Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism

Connecting Hawaii creatives with entertainment industry insights and world-class mentors, Creative Lab Hawaii has a blockbuster list of coaches and speakers that will offer free public panels via Zoom.

The nonprofit Bizgenics Foundation has been awarded a contract by DBEDT’s Creative Industries Division to operate and manage the ID8 Studios soundstage at the Entrepreneurs Sandbox.

DBEDT issued The Economic Impact of International Students in Hawaii: Calendar Year 2019 report.

Homer A. Maxey, who helped establish Hawaii’s Foreign-Trade Zone No. 9 and was the program’s first administrator was honored by the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Hawaii State Energy Office — The United States today officially withdrew from the Paris climate agreement making it the only nation in the world to abandon the landmark accord.