The Ala Moana Hotel is a hotel in
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island o ...
, opened in 1970. It adjoins the
Ala Moana Shopping Center and is across the street from the
Hawaii Convention Center
The Hawai‘i Convention Center is a convention and exhibition center in Hawaii, located in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The Hawaii Convention Center is the largest exhibition center of its type in the state. It is located directly to the ...
as well as the
Ala Moana Beach Park
Ala Moana Beach Park is a free public park on the island of Oahu, U.S. state of Hawaii, located between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu. This park has a wide gold-sand beach that is over a half-mile (800 m) long.
Protected by a shallow reef offsho ...
.
History
The Ala Moana Hotel was designed by the Seattle architectural firm of
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company, or John Graham & Associates was the name of an architectural firm, founded in 1900 in Seattle, Washington, by English-born architect John Graham (1873–1955), and maintained by his son John Graham Jr. (1908–1991).
The f ...
. It opened in 1970 as part of Flagship Hotels, the hotel division of
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major airlines of the United States, major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the Largest airlines in the world, largest airline in the world when measured ...
. The hotel was renamed the Ala Moana Americana in 1972, when American bought Americana Hotels. The Ala Moana Americana was sold by co-owners Dillingham Corp. and Pick-Americana Hotels of Dallas to the Japan-based Azabu USA in 1986 for $70 million. Azabu undertook $31 million in renovations and brought in
Ramada Renaissance Hotels to manager the property, which was renamed Ramada Renaissance Ala Moana Hotel. Azabu sold the Ala Moana for $85 million in 2004 to Crescent Heights, a Miami-based condominium developer.
Crescent Heights sold approximately 800 of the hotel's 1154 rooms as condominium units, for approximately $200,000 each.
Outrigger Hotels
Outrigger Hotels is a Honolulu-based luxury hotel chain and management company that operates hotels, condominiums, and vacation resort properties in Hawaii, the Asia-Pacific region, and the islands of the Indian Ocean.
History
The company was fo ...
took over management of the hotel portion in 2006, though the hotel did not take on their name.
Outrigger sold their interest in the hotel to the Australia-based Mantra Group for $52.5 million in 2016.
The Ala Moana Hotel has 1,169 rooms. The 36-story building has a height of .
It is not to be confused with the
Moana Surfrider Hotel
The Moana Hotel is a historic hotel building in Honolulu, Hawaii, located at 2365 Kalākaua Avenue in the Waikiki neighborhood. Built in the late 19th century as the first hotel in Waikiki, the Moana opened in 1901. It is listed on the National Re ...
, which was built about 70 years earlier.
Architecture
Ala Moana Hotel was recognized by the Building Industry Association of Hawaii as a 2006 Parade of Homes standout.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Honolulu
Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, is a U.S.
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a fede ...
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Skyscrapers in Honolulu
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1970 establishments in Hawaii