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Who Owns Waikiki Resort Hotel?
Quick answer: According to the most recent public record, Waikiki Resort Hotel was reported to have been acquired by Sono for $101 million on April 19, 2024, per KED Global.
Waikiki Resort Hotel is a hotel in Hawaii. A hotel is an operating business wrapped in real estate, so the brand on the sign, the company that manages it, and the party that owns the building are usually three different entities. The owner that matters for a sale, a loan, or an approach is the fee owner recorded in the public record.
Ownership on the public record
The table below is the most recent ownership-changing transaction HotelHinge has on record for this property, with the source it comes from. Each figure is dated; ownership can change as new deeds are recorded.
| Most recent sale on record | April 19, 2024 |
| Sale price | $101 million |
| Buyer (owner of record) | Sono |
| Seller | Hanjin KAL |
| Record type | Reported by named trade press |
| Source | KED Global |
For property-tax purposes, the county lists an assessed value of about $79.7M for the parcel (assessor record). An assessed value is a tax-roll figure and is not a market appraisal.
About Waikiki Resort Hotel
| Location | HI |
| County | Honolulu County |
| Status | Operating |
Physical characteristics are compiled from public assessor and other public sources; blanks are left honest ("-") rather than guessed. HotelHinge publishes no ratings, reviews, or photos.
Hawaii market context
Waikiki Resort Hotel is one of 693 hotels on record in Hawaii, part of 46,101 U.S. hotels across 51 markets (the 50 states plus the District of Columbia) in HotelHinge's property-first census. Each carries its owner, transaction history, and, where applicable, REIT attribution and CMBS debt, all tied to public sources.
For the full picture of who is buying, selling, and financing hotels in this market, see U.S. hotel statistics and the free HotelHinge Research reports.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Waikiki Resort Hotel?
The most recent reported transaction shows Waikiki Resort Hotel was acquired by Sono for $101 million on April 19, 2024, per KED Global. That buyer is the reported owner as of that deal. Ownership can change, so HotelHinge always ties the owner to the dated public record or report it comes from.
How much did Waikiki Resort Hotel sell for?
Its most recent reported sale was $101 million, on April 19, 2024, to Sono, per KED Global.
Is hotel ownership public record?
Yes. The transfer of real estate is recorded at the county recorder or register of deeds, the tax assessment is public at the county assessor, and the owning company is registered with the secretary of state. The legal owner of a hotel is therefore public, though the individuals behind a holding company are not always disclosed.
Can I cite this ownership information for Waikiki Resort Hotel?
Yes. This page is free to cite. Please attribute it to HotelHinge (The Hotel Census) and link to the original page. Each fact is dated and linked to its public source.
Disclaimer, sourcing, and citation
About this page. HotelHinge is a U.S. hotel property and ownership research service operated by TrueNote, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as HotelHinge. This page is published for general informational purposes only and is not legal, tax, or investment advice.
How we know, and whose data it is. The ownership and transaction facts on this page are drawn from public records (county and municipal deed and assessor filings) or from named trade-press reporting, each linked above to its source. HotelHinge is a proprietary compilation: the underlying facts are public, and the original selection, matching, and arrangement into a property-level record are our own work. Ownership can change, and the public record accrues on a lag; treat each fact as of the date shown.
What we do not publish. HotelHinge shows no ratings, reviews, or photos, and publishes no RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, or cap-rate figures of its own. The named owner is the party recorded or reported for the transaction shown; it is not necessarily the operator or the brand, which are usually separate parties.
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