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Outrigger Hotel Development

Outrigger is actively seeking hospitality and resort-retail acquisition and development opportunities in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region, either on our own or by partnering with debt and equity providers. We can provide partners with expertise in the following areas:

Hotel, Condominium and Vacation Club Management
Benefitting from over 64 years of experience, Outrigger is a hotel management company that runs a highly successful, multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation ownership properties. Our proprietary brands include Outrigger® Hotels & Resorts, OHANA® Hotels & Resorts and the Outrigger Condominium Collection®. In Hawaii, we manage and have managed other brands such as Marriott®, Courtyard by Marriott®, Embassy Suites®, Holiday Inn Resorts®, Best Western®, Hilton Grand Vacations® and Wyndham Vacation Ownership®, as well as independent hotels including such as The Kapalua Villas, Keauhou Beach Resort and Ala Moana Hotel. In Thailand, Indonesia, Fiji, Guam, and Australia, the Outrigger brand operates resort hotels and serviced apartments under our proprietary brand in key leisure destinations.

Acquisition Services – Underwriting, Capital and Execution
Outrigger has extensive experience buying and selling resort assets. In analyzing acquisitions, we think like an owner, with an eye on the bottom line while effectively managing capital to maximize investor returns. With a strong balance sheet, Outrigger has equity available to participate in the acquisition of strategic assets.

Development and Construction Services
Outrigger has a dedicated construction management and development team with years of development and renovation experience in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region. We have renovated over 19,000 hotel rooms in the past 20 years and successfully developed mixed-use projects such as the US$585 million Waikiki Beach Walk® project in Hawaii. The Asia-Pacific team is leading the design-development process at a number of deluxe properties under development, including a 500-key full-service hotel on Hainan Island, China; a 250-key full-service hotel in Vinh Hoi, Vietnam; and a 176-key full-service condominium resort in Bali, Indonesia.

Resort-Retail Leasing and Management
Outrigger is a leader in resort-retail leasing and management. We have Hawaii’s largest dedicated resort-retail leasing and management team, which manages 384,000 square feet (35,675 square meters) of retail space in Hawaii.

By the numbers:

  • 64 years of hospitality development and management experience starting in 1947
  • 44 properties that Outrigger operates and/or has under development
  • 11,000 +/- rooms in Hawaii, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Indonesia (Bali), Thailand, Vietnam and China
  • 1,700 web partners for online reservations
  • 3,700+ Outrigger employees worldwide
  • US$1.5 billion spent on property renovations and development in the past decade
  • Ranked as the 11th largest hotel management company by Hotel Business

 

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Hotel, Condominium and Vacation Club Management

Benefitting from over 64 years of experience, Outrigger is a hotel management company that runs a highly successful, multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation ownership properties. Our proprietary brands include Outrigger® Hotels & Resorts, OHANA® Hotels & Resorts and the Outrigger Condominium Collection®. In Hawaii, we manage and have managed other brands such as Marriott®, Courtyard by Marriott®, Embassy Suites®, Holiday Inn Resorts®, Best Western®, Hilton Grand Vacations® and Wyndham Vacation Ownership®, as well as independent hotels including such as The Kapalua Villas, Keauhou Beach Resort and Ala Moana Hotel. In Thailand, Indonesia, Fiji, Guam, and Australia, the Outrigger brand operates resort hotels and serviced apartments in key leisure destination locations.

Total Resort Hotel Management Solution
Outrigger offers a "Total Resort Hotel Management Solution." Outrigger develops and manages full-service hotels, condominium resorts, vacation ownership resorts and resort-retail complexes. Outrigger's breadth of experience allows us to manage all of these different components, providing efficient, centralized management for even the largest-scale mixed-use developments.

Technological Advantages
In today's hospitality world, technology is critical to maximizing profitability. Applying cutting-edge technology, Outrigger develops, refines and implements proprietary solutions to reach potential customers, book reservations and manage customer relationships.

  • Outrigger's proprietary, integrated software solutions enable us to:
  • Maximize web-based sales by always having an offering or alternative.
  • Optimize our reservations system through thousands of connected channels.
  • "Connect" with both travel partners and guests before, during and after their stay.
  • Take advantage of 24/7 technology uptime from a dedicated data center and a tested business recovery site in the continental United States.
  • Employ state-of-the-art certified security technology to safeguard guest, employee and financial data.

Outrigger developed and continues to invest in and extend its own proprietary reservations and property management system, Stellex (named after Estelle Kelley – Outrigger’s first reservations agent and wife of our founder Roy Kelley). Stellex is integrated with Outrigger’s various websites.

By employing hybrid marketing and distribution channels and incorporating seamless availability and booking capabilities, Outrigger can convert sales quickly and cost-effectively. Outrigger is a global leader in real-time connectivity with major distribution customers. Stellex supports direct interfaces with major wholesale and online travel agencies including Japan Travel Bureau (JTB), HIS, Expedia, Orbitz, Pleasant Holidays, Classic Custom Vacations, The Mark Travel Company (Funjet, Alaska Vacations) as well as Delta, United and Continental Vacations (through MLT), Condominium Connection, and others. Outrigger was the first hospitality company to have dedicated placement and direct connectivity with Japan Airlines’ jal.com website, the leading travel site in Japan.

Stellex connectivity has also proven to be the most efficient and effective wholesale connectivity solution for the company’s franchise operations, supporting interfaces to the Marriott, Embassy Suites (Hilton) and Holiday Inn (InterContinental Hotels Group) systems.

Stellex also functions as Outrigger’s Hawaiian Islands property management system (PMS), using a web-based interface to deliver full functionality to Outrigger-managed properties across Hawaii’s four major islands from a central data center.

In the Asia-Pacific region, Stellex is used as a link to Outrigger's worldwide reservations and distribution systems. In Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region, Stellex serves as a booking and inventory interface for the Micros Opera PMS and the Maxial PMS. Stellex and related report information is also used to facilitate revenue management opportunities for our properties.

E-commerce Capabilities

Outrigger was one of the world’s first hospitality companies to invest in a website when it launched outrigger.com in 1994. Outrigger continues to invest in and extend its web capabilities with a total site rebuild in 2011 that focused on a state-of-the-art content management system, robust analytics, and advanced marketing and merchandising tools. Outrigger.com’s reservations path was developed in-house, sitting on a flexible content management system, and it is connected directly into Stellex. This ensures real-time availability and rates for our customers, and any changes can be made in-house without the assistance of third parties. Our website is geared to the leisure traveler and offers details not only of the property and the rooms but also about the destination. The site is also customizable; this enables us to bring out the character of the various properties we market.

While our technology is focused on leisure sales, we also have a robust B2B business that comes through our consumer website, call center and PacificBusinessConnection.com business website.

Outrigger also aggressively focuses on converting sales from the travel agent community. Travel agents can get information, enter rewards program data, and book on the dedicated OutriggerAgent.com website.

Outrigger has a seasoned team of web marketers who focus on search engine marketing, search engine optimization, display advertising, social media and email marketing. Outrigger uses best-of-breed analytics software, Omniture Site Catalyst, to assess campaigns and allocate funds to achieve the best return on investment. The Outrigger online marketing team also assists individual properties in allocating and managing additional marketing campaigns.

International Sales and Marketing Offices

Outrigger has a sales force of dedicated, full-time sales professionals serving our source markets in the following locations:

  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Sydney and Queensland, Australia
  • Continental United States
  • Germany – German-speaking and Nordic countries
  • United Kingdom
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
  • China
  • Korea

Marketing Acumen
Outrigger is a leader not only in hospitality, but in travel marketing as well. Outrigger creates a sustainable and diversified demand for its leisure products using advanced, meticulous marketing tools and techniques and strong marketing partnerships.

Outrigger has one of the most effective sales and marketing forces of any independent hotel and resort company. Our websites enjoy among the highest traffic of leading hospitality companies in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region, and our cross-sales strategies deliver high conversion levels and premium rates.

Outrigger has nurtured strong, longstanding relationships throughout the travel industry, including with airlines, wholesale tour operators, and online and traditional travel agencies. Outrigger has also trained a global network of thousands of retail travel agents who have earned certification as Outrigger Hospitality Specialists.

Outrigger also employs targeted research to determine the best customer prospects, markets, campaign timing and messaging, and to fine-tune its product on the basis of guest satisfaction surveys.

Reservations
To make reservations or request information about Outrigger and its affiliated properties, travelers can log on to the company’s various websites or call toll-free as follows:

Resort Condominium Management
Outrigger's Condominium Collection is a special product line comprising 16 deluxe condominium resort properties offering studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom units on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Island. These fully furnished accommodations are located in some of the most desirable locations in Hawaii, with properties available both at well-known resorts and at some truly unique, "out of the way" places.

Flexibility
In Hawaii, Outrigger manages hotels under its own proprietary brands (Outrigger and OHANA), a number of the largest international brands (Marriott, Hilton, InterContinental, Wyndham and Best Western) and independent hotels. Outrigger believes in selecting the right brand to achieve an owner’s objectives.

 

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Acquisition Services – Underwriting, Capital and Execution

Outrigger has extensive experience buying and selling resort assets in Hawaii, having owned, bought and sold 23 different hotels in Waikiki. Likewise, Outrigger's Asia-Pacific team consists of industry veterans with many decades of deal-making experience in the Asia-Pacific market. Outrigger has the flexibility to acquire assets, create joint ventures, provide sliver equity or execute pure management contracts.

In analyzing acquisitions, Outrigger thinks like an owner, keeping an eye on the bottom line while effectively managing capital to maximize investor returns. Given its unsurpassed hospitality history and position as Hawaii’s largest hospitality company, currently managing 33 properties with over 8,000 rooms on all major islands in the state, as well as the deep experience of its staff in the Asia-Pacific region, Outrigger can quickly and accurately underwrite acquisition opportunities and effectively manage the transition/repositioning of an asset.

Capital

Outrigger has equity available to participate in the acquisition of strategic assets. Outrigger distinguishes itself from its competitors with its substantial financial strength. Thanks to its strong balance sheet, Outrigger is highly respected in the financial community for building its substantial asset base and net worth through prudent, value-creating strategies.

In addition, Outrigger's expertise in raising debt capital in excess of US$1 billion over the last 10 years allows it to leverage its balance sheet at the most favorable interest rates.

Acquisition Execution

With its extensive experience buying and selling resort assets, Outrigger can add value in all phases of the acquisition process, including:

  • Sourcing acquisition prospects from its extensive network of relationships with owners, partners, consultants, brokers and lenders
  • Underwriting, preparing and presenting investment recommendations
  • Negotiating purchase and sale agreements
  • Sourcing and negotiating senior and mezzanine debt
  • Analyzing a property’s condition and preparing budgets for renovation and repositioning
  • Managing the due diligence process
  • Managing the closing and legal documentation
  • Executing the property management transition

Transition Process

Outrigger can provide all required post-acquisition services, including:

  • Hiring and training senior management with experience in implementing change
  • Renovating, repositioning and rebranding properties
  • Managing assets and hotel operations as required

 

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Development and Construction Services

Outrigger has a dedicated construction management and development team with years of development and renovation expertise in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region. We have renovated over 19,000 hotel rooms in the past 20 years and successfully developed mixed-use projects such as the US$585 million Waikiki Beach Walk® project in Hawaii. The Asia-Pacific team is leading the design-development process at a number of deluxe properties under development, including a 500-key full-service hotel on Hainan Island, China; a 250-key full-service hotel in Vinh Hoi, Vietnam; and a 176-key full-service condominium resort in Bali, Indonesia.

Outrigger is a pioneer in hotel development in Hawaii. As an integral part of its offerings, Outrigger shares its knowledge of resort hotel development in Hawaii as well as in the Asia-Pacific region – from optimal floor plans, to appealing recreation facilities, to efficient back-of-the-house designs, to employee training programs – to help owners and developers create award-winning, resort-focused hotels and resorts.

As a multigenerational owner with a substantial balance sheet of its own, Outrigger brings to its business partners an owner’s mindset of sound judgment with an emphasis on profitable performance. This “owner-operator” mentality enables Outrigger to manage hotels with extreme efficiency, with an eye to the bottom line.

Outrigger oversees quality-driven projects in all segments and brands for seamless hotel development and renovation. Outrigger's team maintains an extensive network of architects, designers and contractors, which enables it to plan and implement hospitality projects quickly, efficiently, economically and with high standards of quality. Outrigger's development and construction services team can:

  • Develop and manage all renovation activities and yearly capital expenditure plans
  • Strategize repositioning plans for conversions and renovations
  • Develop and implement special projects to produce favorable return on investment
  • Ensure, in collaboration with owners and developers, that all properties successfully meet brand standards and brand quality-assurance evaluations

Outrigger also specializes in providing support for repositioning distressed properties through a combination of renovation, repositioning and management transitioning.

 

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Resort-Retail Leasing, Marketing and Management

Outrigger Enterprises Group is a leader in resort-retail leasing, marketing and management. With Hawaii’s most experienced, dedicated resort-retail leasing and management team, it manages 384,000 square feet (35,675 square meters) of retail space in Hawaii. Retail is an important component of the guest experience at most hotel properties. Outrigger pioneered the concept of linking hotel and retail uses, inspired by its founder Roy Kelley, who built and managed hotels but leased out restaurant and retail operations.

Outrigger has relationships with many successful local, national and international tenants looking for resort-retail locations and understands the unique needs and characteristics of a leisure resort-retail business. Outrigger’s talented retail team has the diversified knowledge and experience needed to insightfully assess business opportunities, current market trends and the future potential of retail spaces within hotels and resorts.

Waikiki Beach Walk® Mixed-Use Development
Nearly 100,000 square feet (9,290 square meters) of retail space is contained in the 7.9-acre (3.2 hectare) landmark Waikiki Beach Walk® development. The largest development project in Waikiki’s history, it transformed a formerly aging and deteriorating district into a vibrant mixed-use urban resort hailed as the face of “the new Waikiki.” See waikikibeachwalk.com for more information.

Waikiki Beach Walk® has won numerous awards including the 2008 International Council of Shopping Centers’ International Development and Design Award for demonstrating “cutting edge, innovative and creative response to market trends in the global retail market.” The US$535 million project was selected from 63 entries representing 25 countries.

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Contact Outrigger Enterprises Group

For more information regarding development opportunities, please contact:

Asia-Pacific

Darren J. Edmonstone
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific

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Michael Cowan
Vice President, Development and Projects, Asia-Pacific
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Outrigger Hotels and Resorts - Asia
No.1 Pasak-Koktanod Road, Cherngtalay
Thalang, Phuket 83110 Thailand

United States

F. Kevin Aucello
Vice-President, Hawaii Development
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Outrigger Enterprises Group
2375 Kuhio Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815-2939 USA

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Outrigger Development

Please contact for development opportunities:

Asia-Pacific

Darren J. Edmonstone
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific
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Michael Cowan
Vice President, Development and Projects, Asia-Pacific
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United States

F. Kevin Aucello
Vice-President, Hawaii Development
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