The Made in Hawaii Festival kicked off Friday at the Neal Blaisdell Arena, and the three day event features more than 530 booths, a huge leap from the 61 booths it had in its first year 25 years ago.
Click through the gallery above to see some of the highlights from this year's festival.
Retailers and food entrepreneurs see the festival as a networking opportunity to expand their businesses, and many of the companies who were vendor festival participants in the past say that the connections they've…
