Guest speakers and a three-person panel will break out the costs of various export service providers Hawaii companies typically have to manage when exporting...
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Jason Ubay, Reporter, Pacific Business Journal
Twenty local companies will display their "Made in Hawaii" wares next month at the Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida, which draws buyers from specialty stores across the U.S., the Caribbean and South America.
Surf Expo is held in January and September every year, featuring 2,600 booths of apparel and hard goods and attracting an average attendance of 26,000.
Governor David Ige welcomed an advance team of senior government officials from Bali, Indonesia in the Governor’s Ceremonial Room. The 9 member delegation, led by Dr. Ketut Wija, Deputy Head of Bali’s Economic Development & Social Welfare, traveled to Hawaii to discuss the implementation phase of the sister state agreement which was signed in April ...
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On November 6th Kauai launched it’s first annual Small Business Fair with the subtitle, “Learn Effective Strategies for a Successful Business.” Organized by the County of Kauai’s Office of Economic Development, the Fair included a number of business support organizations as exhibitors, such as DBEDT, the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Business Action ...
Read More Successful First “Small Business Fair 2014” on Kauai
On November 6th, in conjunction with the 2nd annual Hawaii Fashion Month, HONOLULU Magazine launched HONOLULU Fashion Week with a VIP and media preview and the runway show: Live Aloha. Showcasing Hawaii’s top designers, as well as renown designers from New York, California and Japan, HONOLULU Fashion Week aims to celebrate fashion in Hawaii and ...
Read More First Ever HONOLULU Fashion Week Launched
The 2014 China Education Expo in Beijing, China, was the second stop of the Study Hawaii Education Mission. Organized by the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) in partnership with the Study Hawaii Educational Consortium, the mission promoted the State of Hawaii as the ideal destination for Chinese students seeking an international education. ...
Read More Study Hawaii Mission Engages Chinese Students in Beijing
The Business Of Exporting program, sponsored by DBEDT and presented by Hawaii Pacific Export Council (HPEC), has announced the second Large Group Presentation: Managing Regulatory Costs: Ours and Theirs November 13, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Manoa Innovation Center 2800 Woodlawn Drive Presentation Room #173 Concepts: Your company is a profit center, regulatory regimes ...
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On October 29th the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii successfully launched their first one-day Small BIZ Academy in partnership with the City and County of Honolulu. Various business support organizations including DBEDT presented complimentary seminars designed to provide small businesses with information and tools needed to start, develop and grow their businesses. Turnout for the event ...
Read More Successful First Small BIZ Academy by the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES Notice is hereby given that the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing as follows: December 4, 2014 10:00 a.m.DBEDT250 South Hotel Street, Room 436 ...
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DBEDT is leading a group of 19 Hawaii companies to Orlando, Florida, January 8-10, 2015, for Surf Expo, the longest running and largest boardsports and beach/resort lifestyle tradeshow in the world. For more information, e-mail Jamie Lum at jamie.k.lum@hawaii.gov. We have successfully filled the Hawaii Pavilion spaces, so applications are closed. The following companies ...
Read More Surf Expo – CATCH THE WAVE!