OAHU, HI— OHANA Hotels & Resorts continues its expansion with the addition of the 445-room Outrigger East Hotel to its collection of Waikiki properties. Effective December 1, the Outrigger East will be re-branded the OHANA East Hotel and will become the company’s flagship property in Waikiki. The re-branding of the OHANA East follows a year of major growth to the OHANA brand. In April, the company assumed management of the OHANA Maui Islander in Lahaina; in August the OHANA Keauhou Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii joined the company; and in October, OHANA introduced its first property outside of Hawaii with the opening of the OHANA Bayview Guam. A second Guam property will soon follow with the opening of the OHANA Oceanview Guam, currently under renovation and scheduled to open in April 2002. Additional enhancements to the OHANA brand will occur in 2003 with Outrigger Enterprises’ $300 million Waikiki Beach Walk project, which will redevelop 7.9 acres of aging shops, restaurants and hotels in the Lewers Street area of Waikiki.
