The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is a beachfront luxury hotel located in Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. One of the first hotels established in Waikiki, Royal Hawaiian is considered one of the most luxurious and renowned hotels in Hawaii tourism, and in its 90-year history has hosted many celebrities and world officials. The bright pink color of the concrete stucco façade with Spanish/Moorish style architecture and prominent location on the wide sandy beach have earned the nickname of the Alliteration "The Pink Palace of the Pacific".
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History
With initial success efforts by the Matson Navigation Company to provide steamboat trips to America's richest families on the way to Hawaii, a series of resort hotels were built in Honolulu in the early twentieth century, including Moana Hotel (1901) and Honolulu. Seaside Hotel, both on Waikiki Beach, and Alexander Young Hotel in downtown Honolulu (1903).
In 1925, the Hotel Territorial Company, at the time the owner of the three hotels, decided to destroy Seaside Honolulu and replace it with a large modern resort. They sign Warren & amp; Wetter to design Royal Hawaiian Hotel . The vast pentonal concrete stucco surface of a Spanish/Moor-style complex, built at a cost of over $ 5 million (1927 price), is surrounded by a garden of fifteen hectares (60,700 mÃ,²). The H-shaped layout features 400 rooms, each with a bath and balcony. The complex has a golf course outside the hotel, today known as the Waialae Country Club.
The hotel began operations on February 1, 1927, with a black tie gala attended by over 1,200 guests, and quickly became an icon of Hawaii's glorious days. The hotel was a great success, and in 1928 the island counted more than 20,000 visitors for the first time.
The Great Depression struck in 1929, broke the Territorial Hotel Company. In 1932, Matson Line bought corporate hotels.
During World War II, Royal Hawaiian was used exclusively by the US military as an R & R. Blockage access blocking of convoy wire from adjacent beach.
The hotel restored most of its customers after 1945. It was sold, along with the rest of the Matson hotels in Hawaii, to the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts network in 1959.
During the 1960s, the "Pink Palace" was home to the "Sea Concert" which was broadcasted daily through the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFN).
In September 1974, Japanese businessman's brothers Kenji Osano and Masakuni Osano bought Royal Hawaiian Hotel from ITT Sheraton. They formed Kyo-ya Company Ltd., a subsidiary of Kokusai Kogyo Company Ltd. as a corporate entity to manage all their hotels.
After the death of Osano's brothers, Takamasa Osano inherited their property.
The land where the hotel is built is owned by the Kamehameha School, which rents the land.
The Royal Hawaiian is closed on 1 June 2008 for renovation. It reopened on January 20, 2009 as a member of the Luxury Starwood Hotels division. Renovation of the Royal Beach Tower was completed in 2010.
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Architecture
The six-story structure has 400 rooms. It's designed in Spanish and Moors style with façade stucco. The design is influenced by Hollywood movie stars and legends Rudolph Valentino and his Arabic film. Cupola was created to resemble the Spanish Mission style bell tower. Pink color is considered popular in modern US architecture at that time. The architects are Warren and Wetmore from New York City.
The hotel's public spaces were redecorated in 1946 by Frances Elkins, sister architect David Adler.
Leading guests and tenants
As soon as The Royal Hawaiian is opened, a flood of tourists from the United States flowing endlessly flows through its doors. It serves as the Pacific home for the world's most influential statesman and early Hollywood stars.
The first official official guest is Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, who will be the Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii having a surviving monarchy. Duke Kahanamoku, the legendary Olympic swimmer and surfing sports popularizer, often visits the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's restaurant and private beach. The hotel became a stomping place for the Kahanamoku group, dubbed the "Waikiki Beach Boys". And in 1998, Susan and Ted Burkhalter stayed there on their way to their first diplomatic duty.
Prior to the 2008-2009 renovation, a replica of the Guest Registration Card with the signature of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was on display at the hotel. The card was dated during the "Great Depression". FDR also stayed at the hotel during World War II for military conferences, tours at the nearby Pearl Harbor naval base, and to meet with his Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Theater General Douglas MacArthur in July 1944. During that time the hotel was in service. as an R & amp center R military.
In popular culture
This hotel has been featured in various media projects.
In the movie
- This hotel is used in the 1931 Charlie Chan movie The Black Camel .
- The hotel lobby was used in the 1952 movie Big Jim McLain.
- This hotel appeared in the 1952 Tom and Jerry animation/cartoon short theater Cruise Cat .
- This hotel was used in the 1962 movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian .
- This hotel was used in the 1978 movie Goin 'Coconuts
- The hotel appeared in the 2002 film Punch-Drunk Love .
- Hotels appear in the 2014 Great Eyes movie
On television
- The exterior of the hotel appears in the procedural drama 1968-1980 Hawaii Five-O .
- The hotel appeared in the 1977 episode Charlie's Angels "Angels in Paradise".
- The hotel appeared in episode 1979 Eight Is Enough "Fathers and Other Strangers" Part 1 and 2.
- The hotel appears in two episodes of the series Killing She Writes .
- The hotel appeared in the 2002 episode of "The Kyles Go To Hawaii" from My Wife and Kids .
- This hotel appeared in the season premiere of 6 Mad Men , "The Doorway".
In music
- This hotel is referenced in 1970's Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi (as "pink hotel").
See also
Royal Hawaiian Girls Glee Club
Bacaan lebih lanjut
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Glen Grant (1996). Waik? k? Yesteryear . Mutual Publishing Co. ISBNÂ 1-56647-107-9. - Don Hibbard dan David Franzen (1995). Pemandangan dari Diamond Head: Royal Residence ke Urban Resort . Edisi Ltd. ISBNÂ 0-915013-02-9.
- George S. Kanahele (1996). Waik? k ?, 100 SM hingga 1900 AD: Sebuah Kisah yang Tidak Terindah . University of Hawai? I Press. ISBNÂ 0-8248-1790-7. Â
Galeri
- The Royal Hawaiian
Referensi
Tautan eksternal
- Situs web resmi Royal Hawaiian
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