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Business Monday: Renovation delays continue at former Uncle Billy’s hotel in Kailua-Kona

Hotel owner Sandy Shapery said he hopes the $35 million renovation will be completed in time for the hotel to reopen in late spring.

Aging Kona Inn Shopping Village struggling to sell despite property’s century history as tourist mecca

The brokerage firm handling the sale of the Kona Inn shopping Village lists the price as “best offer.”

Business Monday: Breathing life back into Kona Bay Hotel once known as Uncle Billy’s

After four years of sitting empty, the refurbishing of the iconic hotel, which will be a Hampton Inn by Hilton, will begin. On Tuesday, the hotel site will be blessed.