Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
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Outrigger Hotels is a Honolulu-based hotel chain with more than 60 years of hospitality experience operating a multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation resort properties in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region.
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[edit] History
The company was founded by Roy and Estelle Kelley who opened their first hotel in 1947. The company's first hotel to carry the Outrigger name was the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach, which opened in 1967. In 1986, Outrigger became the largest hotel chain in Hawaii when its room count pushed over 7,000.
In 1999, Outrigger created a new brand, Ohana Hotels to better market its more moderately priced three-star properties, while keeping the Outrigger brand for its higher-end four-star and luxury properties.
[edit] Properties
There are 11 Outrigger and Ohana properties just in the Waikiki neighborhood alone, including the Outrigger Waikiki and the Outrigger Reef. They also run six resorts in Maui, five on the Big Island and three on Kauai.
Internationally, Outrigger has properties in Australia, Guam and Fiji with projects underway on Bali.
[edit] Recent Developments
The company's most recent initiative is Waikiki Beach Walk, a $535 million, 8-acre hotel-retail-entertainment complex, billed by the company as the largest development in the history of Waikiki, which opened in December 2006.
