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Host Marriott completes $355M Maui hotel deal

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. said yesterday that it has completed the sale of its real estate interest in the Fairmont Kea Lani Maui to Host Marriott Corp.

Host Marriott paid $355 million for the property, or $789,000 per room. The resort will keep its current name and continue to be managed by Fairmont under an existing long-term management contract.

Magazine's readers laud Hawaiian

Travel + Leisure magazine readers have ranked Hawaiian Airlines the best domestic airline that serves Hawaii and the nation's fifth best airline overall in the magazine's 2004 World's Best Awards, Hawaiian said yesterday.

Airlines were rated based on food, cabin comfort, customer service, in-flight service and value. Last month, the magazine's 2004 World's Best Service Awards ranked Hawaiian as the top domestic airline with flights to Hawaii and fifth best overall in the category of service.

How the census can help you

Two free workshops next month in Honolulu will show businesses and organizations how to get Hawaii data from the 2000 Census and the American Community Survey.

The workshops, "Making Decisions on Data," will be held Aug. 9 and 10 at the Keoni Ana Building on the corner of Alakea and Beretania streets. The event is sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau's L.A. regional office and the state Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism. For more information, call 586-2466 or e-mail census@dbedt.hawaii.gov.

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[Hawaii Inc.]

NEW JOBS

>> Halekulani has named Lisa F. Mohammed as U.S. group sales manager for the 455-room hotel. She has nearly 10 years of experience as a hotel sales professional. Most recently, she served as group sales manager for Honolulu-based Castle Resorts and Hotels.

>> A&B Properties Inc. has hired Sharon A. Thom as project manager. She previously served as a operations engineer for General Growth Properties LP. She has worked in engineering and construction management in Hawaii since 1992.

>> Sachi Hawaii -- Pacific Century Properties has hired three bilingual employees to assist the company in catering to the Asian market. Takashi Koyama and Emi Fritz have been hired as realtor associates and Djuliani Soeharto has been hired as escrow specialist.

PROMOTIONS

>> Xerox Hawaii has appointed Michael Frailey its Kauai marketing representative. He previously served as Xerox Denver's systems analyst.

>> Heald College has promoted Michael Van Lear to career services director. He will be responsible for matching local employers with the skills and experience of Heald graduates and alumni. He joined the Honolulu campus as a part-time instructor in July 2000, accepted additional responsibilities as associate dean in August 2000, and was promoted to evening dean in March 2002.