Twenty-three hotels and resorts still were open on Maui and Molokai in early May, according to a Hawaii Tourism Authority survey for the state Legislature.
Reports on hotel occupancy and revenue and on vacation rentals for April, released by HTA on Tuesday and Wednesday, showed steep declines for Maui County properties, as would be expected with the shutdown of the tourism industry due to COVID-19 emergency orders. Most Maui hotels shut down at the end of March.
For vacation rentals, which were ordered closed as part of the COVID-19 response, Maui County continued to have the largest supply of the four counties, but the total was down 63 percent compared to last April, an HTA report said. Occupancy was at 4 percent, down 75 percentage points, but the average daily rate was down only 4 percent to $237.
Occupancy for Maui County hotels in April was 11 percent, down 68 percentage points from a year earlier. Revenue per available room was only $13, compared to $306 a year ago, a 96 percent decline. The average daily room rate was $121, tumbling 69 percent from $387.
Only the Lahaina/Kaanapali/Kapalua region reported for the month with room revenue of $4, down 98 percent; room rates of $90, down 72 percent; and occupancy of 5 percent, down 74 percentage points.
Wailea, the state’s top region in all categories in most surveys, did not report because the majority of the hotels were closed, an HTA official said. There was an insufficient amount of data for reporting purposes. The same was true for “Other Maui County,” which includes the two shuttered luxury resorts on Lanai.
The hotels still open in early May were asked to respond to a proposal to have visitors given one-time use keys for compliance with the 14-day quarantine for arrivals from the Mainland. If the visitors were to leave the room, they could be locked out and would need to contact the front desk to get another key. The front desk would notify law enforcement of the violation of emergency quarantine rules.
The Maui County hotels included in the report include:
• Central Maui — Courtyard Maui Kahului Airport, Maui Beach Hotel.
• South Maui — Castle Kamaole Sands; Residence Inn Maui Wailea; Wailea Beach Villas, A Destination Luxury Hotel; Maui Coast Hotel; Aston at the Maui Banyan; Aston Maui Hill.
• Upcountry — Lumeria Maui.
• West Maui — Honua Kai Resort & Spa, Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club, Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club Napili & Lahaina Villas, Napili Kai Beach Resort, The Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas, The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, Best Western Pioneer Inn, Ka’anapali Beach Hotel, Maui Kaanapali Villas, Aston at Papakea Resort, Aston at The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach, Aston Kaanapali Shores, Aston Mahana at Kaanapali, Aston Paki Maui.
* Lee Imada can be reached at leeimada@mauinews.com.
** This story has a correction from the original published Thursday, May 28, 2020.
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