http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:17:23Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Aqua%20Hotels%20Hawaii%20 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/29/105346/707 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/editionwaikikiemployees.JPG" class="top"><p> The other day we saw that the hotel formerly known as the Waikiki Edition but currently known as <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Modern+Honolulu/local/1703"><b>The Modern Honolulu</b></a> was offering some amazing rates for next month--starting at just <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/27/15380/7811/hotels/The_Modern_Honolulu_is_Keeping_Rates_Low_at_195_a_Night_">$195 a night.</a> Then we saw rates of $155 on Jetsetter.com. <p>This was a steep drop from Edition's high of $375 making us extremely excited about a possible trip to Honolulu, especially since it seemed like Aqua hadn't changed a thing. But again, nothing is as it seems here. <p>We've got a tip that the management has already started to take apart the crazy cool Wrecktangles surf board installation behind the front desk because "they keep bumping into it." Very sad. And a little juliana 2011-09-29T11:01:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/27/15380/7811 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/modernhonolulu195.jpg" class="top"><p>It's been about a month since the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edition waikiki lawsuit"><b>Edition Waikiki</b></a> was kicked out of their own hotel and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Modern+Honolulu/local/1703"><b>The Modern Honolulu</b></a> ushered in but the dust from the fracas has just about settled down. More importantly, the Modern Honolulu has a real deal <a href="http://www.aquaresorts.com/oahu/modern-honolulu/home/">website</a> now.<p>The site is chock-full of gorgeous photos, taken when the hotel was still an Edition, and while it lacks the sophistication of the old Edition site, the new site definitely feels more approachable with big easy to read fonts and exciting copy. (Ok, some of it does feel a little too cheerleader peppy.)<p>But perhaps the biggest improvement here is the room rate for the month of October. Rates at the juliana 2011-09-27T16:10:19-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/6/03547/54057 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Edition_PoolDeck.JPG" class="top"><p> We all had a three-day weekend thanks to the Labor Day holiday but down at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waikiki+Edition/local/1703"><b>Waikiki Edition</b></a> (or Edition Waikiki or Modern Honolulu, whatever team/side you're on), the employees were still working--both to serve guests and to fight against their new bosses, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/aqua hotels hawaii">Aqua Hotels and Resorts.</a><p>As far as we know, Aqua is still running the hotel as the Modern Honolulu and Marriott is begrudgingly respecting the hotel owners, M Waikiki's recent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/1/174359/6495/hotels/Here_s_The_Latest_Edition_on_The_Waikiki_Edition_">bankruptcy filing.</a> In the meantime, Marriott plans to sue M Waikiki up the wazoo, or for tens of millions of dollars in damages for breaking the management contract. As for the guests, Marriott is now urging them to call the juliana 2011-09-06T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/1/3036/23893 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/editionwaikikiemployees.JPG" class="top"><p>Some late-breaking news yesterday--a New York judge has ordered M Waikiki LLC, the owners of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waikiki+Edition/local/1703"><b>The Waikiki Edition</b></a> who dumped the brand in favor of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/29/16395/8770/hotels/The_Edition_Waikiki_Er_Modern_Honolulu_Now_Has_a_New_Website">The Modern Honolulu</a>, to reinstall the Edition team which is owned by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/marriott hotels">Marriott Hotels.</a> <p>The <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=hotel&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=nws&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn">Wall Street Journal</a> reports: <blockquote><p>On Wednesday, a New York state judge issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that stated that Marriott should be allowed to return to its management role at the hotel by 2:30 p.m. local time, replacing Aqua Hotels & Resorts, the management company installed by the owners on Sunday, according to a copy of the judge's order.</blockquote></p><p>But despite the ruling, the WSJ said that by late Wednesday juliana 2011-09-01T09:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/30/192419/503 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/editionwaikikiemployees.JPG" class="top"><p> It looks like the takeover of the <a href=""><b>Edition Waikiki</b></a> is not quite the "peaceful coup" the hotel owners has boasted about to the Wall Street Journal. <p>Just days after the owners locked out Edition's parent company, Marriott, and installed <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/aqua hotels hawaii">Aqua Hotels and Resorts</a> as well as gave the hotel a new name, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/29/16395/8770/hotels/The_Edition_Waikiki_Er_Modern_Honolulu_Now_Has_a_New_Website">The Modern Honolulu</a>, more employees are telling HotelChatter what's really going on behind the scenes.<p> We're keeping their names anonymous because while they might not like the new changes, they can't afford to lose their jobs either, which drives home the real frustration of this takeover situation. <p>Now, here's what an employee working the night the switch was made had juliana 2011-08-31T09:00:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/