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Coconut Condos awarded SBA Women-Owned Business of the Year

SBA (Small Business Administration) - May 4, 2023
Women-Owned Business of the Year
A women-owned small business owner who has experienced the rewards and difficulties of owning their own business.

WINNER:  Angela Leone and Coconut Condos, Nominated by Chelsey Covington of Central Pacific Bank
“Being passionate about service is evident throughout Angela’s approach to building a successful property management company. The company’s growth is evidence of the level of commitment to serve. Aloha spirit permeates the way the team interacts with its homeowners, vacationers, and even more impactful with each other. - SBA 2023

2023 Hawaii's Best Workplaces Awarded to Coconut Condos... Again!

Pacific Business News - March 20, 2023
Pacific Business News celebrates the companies that are doing it right, as told by the people who work there.

WINNER: Coconut Condos

For the second year in a row, Coconut Condos is honored to be named one of Hawaii's Best Workplaces.

Coconut Condos awarded "Vacation Rental Management Company of the Year!"

VRMA - October 2021
Vacation Rental Management Company of the Year
Awarded to an outstanding vacation rental management company as determined by customer service, innovation, local community engagement, and dedication to the vacation rental industry.

WINNER: Coconut Condos

Not only did Coconut Condos remain committed to providing maximum value for their owners, but they also remained passionate about giving back to the community, despite a difficult year with many challenges. Their progressive mindset kept them pushing forward in an innovative capacity.

Growing a Business While Giving Back with Coconut Condos’ Angie Leone

Thanks for Visiting - October 2021
Continuing our series of interviews featuring our favorite speakers from the 2021 Vacation Rental Managers Association International Conference in San Antonio, Texas.This week, we sit down with Angie Leone, owner and CEO of Coconut Condos, a vacation rental management company founded in 2011 on the beautiful island of Maui. In this episode, we talk about recognizing the tipping point between running things part-time on your own and hiring people to turn your STR project into a full-time business. We also discuss her perspective on approaching rental growth, riding pandemic policies in Hawaii, and how you can participate in the Dream Foundation.

Angela Leone Leads Effort to Create New Trade Council

Maui NOW - August 2020
The Maui Chamber of Commerce announced a new trade council, the Professional Rental Management Association or PRMA. The trade council will be led by Angela Leone of Coconut Condos, Dawn Kane of Maui Condo & Home and John Kevan of Maui Paradise Properties. “Together, our members have 427 cumulative years of vacation rental experience – employing over 750 people and utilizing over 600 local vendors,” said Angela Leone of Coconut Condos. “Many of my colleagues in the trade council have been in business a long time, some for more than 40 years and the Maui vacation rental industry is centered on our local community.”

Inc. 5000: COCONUT CONDOS MAKES THE LIST - 2 Years in a Row!

Inc. Magazine - August 2020
Inc. magazine today revealed that Coconut Condos is once again on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies! The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. See our rank and the full list here: inc.com/inc5000

Coconut Condos Named to Pacific Business News Fastest 50 for the Second Year in a Row!

Pacific Business News - June 2020
Lahaina-based vacation rental and property management company Coconut Condos is honored to announce that it has been named to the 2020 Pacific Business News Fastest 50 List - for the second year in a row! This year's Fastest 50 winners were selected from a pool of over one hundred small businesses that submitted nominations, which included financial documents, for a shot at being listed among some of Hawaii's most successful private companies. 

ANGIE LEONE: ALWAYS SOMETHING TO GIVE

Rent Responsibly - June 2020
Angie Leone embodies the Aloha Spirit. She and her team at Coconut Condos in West Maui are finding new ways to keep giving back to the local, national and international community during Covid-19 as they eagerly await the reopening of Maui's tourism industry.

Angie Leone (& Coconut Condos) Defines the Concept of Giving Back!

Sarah & T: Professional Vacation Rental Manager's Podcast - October 2019
Listen to Episode 56 - Angie Leone, of Coconut Condos on Maui, talks about charitable efforts of her company with Sarah and T - The professional Vacation Rental Manager's Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

Coconut Condos Sponsors Maui Songwriters Festival

BMI Maui Songwriters Festival - October 2019
Coconut Condos is proud to be a Community Sponsor for the 5th Annual Maui Songwriters Festival Presented by BMI, slated for December 5-7, 2019. Intimate in-the-round acoustic concerts, held at choice island venues, will feature the world’s best songwriters sharing songs and the stories behind them.

Coconut Condos Named to Hawaii Business Magazine's Top 250 List for 2019

Hawaii Business Magazine - September 2019
Lahaina-based vacation rental and property management company Coconut Condos is honored to announce that it has been named to the 2019 Hawaii Business Magazine's Top 250 List - A Guide to Hawaii’s Biggest Companies and Nonprofits.

Coconut Condos Named to Pacific Business News Fastest 50 for 2019

Pacific Business News - August 2019
Lahaina-based vacation rental and property management company Coconut Condos is honored to announce that it has been named to the 2019 Pacific Business News Fastest 50 List. This year's Fastest 50 winners were selected from a pool of nearly 100 businesses that submitted nominations, which included financial documents, for a shot at being listed among some of Hawaii's most successful private companies.

Coconut Condos Named to 2019 Inc. 5000 List

Inc. Magazine - August 2019
Lahaina-based vacation rental and property management company Coconut Condos is thrilled to announce that it has been named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing innovators. This is Coconut Condos first time being recognized with this impressive group of the fastest growing companies in the United States. The companies listed on the Inc. 5000 (www.inc.com) are supremely competitive within their markets and exhibit outstanding year over year growth in those markets.

West Sider Angela Leone Wins Small Business Person of the Year Award

The Lahaina News - May 2019
LAHAINA - Angela Leone, Coconut Condos CEO is the 2019 recipient of the Maui County Small Business Person of the Year Award, at the third annual Hawaii Small Business Conference (HSBC). Presented by Maui Economic Development Board with the support of the Maui County Office of Economic Development, the HSBC was held on May 8-9 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center...

2019 Small Business Awards

Hawaii Business Magazine - May 2019
Leone transformed her side business of a single vacation rental in 2011 into a thriving company that now manages 60 rentals on Maui. Coconut Condos’ giving plan includes contributions to Compassion International, a group that sponsors children living in poverty, for each condo managed.

Leone Named SBA County Business Owner of the Year

The Maui News - April 2019
Angela Leone of Maui Leones LLC was named Maui County small business owner of the year for 2019, a top honor in the 32nd annual Small Business Administration Small Business Awards for Hawaii. Leone, who operates as Coconut Condos, will be recognized at a gathering from 3 to 6:30 p.m. May 3 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel in Waikiki. The event precedes National Small Business Week from May 5 to 10 and honors 29 Hawaii award winners.

Four Hawaii Businesses on List of 'Most Successful Companies in America'

Pacific Business News - August 2019
Companies on the 2019 Inc. 5,000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2015 to 2018, and must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2015.
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Coconut Condos Named to Pacific Business News Best Workplaces of 2019 List (Video)

Pacific Business News - August 2019
To determine this year's winners, employees were given several job-related statements and asked to rate their degree of agreement with them among six choices ranging from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.”