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Six months ago, Alan Dubroff became the only employee to work directly for the residential owners of Hualalai when he was hired by the Hualalai Community Association as the Association Manager. Alan is very clear that he has nothing to do with either the Hualalai Club or the full resort. He is responsible […] Debbie Casey Debbie’s employment as General Manager of the Hualalai Club began about six weeks ago. With Colin Clark just coming on as the General Manager for the Four Seasons Resort last Monday and Robert Whitfield leaving about a month ago, Debbie has been in a whirlwind of learning about Hualalai, the Big […] Robert Whitfield If you opened your email recently you probably saw a notice from Vince Parrotta, President of Four Seasons Hotels America. The email told us that Robert Whitfield, Regional Vice President and General Manager of Four Seasons Hualalai, will be leaving his position at the end of March. For many of us […]
Robert Whitfield Periodically rumors make the rounds on the coconut wireless. Recently there has been a rumor that Hualalai Resort has lost two diamonds, or lost one diamond, or lost 2 stars, or lost 1 star or the Four Seasons has been warned if they don’t improve in some areas they will […]
Helen Barry Cooper
This past week I had the opportunity to spend some time with Helen Barry, Club Manager. Helen has been with Hualalai for almost a year as Club Manager. “Her “back of house ” duties – planning enhanced Member experiences and events, upgrading the Weekly Club […] Click here to see a pdf version of this article. If you have not already seen the following two videos and/or the print article we have posted it here for your information.
Florian Reidel has shared the links with the membership as well as making the following statement: “As stated before, we believe the plaintiff’s claims are without merit and do not represent the […] Chef Joseph
Chef Joseph Dirks is making great progress in bringing members up to Ke ‘Olu, something that his predecessors often tried to do, and just as often failed. So who is this guy? Where did he come from? What’s his background? What are some of his ideas for the future? […]
David Chai Many members have expressed concern about the condition of the Waiakauhi Fishpond, the pond next to the Residents’ Beach House. David Chai, head of Natural Resources, spent time with me explaining what’s going on with the pond. Waiakauhi Fishpond is an historic pond, which was used for keeping and raising […] Robert Whitfield About a week ago the Members’ Advisory Committee received a copy of an internal email that went to the employees of the Four Seasons and Hualalai Resort from Patrick Fitzgerald concerning changes in the management of Hualalai. Pat and I tried to connect so a message could be sent to […] Patrick Fitzgerald What follows is a quarterly interview I did with Patrick Fitzgerald, CEO of Hualalai Resort. HOW DO YOU FEEL THE MERGER BETWEEN HUALALAI RESORT AND THE FOUR SEASONS IS GOING? When I first came to Hualalai Resort ten years ago I saw the potential of merging various components with […] Floiran Riedel in his office. Florian Riedel has a new job. A job he has thought about and wanted for quite awhile. Florian always wanted to be in the hospitality industry. Born and raised in Munich, Germany, he studied hotel management in the Black Forest, graduating in 1996 and going to work for […] Renee Brinkerhoff has been a member of Hualalai for 3 years, is married to William Brinkerhoff, and has raised four children. She majored in premed at college, but instead of becoming a physician she dedicated her life to home schooling her children and taking care of her family. She was a true Soccer […] John Freitas At the last Advisory Board meeting we got an update on how Festive Season fared. I thought it was interesting enough that I scheduled some time with John Freitas to go over more of the details so I could share the information with all of you on the Members Blog. The […] Pat Fitzgerald
If you are heading toward the Four Seasons and take the right hand turn before the driveway to the Spa and Trading Company you will drive up to Building “L”. This is the administration building for Hualalai Resort. This is where Patrick Fitzgerald has his office. As practically everyone knows, […] |