Posts in category: Issue Archive

A historic Kauaʻi inn lists for $26M, an unexpected endeavor for the Panda Express founders, PM Hotel Group keeps growing, OTAs move in on ChatGPT, and the travel economy takes another billion-dollar hit.

Castle takes over the Waikīkī Circle, a billionaire buys his own land, Kauaʻi’s oldest inn hits the market, HTA resets again, and yes… what a glasshole.

TikTok now books rooms, HTA déjà vu, Big Island joins STR delay club, Marriott Waikīkī swaps GMs, and luxury keeps winning (for now).

Waikīkī land sells for nine figures, the Green Fee brain trust is set, and yes, this newsletter might be hiding in your spam folder.

HTA’s new board is in, Molokaʻi hotel sells, Romer lets kids in, roof repairs crawl, and AI builds websites while the market wobbles.

HTA board quits, panic sets in, and Hilo gets soft-branded. Resorts renovate, rates drop, Romer rebounds, and AI now books your vacation.

HTA loses power, $300 Hamptons raise brows, and Waikīkī hotels swap brands. Maui stalls, Google rewrites booking, and Japan’s hope flickers.

We’ve got mergers and acquisitions, eye-popping renovation budgets, and a few public meltdowns. Add in new tax policy, fewer airline seats, a foreclosure-first on an illegal rental, and a surprise $1M gift from Airbnb, and you’ve got the kind of newsletter that practically writes itself (oh, how wish😃).

HTA reshuffles (again), $250M+ in hotel renovations kick off, and airlines bet big on Hawai‘i—just as the economy starts blinking. Plus: Cirque in Waikīkī, AI gets agentic, and reader feedback gets… spicy.

Waikīkī gets a capsule hotel, lawmakers eye more tourist taxes, and AI threatens to outwork us all. Plus: the Trump effect on travel, CNHA’s new role at Ko Olina, and Severance hits too close to home.