A few months ago, I wrote about the new timeshare developments all over the islands. As we see more progress on these resorts, we are noticing a concentration of timeshares on the Kona/Kohala coast of Hawaii. Besides the Hilton Grand Islander in Waikiki, Hilton is busy converting the Hilton Waikoloa Village from 601 hotel units into 450 timeshares. The Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa is converting 240 existing rooms into 112 timeshare units just down the road from the Hilton. The Haupana Beach Prince Hotel just finalized the sale of 96 of their 35o rooms to an affiliate of Angelo Gordon & Co to be converted into new five-star residences. All of these timeshares on the northern coast of the Big Island are a great indicator of the market and things to come for this area of Hawaii.
By our calculations, this is almost 700 new timeshare units throughout these three resorts and they are being offered 52 weeks a year. This kind of availability is unprecedented and we are excited to see what new opportunities come out of these units. These resorts and developments will create new jobs as well as bring families and guests back year after year. Besides bringing more people to Waikoloa, these timeshares will also increase the hotel room occupancy rates in the remaining hotels in the region, which is traditionally the lowest occupancy in the state. With so many rooms being converted into timeshares, there are less hotel rooms available and so the occupancy rates will be driven up. It is exciting to see so much concentration on this part of the island. While being built and sold, which will take a while, most of these resorts have a contingency plan so their rooms will stay open and available during the transition. It will be interesting to see how quickly they can sell these timeshares and if quick sales will help to expedite the developments. We will keep an eye on all of these resorts and will keep you updated as they progress.
Stay tuned for more updates and leave your comment below to let us know what you think about all these timeshare developments!
Read about the Hilton Waikoloa Village conversion here.
Angelo Gordon & Co’s purchase and details can be found here.
You can read more about the Marriot Waikoloa’s timeshare expansion here.