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600-room Outrigger Guam Resort Opens; 
Blending Hawaiian Hospitality with 
Guam's Chamorro Culture
 
HONOLULU - July 29, 1999 - Outrigger Hotels Resorts is pleased to announce the grand opening of the 600-room Outrigger Guam Resort, located on Tumon Bay, Guam.  It�s Outrigger�s largest property in the Pacific and its third in Micronesia.  As a hotel company based in Hawaii, Outrigger Hotels Resorts is merging the Hawaiian essence of hospitality (ho�okipa) with its Chamorro counterpart (inafa�maolek) at the deluxe, beachfront resort. 

According to Perry Sorenson, Outrigger�s chief operating officer, �This was a much anticipated opening for Outrigger. The Outrigger Guam Resort is the largest and most ambitious project in our Pacific expansion and it�s a real gem.�

The beachfront Outrigger Guam Resort is centrally located at 1255 Pale San Vitores Road, Tumon Bay, Guam. The resort offers 600 luxurious, ocean-view rooms and suites including Outrigger�s exclusive Voyager Club facilities and services.

Nestled along the shoreline, the Outrigger Guam Resort features many services and amenities including a full-service Mandara Spa and Fitness Center, business center, wedding chapel, conference and meeting facilities, restaurants and cocktail lounges and tropical swimming pools and water slide on its beautifully landscaped grounds.

The Outrigger Guam Resort�s location makes it ideal for visitors to receive a complete Guam experience.  World-class shopping, dining and entertainment are all within walking distance. It�s situated in the heart of Pleasure Island�Guam�s entertainment center. Pleasure Island features the Plaza Shopping Center, Game Works, UnderWater World, SandCastle Entertainment Complex, DFS Galleria, Sam Choy�s, Planet Hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe and more.

Outrigger Guam Resort guests will experience unsurpassed island hospitality. Dorsey Brady, general manager of the resort said, �The spirit of inafa�maolek will prevail just as the aloha spirit does in Hawaii. Our guests will also have opportunities to learn about the host Chamorro culture as the property has incorporated a Charmorro sense of place throughout the resort.�
 

The Chamoru culture is visually manifested in dances, sea navigation, unique cuisines, games {batu, chonka, estuleks and bayogu}, songs and fashion influenced by the transmigration of peoples from other lands. Prior to being an American Territory in 1898, Guam was colonized by Spain from 1521 which, in order to preserve the lucrative Spanish galleon trade routes, almost exterminated the original inhabitants of Guam. The culture endured nontheless through the survival of the Chamoru language. Source: Government of Guam

The Outrigger Guam Resort owned by the Ysrael family and managed by Outrigger Hotels Resorts, a division of Hawaii-based Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., the largest lodging company in Hawaii and the fastest growing lodging company in the Pacific.

Outrigger currently operates or has under development 45 hotels and resort condominiums throughout the Pacific region, representing more than 12,000 hotel rooms and condominium units in Hawaii, Micronesia, Australia and the South Pacific. Outrigger�s affiliate, Outrigger Lodging Services, manages nearly two dozen hotels and resorts throughout the U.S. mainland.

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Contact:
Outrigger Hotels  Resorts
Sandi Yara, 808/921-6803
Nancy Daniels, 808/921-6839
www.outrigger.com
 
Also See: Outrigger Guam Resort Topped Off / March 1998 
Outrigger Spending $23 Million to Upgrade the 545 Room Royal Waikolaon on Kona / Jan 1999 
Outrigger Launches New Hotel Brand - OHANA HOTELS - 15 Existing Outrigger Properties Will be Renamed / June 1999 

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