Did you know there are only nine truly beachfront hotels in Waikīkī, where you can step outside the hotel and your toes are in the sand (or sometimes the water, thanks to erosion)? Here is the list, inorder, from Ewa to Diamond Head.
- Hilton Hawaiian Village – Fee Simple (Park Hotels & Resorts)
- Hale Koa – Fee Simple (Military Hotel – Federal Government)
- Outrigger Reef – Fee Simple (KSL Capital)
- Halekulani – Both: 1/6 leasehold (Robinson Trust); 5/6 fee simple (Mitsui Fudosan)
- Sheraton Waikīkī – Both: 1/4 leasehold (Robinson Trust); 3/4 fee simple (Kyo-ya)
- The Royal Hawaiian – Leasehold (Kamehameha Schools, soon to be Daisho)
- Outrigger Waikīkī – Leasehold (Queen Emma)
- Moana Surfrider – Fee Simple (Kyo-ya)
- Kaimana Beach Hotel – Fee Simple (BlackSand Capital and Tsukada Global)
Mahalo to our friends at Powell & Aucello for helping us unravel this, they track who owns what, and what’s really going on with Hawaii Hotels.
