Jon Itoga has been appointed as General Manager at Hale Hōkūala Kaua'i, Curio Collection by Hilton

A hospitality executive with more than 15 years of experience across luxury and resort hotels in Hawai‘i, Itoga will lead the preopening team and oversee operations for Curio Collection by Hilton’s first hotel in the state. He joins the team from Waikīkī Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, where he served as hotel manager and oversaw operations at the third largest hotel in Hawai‘i.

Itoga has also held senior finance and operations leadership roles with Aqua-Aston Hospitality, Turtle Bay Resort, and SH Hotels & Resorts, where he managed major resort and capital initiatives.

Born and raised on the island of O‘ahu, Itoga holds a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in financial engineering from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he currently serves as a lecturer.

Throughout Hawai‘i, Hilton currently has a portfolio of more than 25 hotels and a development pipeline of nearly 10 hotels in various stages of design and construction.

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Jon Itoga is an alumnus of Hawaii Pacific University – Class of 2010.