You'll find insight and observations about travel, tourism and all things Outrigger
at this Saturday Briefing, featuring
Chairman Emeritus Richard Kelley's
weekly blog, plus the latest news, happenings, photos, guest
stories and updates on the special 'ohana that is
Outrigger® Hotels and Resorts.
Mahalo to everyone who participated in last Thursday’s Great American Smokeout. This year we had a total of ten employees who chose to stop smoking for a day. On Thursday, each of these employees was given a packet containing goodies … Read More.
The Fiji Hotel Workers Association Volleyball Tournament was held this year for the first time in Levuka, the Old Capital, and the place where the Deed of Cession was held when Fiji ceded to Great Britain. Forty-eight teams, comprised of … Read More.
On Thursday, November 15, as most people were getting ready to go to bed, Housekeeper Richy Reyes and her husband were headed to the KHNL Channel 8 Newsroom for her debut television performance on the 10 p.m. newscast. Richy was … Read More.
Please join me and the Human Resources department in giving our new Corporate Director of Risk Management, Neal N. Nakashima, the warmest of Alohas as he joins our Outrigger ‘ohana. Neal joins Outrigger after working with Aon Risk Services for … Read More.
Richard Kelley: “A feeling of ‘ohana, of people taking care of each other. [That was] one value I extracted from my childhood.” “When I came back [to Hawaii from medical training on the mainland] and became part of the community, … Read More.
As the sun set last Saturday evening, November 17, about 520 people gathered in the Hawaii Convention Center ballroom to honor Dr. Richard Kelley and Jean Rolles – my father and my aunt – as the Historic Hawaii Foundation’s Kama’aina … Read More.
On Thanksgiving Day 1958, a lonely and sad young man from Chicago, Dick Portillo, 18 years of age, was laying in his bunk in the Marine Corp barracks. The barracks were empty, and he was feeling homesick. Everyone else was … Read More.
Hawaii singing sensation Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom will be featured this month as part of Outrigger Enterprises Groups’ Na Mele No Na Pua free concert series. The multi-Hoku award winner and Grammy- nominated singer will take the stage at the new … Read More.
The Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort (KBR) was the host hotel for the 37th Annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival. “Kona Coffee – Tradition of Excellence” was the theme for this year’s festival, which was held from November 2 – 11 on … Read More.
Through a Kaulunani Grant from the Department of Land & Natural Resources, free Native Hawaiian Plants were available at the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach (OWK), the Outrigger Reef on the Beach (ORF), and the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort (KBR) … Read More.
