The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Maui District, is pleased to recognize and celebrate three Marriott properties in Wailea for receiving the No Ka Oi Highway Hui Award. This award highlights their outstanding contributions to the Adopt-A-Highway program, and we applaud their valuable service.

The Wailea Beach Resort, Residence Inn, and AC Hotel in Wailea have been working together for several years to care for a section of Piilani Highway between mileposts 5.5 and 7.5, organizing quarterly cleanup events and coordinating with team members across their properties. Since 2018, employees of the three properties have devoted hundreds of volunteer hours to Maui’s Adopt-A-Highway public service program and collectively removed more than 450 bags of trash.

“We really appreciate being recognized for our efforts – we all live here, this is our ʻāina, so we all want to take care of it,” said Nani Kaina, director of services, Wailea Beach Resort. “We show up each quarter to the highway clean up, not just to check the box and say we do community service and fulfill Marriott’s serve 360 goal, but because we care about our community and we want others to see we care,” said Donjon Baclig, dual chief engineer at AC Hotel and Residence Inn. “We want to keep the highways clean so our visitors see that we care about our environment and that they should too.”

Mahalo to Marriott Hotels – Wailea for their devoted participation in the Adopt-A-Highway program, reflecting their deep-seated dedication to both the community and environmental preservation! 

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