Wyndham Vacation Ownership Opens First Waikiki Resort at Waikiki Beach Walk
05 Gennaio 2007 - 1:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk Achieves More than 3,000 Sales Prior to
Opening ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndham
Vacation Ownership, the world's largest vacation ownership company,
today announced the opening of Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk -- the
company's 13th Hawaii-based resort and first in Waikiki. The 195
unit timeshare property is a major component of the highly
anticipated Waikiki Beach Walk complex -- the largest
re-development project in the city's history. Wyndham Waikiki Beach
Walk, which will be affiliated with the company's FairShare Plus
portfolio of vacation ownership resorts, exceeded more than 3,000
individual pre- construction sales prior to opening. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061020/CLF043LOGO ) "We've
seen a growing demand for timeshare resorts in premier resort
locations so we're very excited to unveil Wyndham Waikiki Beach
Walk in this highly sought after vacation destination," said Franz
Hanning, Wyndham Vacation Ownership president and chief executive
officer. "With more than 3,000 pre-construction sales, Wyndham
Waikiki Beach Walk is already well on its way to becoming one of
our most successful resorts ever." Formerly the OHANA Reef Towers
hotel, Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk is the culmination of an
extensive two-year, $54-million renovation. Boasting the warm
colors and tropical ambiance of the Hawaiian Islands, the resort
features 195 units including 95 one-bedroom, 83 two-bedroom and 17
two-, three- and four-bedroom luxurious penthouse style
Presidential suites. Situated within two 15-story towers, each unit
features a fully equipped kitchen, whirlpool bath, washer/dryer and
a flat-panel television with DVD player. The resort also offers
owners and guests a variety of amenities including an expansive sun
deck featuring an outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool spa, a
spacious exercise facility, family recreation room and a computer
library. "We're delighted to have Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk be an
integral part of this much anticipated redevelopment project," said
David Carey, president and CEO, Outrigger Enterprises Group.
"Waikiki Beach Walk is an extraordinary hospitality, retail and
entertainment complex that truly encapsulates the ultimate Hawaiian
vacation experience." In addition to the wide variety of shops,
boutiques and restaurants, Waikiki Beach Walk will offer a myriad
of other exciting activities, including a full schedule of cultural
activities and musical events -- including ukulele lessons, hula
lessons, lei making, story telling, wood carving and well-known
musical acts. About Wyndham Vacation Ownership Wyndham Vacation
Ownership is the world's largest vacation ownership business, as
measured by the number of vacation ownership resorts, vacation
ownership units and vacation ownership interests. Wyndham Vacation
Ownership includes marketing and sales of vacation ownership
interests, property management services to property owners'
associations, and development and acquisition of vacation ownership
resorts. Through its two primary consumer brands, Wyndham Vacation
Resorts and Trendwest Resorts, Wyndham Vacation Ownership has
developed or acquired more than 140 resort properties throughout
North America and the South Pacific that represent more than 18,000
fully furnished, condominium-style units and more than 750,000
owners of vacation ownership and other real estate interests.
Wyndham Vacation Ownership is headquartered in Orlando, Florida,
and is supported by more than 14,000 employees globally. About
Outrigger Enterprises Group, Inc. Outrigger Enterprises Group is
one of the largest and fastest-growing hospitality services
companies in the Pacific. Outrigger is a family-owned company with
nearly 60 years of hospitality experience and runs a highly-
successful, multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation
resort properties, including Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, OHANA
Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Condominium Collection, Outrigger
Resort Club by Fairfield and Embassy Suites(R)-Waikiki Beach
Walk(TM).* Outrigger currently operates nearly 60 properties
representing more than 12,000 guest rooms in Hawaii, Australia, New
Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and Guam. Outrigger Enterprises Group also
operates and develops hotel properties and hospitality-related
retail and real estate opportunities for partners in Hawaii, the
Pacific, the mainland USA and Asia. The company's most recent
initiative - Waikiki Beach Walk(TM), a $535 million, 8-acre
hotel-retail- entertainment complex - is the largest development in
the history of Waikiki, and is set to open in December 2006. For
on-line information, log on at http://www.outrigger.com/. *Embassy
Suites is a registered trade mark of Hilton Hotels Corporation.
About Waikiki Beach Walk(TM) Waikiki Beach Walk is the largest
development project ever to be undertaken in Waikiki's history. The
8-acre area, bordered by Kalakaua Avenue, Lewers Street, Kalia
Road, Beach Walk and Saratoga Road,is being completely rebuilt and
is emerging as a vibrant showcase and gathering place in the new
Waikiki. With a total cost of $535 million, it features an outdoor
entertainment plaza, 45 new retailers, four great restaurants, and
four hotels. Incorporating a design theme that celebrates Hawaii's
voyaging and ocean heritage and takes advantage of the island's
cooling trade winds and year-round excellent weather, Waikiki Beach
Walk is the consummate expression of Hawaii today -- a place where
people come to be enlivened with warm hospitality, a rich
confluence of cultures, and nature's precious gifts from land and
sea. For more information, visit http://www.waikikibeachwalk.com/.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061020/CLF043LOGO DATASOURCE:
Wyndham Vacation Ownership CONTACT: Lisa Burby, Sr. Director of
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, +1-407-370-5146, or ; or Nancy Daniels,
PR Manager of Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, +1-808-921-6839, ,
for Wyndham Vacation Ownership Web site:
http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com/ http://www.outrigger.com/
http://www.waikikibeachwalk.com/
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