Skift Take
Three years ago Hawaii wasn't sure what the future held. Fortunately for the island, it's held strong interest that's only growing from U.S. as well as Asian travelers.
With Oahu in the lead, Hawaii hotels held their own against other island and international destinations for the first three quarters of the year, according to a report to be released today by hotel consultancy Hospitality Advisors LLC.
"Hawaii's strong recovery, and in particular the record pace in hotel revenue, have helped strengthen each island's performance among ... the island and sun destinations," said Joseph Toy, Hospitality Advisors' president and CEO. "The recovery in Hawaii has been remarkable given where we were two years ago."
Through the first nine months of the year, Oahu continued to rank first in hotel occupancy among global island and sun destinations in its competitive set, which included the neighbor islands and places like Puerto Rico; Phuket, Thailand; Bali, Indonesia; Aruba; the Bahamas; and the Maldives. Oahu's occupancy through September averaged 85.6 percent, a 4.7 percentage point gain from the previous year. Its strong performance helped Hawaii's occupancy rate inch into second place just behind Singapore from fourth place in Sep
