BUSINESS BRIEFS
Kona Brewing sales rise 30%
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Kona Brewing Co. said its beer sales grew 30 percent last year as the company distributed to more Mainland markets and bottled a new seasonal beer.
The company said it sold about 1.4 million gallons of beer last year, up from almost 1.1 million gallons in 2005.
The national average for craft-beer sales rose 12 percent.
Founded on the Big Island in 1994, Kona Brewing is Hawai'i's largest brewery and the 32nd largest U.S. beer producer, with two Hawai'i restaurants and beer distribution to 15 states, Japan and Taiwan.
GRADING DONE ON ELS GOLF COURSE
Grading is complete on the western half of the future 18-hole Hoakalei Country Club being designed by pro golfer Ernie Els, who said the course will become O'ahu's longest at nearly 7,400 yards.
Els, during a site tour last week, also said most holes will feature water hazards, including an 8-acre slow-moving river between the eighth and 18th holes.
The course and club facilities, scheduled for completion in early 2009, are being built by Haseko and Club Corp. as part of Haseko's master-planned Ocean Pointe community under development.
The development includes homes, a boat marina, a future hotel and commercial center.
AT&T HAS PUT $30M IN ISLANDS
AT&T Inc., which formerly was Cingular, today said it invested nearly $30 million in Hawai'i since 2005 upgrading and expanding service.
Last year, AT&T's wireless business built 11 cell sites to expand coverage and enhance network capacity.
The company said it has built 28 new sites in Hawai'i since 2005. Seventeen new sites were built on O'ahu, seven on the Big Island and four in Maui County, including the areas of Hana and Makawao, and Manele Bay on Lana'i.
