Rolls With It restaurant opened two months ago at the Kona International Market, 74-5533 Luhia St., Kailua Kona. Owner Ash Danao creates gourmet fillings in a homemade roll from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Danao opens
sandwich shop
Rolls With It restaurant opened two months ago at the Kona International Market, 74-5533 Luhia St., Kailua Kona. Owner Ash Danao creates gourmet fillings in a homemade roll from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
The business also offers delivery service between Keauhou and Kona International Airport from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday with a minimum purchase of $50. Catering is available.
For more information, email rollswithit@hotmail.com or call 326-7655.
Obstetric nurse earns advanced certification
Akiko Zbytovsky, RN, of North Hawaii Community Hospital’s Family Birthing Unit recently earned her advanced certification in inpatient obstetrical nursing after successfully completing the nationally recognized exam.
The National Certification Corp. is a not-for-profit organization that provides a national credentialing program for nurses, physicians and other licensed health care professionals. In addition to successfully completing the certification exam, eligible nurses must have at least 24 months experience in that specialty area and be employed in that specialty area for a minimum of 2,000 hours.
Pahk selected executive chef
Nationally acclaimed chef Peter Pahk has joined the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel as executive chef. The Oahu native is returning to Hawaii after a 30-year career leading culinary teams at world-class resort hotels, country clubs and five-star restaurants.
“Its wonderful to return home to Hawaii, which has inspired my cuisine abroad,” said Pahk. “My goal at the Mauna Kea is to bring my array of diverse cultural cuisines (classical French, Italian, Californian, Southern Regional, Pacific Rim, macrobiotic) with a Hawaii twist and to develop a sustainable culinary program, something I’ve been passionate about for many years.”
PR firm wins international award
Turning website traffic into retail sales has earned Kinoshita Communications LLC an international Hermes Creative Award. The award was based on the evaluation of the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals’ judges and recognizes outstanding achievement in traditional and emerging media.
Kinoshita Communications LLC was hired by The Shops at Mauna Lani for a six-month campaign to increase shopping center traffic and retail sales. In less than six months, the campaign generated an 83 percent increase in social media traffic to the website.
Workshop on sustainability set
In partnership with the state Energy Sector Partnership and the Workforce Development Council, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is sponsoring a series of workshops across the state that will help Hawaii business leaders tackle some of their toughest strategic challenges as consumer mindsets and the broader economy shift to an era of sustainable development.
The one-day interactive workshops are primarily for managers, human resources professionals and business owners. They will be led by Scott Cooney, adjunct professor of sustainability in the master’s in business administration program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Shidler College of Business, and Shanah Trevenna, president of the Sustainability Association of Hawaii.
The full-day Kona workshop will include four sessions: sustainability 101 for business, communications for sustainability, opportunities for sustainability and engaging the green workforce. It includes locally sourced coffee, tea, snacks and lunch, costs $29, and will be held Aug. 1 at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority in Kailua-Kona.
For more information and to register, visit sesphawaii.com/workshop.
Go! airlines adding more flights
Go! airlines is introducing new flights on its most popular routes from Maui to Lihue, Kauai, Honolulu to Kahului, Maui, and from Kona to Honolulu .
The airline is adding a 6:45 a.m. flight from Honolulu to Maui, as well as a flight returning from Maui to Honolulu at 8 p.m. The new routes go into effect Aug. 2.
Go! is also adding a 6 p.m. Kona to Honolulu roundtrip flight on the weekends starting Aug. 4, plus a nonstop flight from Maui to Lihue, Kauai, leaving at 8 a.m. on the weekends effective Sept. 5.
For more information, visit iflygo.com.
Greenwell Farms offers new varietal coffee
Greenwell Farms announces the release of Jeni K 100 percent Kona Coffee, the first release of its new Greenwell Farms Signature Series. Greenwell Farms created Jeni K 100 percent Kona coffee in honor of the Greenwell family heritage.
Fourth generation Kona coffee farmer and Greenwell Farms president Tom Greenwell is guiding the family farm in a new direction by planting this new Jeni K Kona coffee varietal.
Grown at a high elevation in Kealakekua, more than 2,000 feet above sea level, the Jeni K varietal is a unique 100 percent Kona coffee taste experience with passionfruit and guava notes that give the coffee a tropical sweetness.
Because Jeni K 100 percent Kona coffee is grown in limited quantities, it is subject to seasonal availability.