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The Royal Hawaiian reopened its doors after a recent renovation. INCENTIVE GRADES • Oahu — Celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, the 338-room Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu can also toast the recent completion of a $52 million renovation. The resort’s Diamond Head and Koko Head guest rooms and suites have been refreshed, island-style, and beachfront sister suites the Kahala and Beachfront, located in a private area of the Dolphin Lagoon Wing, are newly revamped. Five new treatment rooms and a new outdoor lounge area have been added to the Kahala Spa, which also boasts a men’s retreat, and the Kahala’s meeting and ballroom space has been given a complete decor redo. Meanwhile, Waikiki’s The Royal Hawaiian, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Luxury Collection, has reopened following a multimillion dollar renovation. Royal Hawaiian’s sister hotel and a fellow Starwood property, Sheraton Waikiki recently completed a renovation of its 45,000-square-foot convention center and debuted the Helumoa Playground “superpool.” (Starwood operates 11 properties across the Hawaiian islands, including Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, and Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, on Oahu; the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas, on Maui; on Kauai, the Sheraton Kauai Resort, Westin Princeville Resort, and Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas; and on the Big Island, the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa). • Maui — Kapalua Resort recently opened the Kapalua Spa, a 30,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor facility with 19 treatment rooms (10 outside), a fitness center, an Olympic-size pool, and sauna, steam, and whirlpools. Meanwhile, the 72-suite Hotel Wailea Maui (formerly the Diamond Wailea Resort & Spa) is in the midst of renovating its guest rooms. Starwood’s Westin Maui Resort & Spa recently Among Hawaii’s major hospitality additions and renovations: added the Wailele Polynesian Luau, featuring the only five-member fire knife dance performance on Maui. Also, Starwood’s Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa debuted its Spa at Black Rock in the spring. And the Maui Mana Kai Resort has wrapped up a $5 million redo of its pool and public space. • Kauai — Come October, the 252-room Princeville Resort re-opens as the St. Regis Princeville Resort, a Starwood property, with more than 12,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space. The 356room Kauai Marriott Resort is undergoing a $50 million overall renovation toward a more contemporary tropical Hawaiian decor. And the former Poipu Beach Hotel reopened in April as the 121-room Koa Kea Hotel & Resort following a multi-million dollar reconstruction that includes a new spa and restaurant. • Big Island — The King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel has finished the $25 million first phase of a major revamping project, which includes a complete redo of the 230-room West Tower. The Hawaii Island Retreat at Ahu Pohaku Hoomaluhia, a luxury eco-sustainable boutique hotel and spa accommodating 35 guests, has opened on a 50-acre property along the North Kohala Coast. Also, the 15-acre Waikoloa Beach Marriott completed a multi-million dollar renovation, producing chic new guest rooms, common areas, restaurants, a new ballroom, and a revitalized Mandara Spa. Multiple pools boast waterslides, while Royal Luau grounds features an ancient Hawaiian fishpond. And Bottom Time Hawaii has added the 34-foot Hale Kai, designed specifically for nocturnal diving in Kealakekua Bay, and the Big Kahuna, a 70-foot catamaran equipped with a water trampoline and snorkeling equipment. — MB SuccessfulMeetings/MeetingNews | September 2009 4

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