Paul McElroy

Nov 22, 2024 | hospitalitynet.org | Paul McElroy

For many decades, visitors to the Hawaiian island of Oahu had just one neighborhood to choose from when booking a hotel. Waikiki–that iconic mile-and-a-half strip of white-sand beach ringed by more than 26,000 hotel rooms–was the only place where hotels could be found. That started to change in 2016, when brands like Four Seasons and Disney began opening hotel properties on the west side of Oahu.

Nov 17, 2024 | hotelexecutive.com | Paul McElroy

AC Hotel Honolulu For many decades, visitors to the Hawaiian island of Oahu had just one neighborhood to choose from when booking a hotel. Waikiki–that iconic mile-and-a-half strip of white-sand beach ringed by more than 26,000 hotel rooms–was the only place where hotels could be found. That started to change in 2016, when brands like Four Seasons and Disney began opening hotel properties on the west side of Oahu.

Aug 25, 2024 | hotelexecutive.com | Paul McElroy

Bar at the newly opened Romer House Waikiki If you walked into the Pearl Hotel in Waikīkī in 2019, you’d see a fairly typical mid-century hotel with questionable architecture, lacking amenities and in need of major upgrades throughout. But that’s not what my team and I saw. We saw an underutilized asset in an ideal location with the potential to become a truly special, high-design oasis.

Jun 12, 2024 | gulfislandsdriftwood.com | Paul McElroy

BY PAUL MCELROYWith no disrespect to the fine reporting by Robb Magley of the recent Islands Trust’s Committee of the Whole meeting — (COW. Really?) — and despite reading it through twice, I put the paper down with the disturbing sense that I’d just fallen into a black hole. A Committee of the Black Whole. What in the name of God were they talking about? For hour after hour, round and round in circles, looking for a policy to define a policy to define a policy.

May 27, 2024 | hospitalitynet.org | Paul McElroy

For today's traveler, the possibilities are nearly endless. Someone vacationing in my homebase of Honolulu, for example, can stay anywhere from a limited-service hotel to a luxe oceanfront resort and spa to a secluded Airbnb. That same traveler might return for business and make a completely different hotel choice. The hospitality industry contains multitudes of brands and product types, and travelers have never had more options than they do today.