HALEKULANI RANKED #1 BEST BUSINESS HOTEL IN HAWAII BY TRAVEL + LEISURE

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HONOLULU, November 2006. Travel + Leisure magazine has announced the 2006 World’s Best Business Hotel Awards in it’s November 2006 issue, naming Halekulani as the #1 best business hotel in Hawaii, among the top business hotels in the world.  “We are honored that Halekulani’s continuous commitment to excellence has been recognized and appreciated by our guests, as reflected in receiving this prestigious award,” says Janis Clapoff, General Manager of Halekulani.  “Travel + Leisure’s readers are among the world’s most sophisticated and knowledgeable travelers, and they have chosen Halekulani – who strives every day to provide guests with unparalleled service and accommodations— as a world’s best business hotel.  We couldn’t ask for a better compliment.”

In the 2006 World’s Best Awards survey, Travel + Leisure readers – who had recently traveled for business – were asked to rate how well top hotels around the world cater to business travelers.  These experienced business travelers rated select hotel’s dedication to business travelers by quality of Wi-Fi, concierge services, special amenities, and even appropriateness of hotel restaurants for meals to seal deals.  The highest ranking properties in major cities around the globe were listed, and Halekulani shined with a rating of 86.52 – once again proving to be a pioneer in the travel and hospitality industry.

Halekulani’s gracious hospitality makes every guest feel at home; ensuring that all business travelers are able to work comfortably and professionally.  The goal at Halekulani is to not only meet the expectations of business travelers; but to exceed them with services, facilities and amenities all designed for success.  Halekulani’s corporate program offers a welcome amenity, daily newspaper, accessible parking facilities, wireless internet access, a full-service Executive Business Center (including faxing, secretarial, printing, etc.), local and international telephone calls, in-room fax machine, in-room safe, and complimentary morning coffee at House Without A Key.  Additionally, the Halekulani Meeting Package includes comfortable meeting facilities including private meeting room, continental breakfast, working deli luncheon, morning and afternoon refreshment break, flip charts, office supplies, direct phone line, wireless service, projection screen, audio-visual equipment, access to Halekulani Business center, fully-validated parking for guests, and preferred room rates.

Travel + Leisure has placed Halekulani in the Top 100 World’s Best Hotels for the past ten consecutive years, more recently naming Halekulani #2 of the “World’s Best Hotels” (Top 25 Hawaii) in 2006, and #23 of the “World’s Best Hotels” (Top 100 Overall) in 2005.  Additionally, Halekulani has been ranked repeatedly in T + L’s World’s Best Awards Reader’s Poll.

About Halekulani
Consistently ranked among the world’s best hotels, Halekulani is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Okura Hotels & Resorts, two exclusive organizations pursuing service excellence and standards of the highest quality. Travel + Leisure ranked Halekulani as #1 hotel in Oahu and #19 worldwide in 2006; while naming the Vera Wang Suite at Halekulani one of the 50 most romantic destinations in the world. Also in 2006, the three year-old SpaHalekulani was named a “Leading Spa of the World” and the #2 best resort spa in North America by Conde Nast Traveler. In addition, Halekulani’s fine dining restaurant La Mer is Hawaii’s only AAA-Five Diamond Restaurant, holding this esteemed rating for 17-consecutive years, as well as being voted #8 of “America’s Top 100 Hotel Restaurants” by Zagat in 2006. The Leading Hotels of the World, ltd. has bestowed Halekulani with its annual Quality Award, making the Waikiki resort the only Leading Hotel to achieve this prestigious honor in either the United States or Canada.

Halekulani is managed by the Hotels and Resorts of Halekulani, a brand management division of the Honolulu-based Halekulani Corporation, which also manages Waikiki Parc Hotel.  For reservations and information contact your travel planner or the hotel at (800) 367-2343 or (808) 923-2311.  Reservations can also be made through Halekulani’s website at www.halekulani.com.