Hotel Coverage: Royal Hawaiian
5 Things We Learned From Assouline's New 'Luxury Collection' Book
If you're feeling wistful this weekend, a good way to kick back and set out on a magical hotel journey—without ever leaving your home—is to flip through Assouline's new 160-page Luxury Collection book, which is part of their Hotel Stories series. The Luxury Collection: Hotel Stories devotes a mini-chapter to...
May 10, 2013
Luxury Collection Premiers Final Cut Inside The Producer's Suite
It's Guess the Hotel revealed! Were you able to figure anything out from the video we posted on Friday? Two people called out The Chatwal, which was correct! We were there last week, in the Producer's Suite on the tenth floor, to watch a new promotional video by Luxury Collection...
January 30, 2012
'Lost' Cast Members Are Rumored to Show Up at the Royal Hawaiian's Oscars Party
Oscars time is right around the corner, and if you're dying to see whether Meryl will beat out Sandra for best actress or whether Avatar will sweep all the categories, watch the show in style. This week, we'll look at Academy-sanctioned hotel shindigs where you'll be able to dress...
February 18, 2010
Starwood Takes Over Hawaii with Eleven Properties
It's not quite a dozen, but eleven hotels is still a lot, even if they are spread over four islands. At a private lunch yesterday, we were treated to an overview of Starwood’s Hawaii properties, and their plans for the future. Starwood Hotels seems to be taking over the...
June 26, 2009
The Royal Hawaiian Gets a Carpet Upgrade
Ah, Royal Hawaiian. We're sorry for giving you a hard time about that fugly carpet of yours. It's Friday, we're in a good mood (and also we're beginning to suspect that one day we may get karmic retribution from the universe in the form of being placed in charge...
May 15, 2009
Royal Hawaiian Introduces a Traditional Aha Aina Feast
The Royal Hawaiian is trying something to break out of its pink reputation and far away from that fugly carpet: it's getting all cultural on us with a big 'aha 'aina feast every Monday night.This traditional celebration is a grand affair, although they've modernized it all a bit. Starting...
May 14, 2009
Royal Hawaiian Re-Opens With a Look That's Just as Pink
The pinkety-pink Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki resurfaced after a major renovation on January 29th, and the famed "Pink Palace of the Pacific" has made over its 529 guest rooms and is throwing a seriously lavish party to celebrate this Saturday. For guests who want to join in on the...
March 02, 2009
The Return of Fugly Hotel Carpeting
We don't like kicking Hawaii when its occupancy rate is down but this fugly carpeting from the hallway at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki is scary. This picture was taken this month which would mean that the hotel's recent renovations obviously haven't covered carpeting.And we're not sure we've...
February 20, 2009
Hawaii Joins the Inauguration Rate-Gouge Fray
Not willing to be left out of the inauguration hotel rate-gouging stewing in our nation's capital, an historic Hawaii hotel has come out with a fancy-schmancy inauguration package of its own. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu will unveil its multi-million dollar renovation on Tuesday, Jan. 20--you know, the...
December 08, 2008
Royal Hawaiian's $19.27 Deal Sounds Awfully Similar to The Deal of Which We Do Not Speak
Hey, remember Leading Hotels of the World's $19.28 deal? Of course you do! How could you forget? Five-second recap: LHW was offering rooms for $19.28 in honor of their founding year, 1928. Hopeful would-be guests had exactly 80 minutes to snap up the cheap-o rooms ... and then the...
October 16, 2008
Finally, Waikiki Gets a New Luxe Hotel
[Ed. Note: Alex Salkever is the editor and founder of Hawaii travel blog, Hawaiirama.com.] Waikiki has gotten more than its fair share of revivalism of late. A brand new retail center (Waikiki Beach Walk), a bevy of hotel renovations, and other hardhat efforts have started to swing the pendulum on...
July 23, 2007
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