Hawaiian, ANA extend booking agreement

Hawaiian Airlines and ANA, the largest carrier in Japan, have expanded their code-sharing agreement to include flights in Japan and Hawaii and mileage-earning benefits for members of their frequent-flier programs.

Starting Thursday, ANA customers will be able to book connecting flights on Hawaiian between Honolulu and Kona, Lihue, Hilo and Kahului through ANA, the airlines announced Monday.

In addition, Hawaiian will place its flight code on ANA-operated flights between Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport and Honolulu, as well as flights that connect to Hawaiian’s daily Haneda service from Chitose, Osaka (Itami), Osaka (Kansai), Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Oita, Kagoshima and Okinawa, enabling its customers to book these flights directly through Hawaiian.

ANA and Hawaiian started a joint frequent-flier program on Dec. 28.

Kaiser volunteers help on King Day projects

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii said more than 500 physicians and staff members volunteered Monday for community projects on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii island as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Oahu, Kaiser Permanente employees helped with gardening, repainting walkways and replacing screens in the cafeteria at Wilson Elementary School.

Physicians also gave Polynesian Voyaging Society crew members their pre-voyage physicals at Kaiser’s Mapunapuna Clinic.

On Hawaii, Kaiser volunteers worked at Waimea Middle and Kahakai Elementary schools in Kailua-Kona and at Waiakea High School in Hilo. On Maui they cleaned areas of the Ka Hale a ke Ola homeless resource center in Wailuku.

Zappos customers warned of breach

CHICAGO » Online retailer Zappos.com and its discount affiliate, 6pm.com, disclosed Sunday a data breach that compromised customer account information such as billing addresses and the last four digits of credit card numbers.

The security problem did not affect "critical credit card and other payment data," Zappos Chief Executive Tony Hsieh wrote in an employee email that was posted on the company blog on Sunday.

Hsieh explained that the company was "the victim of a cyber-attack by a criminal who gained access to parts of our internal network and systems through one of our servers in Kentucky."

The retailer has more than 24 million customer accounts in its database, according to Hsieh’s memo, and the company is notifying customers of the data breach via email. It has canceled shoppers’ passwords, so they must create new ones to access their accounts.

BMW recalls Minis for water pump problem

PORTLAND, Ore. » BMW of North America is voluntarily recalling nearly 89,000 Mini vehicles because of a water pump malfunction that could cause a fire.

The company says in a regulatory filing Monday that the water pump that cools the turbocharger in some of its cars has a circuit board that can malfunction and overheat. That could cause smoldering and potentially a fire.

No accidents or injuries have been reported. BMW will replace the pump at no cost to owners.

The recall applies to 2007-2011 models of the Mini Cooper S, 2008-2011 Cooper S Clubman, 2009-2011 Cooper S Convertible and 2011 Cooper S Countryman. It also includes the 2009-2011 models of the Mini JCW, JCW Clubman and JCW Convertible.

Saudis plan refineries in China, Indonesia

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. plans to build refineries in China and Indonesia as part of a $200 billion spending program to double refining capacity and explore for oil and natural gas over the next decade.

Saudi Aramco, as the state-run company is known, is preparing for talks about "final terms" for a Chinese refinery and is still waiting for "good terms to be put on the table" for a processing plant in Indonesia, Chief Executive Officer Khalid al-Falih said in an interview. Aramco is likely to decide soon on whether to invest in expanding a plant it operates jointly with Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Co., he said Jan. 14.

Aramco, the world’s largest crude exporter, is expanding refining and petrochemical production to meet domestic demand and export refined products that can fetch higher prices than oil. The company plans to boost its global refining capacity to 8 million barrels a day in 10 years, including projects yet to be announced, al-Falih said.

ON THE MOVE

KITV has announced Melissa Mapes as its new creative services director. Her responsibilities include the promotion and marketing of all the assets of KITV, which include KITV, Me-TV and KITV.com.

Aloha Air Cargo has appointed Kary Morihara to director of training and development. She previously worked for Sullivan Family of Companies, including Foodland and other neighborhood markets.

Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa has appointed Kimberly Higashi as its catering and convention services manager. She will focus on weddings and celebrations at the hotel. Higashi has hospitality management experience in a variety of guest service positions at the Waikiki Beachcomber Resort and the Mauna Kea Resort.

Noel Pacarro Brown has earned the title of "Certified Private Wealth Advisor." The CPWA designation is the only advanced designation for consultants and financial advisers. Brown is a financial adviser at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Honolulu.