Hilton Grand Vacations opened Ka Haku, a Hilton Club, in Waikiki on 2 October 2026. The release carries a Honolulu dateline. Ka Haku is the company's 14th resort in Hawaii and the first Hilton Club-branded property in the state.
The company describes the Hilton Club distinction as one reserved for a boutique, highly curated ownership experience. The tower stands on the former King's Village site on Kaiulani Avenue in central Waikiki.
205 suites across 32 storeys
The announcement lists 205 studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom suites. Views run to the ocean, the mountains and the city. Aloha State Daily reported that 120 guests were expected at the opening.
An earlier Hilton Grand Vacations sales release, dated 13 November 2024, put the inventory at 213 suites. The October 2026 release, the contractor's own project page and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser all read 205.
The building is a 32-storey tower. Pacific Foundation, which carried out the excavation support and deep foundations, records below-grade space and six levels of structured parking. Hilton Grand Vacations' own resort page carries five floors of penthouse suites.
Sales for Ka Haku launched in late 2024.
An arrival lounge, a pool bar and an owners lounge
The release lists an arrival and departure lounge, a fitness centre, a pool and bar. The property also holds an owners lounge reserved for Ka Haku owners.
The resort page adds laundry, parking and Wi-Fi to the amenity set. Aloha State Daily records a private arrival and departure lounge, a fitness centre and the pool and bar.
A Japanese-style bathhouse
Ka Haku holds a Japanese-style bathhouse with a communal bath, a sauna and a cold bath. Two Honolulu news accounts and the company's own amenity list each carry the bathhouse.
The published accounts disagree on access. Hilton Grand Vacations' November 2024 release called the facility a public bath. Pacific Foundation's project page calls the ofuro reserved for Ka Haku owners. The October 2026 release sets out neither, so this article prints both readings.
Nearly 200 full-time roles
The opening created nearly 200 full-time hospitality roles. Construction created more than 400 local jobs. Hilton Grand Vacations supports nearly 1,800 jobs statewide.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser counts more than 100 jobs added to Oahu's visitor industry. Only Hilton Grand Vacations publishes the near-200 figure, so both numbers appear here with their publisher named.
Robert Ishihara is the general manager. Aloha State Daily reports that he was appointed in July and brings more than 30 years in hospitality, most recently as general manager of Kings' Land, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club in Waikoloa.
$1 million for Kuhio Beach Park
Hilton Grand Vacations donated $1 million for revitalisation work at Kuhio Beach Park. The company states that the work was coordinated with the City and County of Honolulu. The contribution funds improvements tied to safety, maintenance and public use of the park.
The King's Village site and the construction timeline
The tower replaces King's Village. Aloha State Daily records construction beginning in 2019, a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic and a resumption in 2023.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports a project cost of $490 million and attributes the delay to the pandemic, changing building requirements and permitting work, against an original early 2022 target. Hilton Grand Vacations publishes no cost figure.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the full opening scheduled for New Year's Day, with a bar, a lounge, full valet service and two retail outlets still to come. No published schedule covers the remaining openings.