The Grand Wailea was orginally built as a Grand Hyatt. Shortly before or after it was completed, it was sold by Hyatt and renamed. If you really think about it and look around, I believe it was a Hyatt. Just look at the pool area. Just as grand as the Hyatt up in Kaanapali and over on Kauai.

The Four Seasons on Maui, Hawaii and Lanai are all five star hotels. Walked through the Maui resort and when Starwoods owned the hotels on Lanai, walked through them on a day trip over to Lanai 12 years ago.

Luxury is in the eye of the customer. We stayed at a five star Ritz Carlton in Florida last year. Beautiful hotel but I didn't see any difference between a four star and the five star rating. Maybe I missed something. Our most recent trip to Hawaii, we stayed at 2 different four star properties. One was closer to a three star and the other was closer to a five star. My reason for this observation was the staff.