A young girl on a pink bike zooms past the newest custom-built home in her close-knit Hawaiian community in Hilo. The single-story, three-bedroom and two-bath home with a beige exterior and metal roof has taken dozens of workers more than a year to conceptualize and construct, and it’s almost finished. One of the few things left to do: Install a…
Name: Travis Grammer Age: 38 Job: Submarine Pilot (Official Title: Fire Control Technician Leading Chief Petty Officer), U.S. Navy, USS Hawaii (SSN 776) Start: Grammer was deeply moved by a Navy recruiting poster he saw during his senior year at Eudora High School in Kansas. “It was of a surfaced submarine and the bridge manned with the ensign flying…
Landmarks are common sources of surf-spot names, so many have been named after businesses on shore or businesspeople who owned beachfront homes. The following examples and the stories behind the names are from John Clark’s book “Hawaii Place Names: Shores, Beaches and Surf Sites,” published by the University of Hawaii Press. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Photo courtesy: Hawaii State Archives….
Google and other high-flying companies have reinvented the corporate cafeteria. The local cafeterias we visited are not that lavish, but they still cost plenty of money. It’s all worth it, the companies say, because their investments pay back in many ways, including improved collaboration, new customers and happy employees. If it’s lunchtime, you’re probably reading this at your desk while…
Hard-working Angel Le Tran goes back and forth between Kaimuki and Chinatown nearly everyday to provide her loyal customers with the food of her homeland “Sometimes I’ve gone there multiple times a day. I love their food that much,” Brian Nakagawa enthuses. The 28-year-old histotech at The Queen’s Medical Center has been a Super Pho customer since 2006. “I’ve tried…
The Participants: Peter Ho, 51 Chairman, President and CEO, Bank of Hawaii. Melialani James, 38 President, Hawaii Venture Capital Association, and Head of New Ventures, Sultan Ventures. John Komeiji, 62 Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Hawaiian Telcom. Colbert Matsumoto, 63 Executive Chairman of the Board, Island Insurance. Robert Nobriga, 42 Executive VP and CFO, The Queen’s Health Systems. Virginia…
While his daughters were growing up, Eddie Flores remembers being careful to keep the family business looking peppy and upbeat in their eyes. No long days of toil in the kitchen, just fun trips to trade shows. No schlepping dishes, chopping vegetables or stirring giant pots over hot stoves. He reasons that you don’t want to destroy their love of…
Since taking the helm in 2005, just as Hawaiian Airlines was coming out of bankruptcy, Dunkerley has presided over a period of unprecedented growth. With new routes to Japan, Korea, China, Australia and New Zealand, the airline has spent billions of dollars on new airplanes and hired hundreds of new employees. We speak with Dunkerley about the long-term planning that…
Q: It’s as if the different generations speak distinct languages at my company. How do I improve internal communications so everyone gets the message? A: Some of us look around our workplace and wonder who let in all those interns with their smartphones? Then we realize, they aren’t interns. They are the next generation of workers! Others of us see…