HONOLULU On March 1, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts will officially launch a new “family friendly certification” program that is designed to rate each of its properties individually to determine which are the most “family friendly.”
Outrigger weighed many different factors when defining what makes a property family friendly. One of the most important criteria for each property is the amount of space in each accommodation. The goal is to have enough room to sleep four people comfortably. Whether or not hotels have adjoining or “connecting” rooms is also an important factor. The presence of other amenities such as sofa beds, roll-away beds and cribs, kitchenettes with a refrigerator and microwave, in-room video games, appropriate movies and in-room VCRs are also important rating factors. (2/12/01)