Waikiki Hotel
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The Waikiki Hotel or the Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort as it is now re-christened is located on the popular Waikiki beach, in the Island of Oahu. It boasts of breathtaking ocean-front view or the view of the silhouettes of the Koolau Mountains from most of its 1,702 rooms and 150 suites. The Hotel is locally known as the ‘Centre of entertainment’ because of the lively entertainment that its poolside stage nightly provides. The Hotel is a much sought after place to stay in Hawaii because of its vicinity to the best in shopping, fine dining and entertainment that Hawaii has to offer.
A very well advertised feature at the Sheraton is its Hanohano Room - the most popular eating place in all of Hawaii. Perched atop the main tower of the Hotel Hanohano Room provides breathtaking views of Hawaii from the thirtieth floor
The Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort is managed by the Sheraton Group of Hotels but its owner is the multi-million Kyo-Ya Company Limited. The owners of Kyo-Ya first set up base in Hawaii in the year 1963 when two brothers bought two adjacent hotels in Hawaii and made a multi million dollar profit on the deal. Subsequently, they merged the two hotels after carrying out wide ranging renovation and this also turned out to be a very profitable venture. This then allowed them to launch the Kyo-Ya Company which now owns extensive property in and around Hawaii.
Trivia
- The Hanohano room of the Hotel was recently the venue for an episode of the American Idol show.