HAWAII | OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group has announced that the newly reimagined guestrooms at OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Beach Resort are complete and available to book.
The new rooms marked the first chapter of a transformation that reimagined OUTRIGGER's original flagship as a design-led destination at the birthplace of modern surf culture.
To celebrate, the resort has launched "Catch Waikīkī's Next Wave," a campaign inviting people to share what they love about Waikīkī Beach for a chance to win a return trip to this iconic shoreline.
"Our hosts have been welcoming guests to this beach for nearly 60 years. What people tell us when they return is that it feels like coming home," said Steve Miller, general manager of OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Beach Resort.
“Our resort rooms are now all new, but that feeling isn't. This campaign is a chance to hear those stories and share them; Waikīkī is beloved by so many people, and we want to celebrate that.”
Designed by PowerStrip Studio in collaboration with WCIT Architecture and DTL, a Hawaiian Strategy Studio, the new guestrooms draw every material and motif from Waikīkī's land, water, and living history.
Woven-basket screens replace solid walls, filling rooms with natural light and drawing the eye straight to the ocean. A soft palette of sun-washed woods and pastels echoes the surf, sky and sunset light, while rugs carry the sand pattern left by a retreating wave.
Each room is anchored by He keiki aloha nā mea kanu ("Beloved children are the plants"), a custom mural of Queen Emma's lily garden by native Hawaiian artist Kamea Hadar, referencing the aliʻi who once owned and tended this very ground.
In the corridors, room numbers are paired with surf photography by Zak Noyle, and graphic rivulets inspired by ʻĀpuakēhau Stream trace a winding path the full length of the property.
"Every choice in these rooms begins with what was here first -- the stream, the garden, the sand," said Dayna Lee, principal at PowerStrip Studio.
"ʻĀpuakēhau translates to 'basket of dew,' and you feel it in the woven basket wall as you enter, in the rivulets running the length of the corridor, in the pattern a wave leaves behind. We wanted guests to sense the geography of this place before they ever reach the water."
The resort will remain open throughout the rest of its transformation. Duke's Waikīkī, Hula Grill and Blue Note Hawaiʻi will continue to define the experience, from early mornings with the surf community to late nights shaped by live music.
Beach access and the resort's front-row seat to Waikīkī Beach remain uninterrupted. Work will continue on the resort's public spaces, pool area, retail and the expanded Voyager 47 Club Lounge, with the full transformation to follow.
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