By local and wire sources Kona Village honored with multiple awards ADVERTISING Kona Village has been honored with several local and national awards recently, each recognizing a different aspect of Hawaii’s only almost-all-inclusive resort. The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce recognized
Kona Village honored with multiple awards
Kona Village has been honored with several local and national awards recently, each recognizing a different aspect of Hawaii’s only almost-all-inclusive resort.
The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce recognized Kona Village with its 2009 Kuleana Award. The award is presented annually to a West Hawaii business that gives back to the community, demonstrates integrity, citizenship and stewardship while being committed to quality, their employees, customers and the environment.
Kona Village has been recognized by Fodor’s Travel as a 2009 Fodor’s Choice selection. This distinction recognizes Kona Village as a leader in its field for service, quality and value in the 2009 year.
The Hawaii Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators honored the resort’s Repeat Guest Postcard Campaign and Storytelling at Kaupulehu turndown cards with Hawaii Ilima Awards of Merit. The Ilima Awards honor achievement in internal and external business communications.
The Hawaii chapter of the Public Relations Society of America honors the best in public relations. Kona Village, represented by Current Events, received three awards — a Koa Anvil Award of Excellence for the resort’s “Green for Decades” public relations campaign that brought media and consumer awareness to the resort’s long-standing eco-practices; a Koa Hammer Award for the Repeat Guest Postcard Campaign and a Koa Hammer Award of Excellence for the resort’s Hai Olelo Ma Kaupulehu, Storytelling at Kaupulehu turndown cards.
Earlier this year, the 2009 edition of Zagat Hawaii reported that the resort’s signature restaurant, Hale Samoa received the highest total survey score of any dining establishment on the Big Island. Kona Village also ranked among the island’s best in the accommodations and luau categories in Zagat, a leading provider of consumer survey-based information.
SEC moving toward banning flash orders
NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving toward banning a trading practice that gives some brokerages a split-second advantage in buying or selling stocks.
SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro said in a statement Tuesday that the agency is working to create a rule to ban the trades known as flash orders.
Flash orders give certain members of exchanges including Nasdaq, Direct Edge and BATS the ability to buy and sell order information for milliseconds before that information is made public. High-speed computer software can take advantage of that brief period to allow those members to get better prices and profits.
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