Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Wednesday, April 29, 1998
Convention center dinner tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the formal dinner June 11 in the Hawaii Convention Center to mark its grand opening.Center management said the tickets are $250 per person for the event, which includes a 6:30 p.m. cocktail party, a 7:30 p.m. dinner and a 9:30 p.m. show. There are also "gold" seats at $350 each and "platinum" seats at $500. The center's management hopes to sell 1,500 tickets and spokeswoman Patty Inaba said the proceeds, after covering the cost of the evening, will be used to buy a gift for the Bishop Museum.
Those interested in buying single tickets or booking tables of 10 should call the convention center at 943-3065.
Kauai Coffee to host annual conference
LIHUE -- The Kauai Coffee Co. will host the third annual conference of the Hawaii Coffee Association June 18-20 at its facilities in Numila, Kauai.The conference will present new techniques and trends in genetic engineering, pruning, harvesting, processing and marketing. Keynote speaker Ted Lingle, executive director of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, will talk about the state of the U.S. specialty coffee industry.
The association is open to any person or company associated with coffee in Hawaii. For more information, call 808-335-5497 or visit the association's web page at www.hawaiicoffeeassoc.org.
McDonald's to bring back Beanie Babies
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- McDonald's Inc. is expected to roll out its second Teenie Beanie Babies promotion within three weeks, with some observers predicting it will disgorge as many as 240 million of the wildly popular stuffed animals to boost sales.McDonald's confirmed in February that it would resurrect the toys, which a year ago boosted sales of Happy Meals in one of its most successful promotions. The first time around, it bought about 100 million of the bean bag toys -- from Ty Inc., a Oak Brook, Ill.-based toy maker -- and quickly ran out.
In other news . . .
LONDON -- Vickers Plc has sealed an agreement to sell Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd. to Germany's BMW for $560 million, leaving rival bidder Volkswagen AG to appeal to the British firm's shareholders with a promise of a higher bid.
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