BUSINESS BRIEFS
Isles among top sites for hotel deals
Advertiser Staff and News Services
A Web site that specializes in highlighting discount hotel offers is including Hawai'i as one of the top destinations for hotel deals in 2009.
The site www.DealBase.com, said Las Vegas, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami will be among the top leisure destinations when it comes to offering discounts. It said hotels here, beset by falling occupancy, have already started enhancing offerings, including offering rental cars with room bookings.
It predicted some four-star resorts here will offer packages with effective nightly rates of less than $79 a night during 2009.
In Las Vegas, DealBase projects midweek rates below $10 a night at three-star hotels on the strip. It is projecting four-star hotel rooms for less than $125 a night in New York City and vacation packages at five-star South Beach resorts for less than $119 a night in Miami.
HOG SLAUGHTERING DOWN
The number of hogs slaughtered in Hawai'i during November fell by 17.6 percent compared with a year earlier, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show.
The report said 1.4 million hogs were slaughtered here last month, down from 1.7 million a year earlier. It said the total live weight of the hogs was down by one quarter compared to November 2007.
Nationally, the number of hogs slaughtered and total live weight was off by less than 8 percent each.
KAHALA MALL RESTAURANT HIRING
The Counter, a restaurant franchise featuring custom-built burgers, is hiring to fill 72 positions for a store at Kahala Mall slated to open next month.
The company plans to hold a second job fair Jan. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. An initial hiring event was held yesterday.
Applications can be downloaded from www.thecounterburger.com/now_hiring and faxed or e-mailed to the Kahala store through the Web site.
The Counter is seeking to hire servers, bartenders, hosts, bus boys and girls, line cooks, prep cooks, dish washers and kitchen supervisors.
The 5-year-old chain, known for its industrial decor, music, creative burger combinations and a drink menu that includes beer and unique wines, is being operated in Hawai'i by DK Kodama, Daniel Dae Kim, Pablo Buckingham and Ed Robles.
7 FOR ALL MANKIND OPENS IN WAIKIKI
Luxury denim retailer 7 For All Mankind opened its first Hawai'i store last week at Royal Hawaiian Center.
The two-story boutique is the 15th wholly owned store for the company, which sells premium jeans at luxury department stores around the world and opened its first store eight years ago in Los Angeles as part of a retail expansion plan.
LIGHTNING HITS HAWAIIAN AIR FLIGHT
A Hawaiian Airlines flight was struck by lightning early Friday morning as it traveled from Honolulu to Hilo.
Hawaiian Flight 102 sustained only superficial damage and was delayed by about 15 minutes. There were no injuries to passengers or crew.
Hawaiian said it canceled the return Hilo-to-Honolulu flight and rebooked passengers on later flights. The plane was sent back to Honolulu empty for inspection.
The incident occurred roughly 12 hours before an outage cut power to all of O'ahu, including Honolulu Airport.
