Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Friday, October 15, 1999
HVCB solicits bids for marketing jobs
The Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau is seeking bids from businesses to run two separate areas of its marketing activities -- advertising services and Web site development and marketing. The requests for proposals issued by the HVCB yesterday say the first target for both types of marketing will be the major market areas of North America, but the efforts could expand to Japan and other Asian areas, Europe, Oceania and Latin America. Last month the HVCB was awarded a $114 million Hawaii Tourism Authority contract to market Hawaii for three years. About $6 million of that money is available for the proposed marketing contracts. The deadline for proposals is Oct. 29.
Conference examines work, isle culture
A human resources conference Tuesday, titled "HR Local Style: Maintaining Our Sense of Place," will explore how laws governing the workplace mix with Hawaii's unique local culture. The Society for Human Resources Management will conduct the conference at the Hawaiian Regent Hotel, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Speakers include Beth Terry, president of Pacific Rim Seminars; Rhonda Alexander-Monkres, director of human resources at the Outrigger Wailea Resort; and Lori Sablas, director of Project Pookela at the Kaanapali Beach Hotel.Fees are $170 for SHRM Oahu members, $125 for neighbor island members, $45 for students and $195 for nonmembers. Contact Marcia Taira at 625-8344 for details and reservations.
Maui firm to make sugar-based fiber
PUUNENE, Maui -- Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. has signed a $10 million deal with Compak Systems to market a sugar byproduct as an "agri-fiber."The Maui-based Alexander & Baldwin Inc. subsidiary plans to turn tens of thousands of tons of bagasse into panel board, an alternative to plywood, particle board and medium-density fiberboard. HC&S general manager Stephen Holaday said the fiber also could be obtained from cane varieties that are bred for fiber instead of juice.