I had a reply from Lukas about reservations in October and beyond. He said the Ala Moana management group was pulling out but the hotel is open and to book on line with another site. I'd note this is similar to the news that the Marriott in Pattaya is not going to continue as a Marriott but the hotel is still going to operate. Th physical hotel building is usually owned by someone/some corporation that then hires a management company to consolidate common services. This may be the case. Anyway Ill be there i two weeks.

So gerefan2's advice was good...thanks