{"id":19178,"date":"2013-02-07T17:11:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=19178"},"modified":"2013-02-07T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:11:10","slug":"kui-wright-is-doing-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/kui-wright-is-doing-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Kui Wright Is Doing It Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A hardworking Kapahulu man is the 2013 Outstanding Lodging Employee of the Year \u2014 for the kind of service that helps everyone else unwind and relax. Robert \u201cKui\u201d Wright is head bartender at The Royal Hawaiian\u2019s Mai Tai Bar, and his approach to the job has been noticed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19181\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/020613TMC_E9-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19181\" title=\"020613TMC_E9-8\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/020613TMC_E9-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/020613TMC_E9-8.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/020613TMC_E9-8.jpg?resize=450,403 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/020613TMC_E9-8.jpg?resize=335,300 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert \u2018Kui\u2019 Wright with his 2013 Lodging Employee of the Year award. Photo from Anthology Group.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine the Mai Tai Bar without Kui,\u201d wrote Valerie Okawa, the resort\u2019s human resources manager who nominated him. \u201cHis presence behind the bar is a welcome sight for many of its return guests. 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