| Imagine yourself on an island paradise, thousands | | | | About 200 rooms Construction is expected |
| of miles away from home. This is a place where | | | | to begin in the second or third quarter of next |
| you and your family can go every year. That is, if | | | | year. |
| you own a timeshare in beautiful Hawaii. | | | | Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club 90 rooms |
| It has been said that the best Hawaii timeshares | | | | Construction of the second phase of the 750-unit |
| may be the best timeshares in America. In an | | | | time-share project is to start in November 2004. |
| article called "Hawaii Timeshares Make a Great | | | | Hilton Grand Vacations Waikiki time-share 350 |
| Investment," author Timothy Sexton says, | | | | rooms Hilton has not determined a |
| "Hawaii timeshares double the value [of owning a | | | | construction timetable. |
| timeshare there] because, not only is it a cheaper | | | | Kalia Tower at Hilton Hawaiian Village 453 rooms |
| [way to visit], let's face it, the average joe simply | | | | Guest rooms have been closed since July |
| can't even come close to affording Hawaiian | | | | 2002 because of mold. Most guest rooms are |
| properties outright." | | | | scheduled to reopen Sept. 1, but 72 units on six |
| Timeshares in Hawaii have been leading a rebound | | | | floors of the 25-story tower are to be converted |
| in construction and a gentle rebound in tourism. In | | | | to time-shares by December. |
| 2006, the Hawaii Tourism Authority released a | | | | Outrigger's Waikiki Beach Walk, 890 rooms |
| study that says that many existing hotel units are | | | | Tentative plans call for groundbreaking in 2006 or |
| converting ti timeshares and condominiums over | | | | later for a 27-story hotel/time-share tower, |
| the next few years. Timeshare developments are | | | | replacing 436 obsolete hotel rooms in the Lewers |
| attractive because, as Andrew Gomes of the | | | | Street area. |
| Honolulua Advertiser says, "you get large up-front | | | | In a Hawaii timeshare owner’s blog |
| returns generated by sales and the flexibility to | | | | it’s noted that for awhile now, "timeshare |
| use unsold units as hotel rentals." Timeshare | | | | industry professionals have been saying that |
| operators continue the trend of | | | | Hawaii timeshares are growing in popularity... |
| vacation-ownership. More giant hotel chains than | | | | consequently, more timeshares will be available on |
| ever before are building timeshares in Hawaii. For | | | | the resale market. |
| example, in a 2003 article in the Honolulua | | | | "Visitors to Hawaii, who can’t afford to |
| Advertiser, the following new timeshares are | | | | buy a vacation home, have many options on the |
| described and these are just on the island of | | | | timeshare market. You can have your own bit of |
| O’ahu alone: | | | | island paradise. Hawaii timeshares offer luxury |
| A Ritz-Carlton hotel at Ko Olina Resort & Marina | | | | accommodations for affordable prices. |