Union has installed a new remote teller system that allows it to serve 14 customer stations at its Kea'au branch on the Big Island with three tellers instead of the usual 10, according to system-maker Diebold Inc.
The system is similar to a drive-through teller window and features a two-way radio and video connection, Diebold said. With it, the credit union can lower labor costs and be more competitive with other credit unions, the company said.
The system at Kea'au features four lobby teller stations, four drive-through lanes and six remote teller stations. CU Hawaii will initially have employees in the lobby to assist customers with transactions and using the new remote teller stations.
