Posted on: Friday, April 2, 2004

Pleasant Holidays chief resigns

By Kelly Yamanouchi
Advertiser Staff Writer

Pleasant Holidays LLC executive Gary Hogan said yesterday he is resigning from the company.

Hogan has been president of Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays and Pleasant Island Holidays for 17 years. He worked at the company for 24 years. Hogan's father, Ed, founded Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays.

The Hogan family sold Pleasant Holidays to the Automobile Club of Southern California in 1998. The younger Hogan stayed on to lead the Westlake Village, Calif., company's business in the Islands for the last four years of transition.

"I am confident Pleasant Holidays will continue to uphold our family legacy," Hogan said in the statement.

The family still owns two hotels in Hawai'i, and Hogan will head up the redevelopment of the Hogans' Royal Lahaina Resort on Maui. He will also oversee the Hogan Family Foundation's work with charities in Hawai'i.

While working for the company, Hogan in 1989 launched Pleasant Island Holidays to offer Neighbor Island travel packages.

Hogan is chairman of the advisory board of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program at Chaminade University and is a member of Chaminade's Board of Regents.

The Hogan Family Foundation sponsored the Kodak Hula Show for three years before it shut down in 2002 after a 65-year run. The foundation stepped in after Eastman Kodak, which financed the show for six decades, pulled out. Gary Hogan and his wife, Nadine, helped to coordinate the show, which was renamed the Pleasant Hawaiian Hula Show before it ended.

Reach Kelly Yamanouchi at 535-2470, or at kyamanouchi@honoluluadvertiser.com.