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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 […] Jensen and Divo saying farewell to Sue Fracisco. For many of us Ke ‘Olu has been a home away from home, away from home. It’s a restaurant and a bar, sure, but it is also the place we go to see familiar smiling faces, chat with friends and share food and drink. For […] Server, bartender, fitness trainer, mother and wife, Nichole Meier is leaving Hualalai after 11 years of service at Ke ‘Olu. Nichole and her family are moving to Seattle. We will all miss her immensely especially her smile and her lovely laugh.
Nichole and Devo at Nicole’s going away party At […] Susan and Harry Frampton stopped by the Dorchester Hotel on their recent trip to London to say Aloha to Robert and he was wearing long pants! 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 […] Rob Kildow entertains a feral cat who adopted herself (himself) to the Real Estate Office. Jason Ray and a very scary Easter Bunny (Ben Scheuring)
Colin Clark Aloha Hualalai Club Members, I am delighted to announce today the appointment of Colin Clark as my successor in the role of General Manager, Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. Colin arrives to Hualalai later this month to complete a thorough handover with me, returning full time in late April. On Monday, […]
Max Phillip Giraud Riedel Max Phillip Giraud Riedel arrived two weeks early on 3/11/17 at 3:12pm at Stanford Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, weighing 7lb 5oz. He is a strong and healthy boy and he and mommy are recovering well together. We hope we will be able to travel back […] Joe Buchanan Joe Buchanan is a man who gets around. Joe joined the Hualalai Realty Office early in November, coming directly from Kauai, where he worked at Kukui‘ula, a private golf community in Poipu. Kukui‘ula has some similarities to Hualalai. At the time Joe left they had sixty homes spread over a thousand […] Richard Topenio
Richard Topenio’s last words to his wife were a promise made from a roadside in Kona early Saturday afternoon — he’d be home soon. It was the one promise in more than 25 years together that he was unable to keep. A little before 2 p.m., only minutes after the […] #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Jason Ray Chef Joe Robert Whitfield David Chai Golf Crew Robb Kildow Brown Bear and Camile Kaina-Emmons
Erin Lee and her merry staff entertained 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 […] Wendy, Pucci and Florian As many of our members know, Florian Riedel, our VP of Operations for the Club, will be leaving and heading to the Four Seasons in Palo Alto. I caught up with Florian yesterday to ask some questions and find out some specifics about his move. Please tell me a […] Click here to see a pdf version of this article. Today members and staff gathered to toast John Freitas for twenty one years of service to Hualalai and to toast his and his family’s next adventure on the mainland. Florian toasts John and his wife Katheyn […] |