BUSINESS BRIEFS
Superferry wins marketing award
Advertiser Staff
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The Hawaii Superferry may have sailed away from the state but it's not forgotten.
Superferry was honored yesterday at the 32nd Marketer of the Year Awards luncheon at the Hawai'i Convention Center for best marketing of a new product or service.
Superferry suspended service last month after a state Supreme Court ruling said it couldn't operate before an environmental impact assessment is completed.
The award was handed out by the American Marketing Association Hawaii Chapter. Other winners:
ISLAND AIR, PILOTS REACH DEAL
Island Air pilots will receive improved wages, work rules and furlough protection under an agreement reached between the Air Line Pilots Association International and the air carrier's management.The new contract came after 16 months of negotiations and must be ratified by pilots before it goes into effect.
CASTLE TAKES OVER WAIKIKI GRAND
Castle Resorts & Hotels has begun managing the Waikiki Grand Hotel, giving it seven hotel and condominium resort properties in Waikiki.Castle said the hotel is the second resort property it has added this year. The company's management portfolio consists of 27 resort properties in Hawai'i, Thailand, Micronesia and New Zealand.
SUIT AGAINST HECO MOVING TO ISLES
A federal judge in Dallas has ruled in favor of Hawaiian Electric Co.'s request to have a lawsuit transferred to U.S. District Court here from Texas.The lawsuit was filed by BlueEarth Biofuels LLC in October over a now-stalled plan to jointly develop a biodiesel production facility on Maui, with BlueEarth alleging HECO and its Maui Electric Co. subsidiary had refused to work in good faith to develop the project. Also named as a defendant is Aloha Petroleum Ltd., which had separately been discussing the operation of a biodiesel fuel storage facility on Maui. HECO and Aloha had requested the case be moved here, where they operate.
BANKOH TO DISCUSS 1ST QUARTER
Bank of Hawaii Corp., the state's No. 2 bank, will hold a conference call to discuss first-quarter 2009 financial results at 8 a.m. April 20. The call will be accessible via the investor relations link at www.boh.com.
