Halekulani (hotel)

Halekulani
Part of the hotel campus (foreground) from Kalia Road
Map
Alternative namesHalekūlani
General information
Location2199 Kalia Road
Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Opening1984
ManagementHalekulani Corporation[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Killingsworth and Associates[1]
Other information
Number of rooms453[3]
Number of suites42[3]
Number of restaurants3
ParkingValet
Website
http://www.halekulani.com

Halekulani (var. Halekūlani) is an oceanfront luxury hotel located on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Built in 1984, it contains 453 rooms in five buildings on 5 acres (20,000 m2) of property.

The name Halekūlani is a combination of Hawaiian words (hale + kū + lani) meaning "House Befitting Heaven". It is commonly spelled "Halekulani" without the macron (kahakō).

There are three restaurants on the property – House Without a Key, Orchids, and La Mer. It is also the home of SpaHalekulani and the Lewers Lounge.

The hotel is a member of both The Leading Hotels of the World[4] and Imperial Hotel, Ltd.,[5] marketing and trade associations geared toward luxury hotels.

Halekulani has received numerous awards, including a World's Best 2005 award from Travel & Leisure magazine.[6] It received Four Stars from Mobil Travel Guide and a AAA Four Diamonds rating.[7]

The hotel is currently owned and operated by the Japanese company Mitsui Fudosan.[8] It brought luxury hospitality executive Peter Shaindlin to Hawaii as CEO of the Halekulani Corporation, overseeing the hotel.[9] The hotel's boutique sister property, Waikiki Parc, is located across the street.[10]

The current structure replaced an original building designed by C.W. Dickey, and built in 1931. [11]

  1. ^ "Memories of our house befitting heaven: a Halekulani history" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-13.
  2. ^ "Halekulani Waikiki Legacy".
  3. ^ a b "Resort Map".
  4. ^ "Halekulani". Leading Hotels of the World. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Halekulani: A House Befitting Heaven". Imperial Hotel. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Sydney ranked world's best city". CNN. 12 July 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Halekulani scores high on national spa rating". The Business Journals. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  8. ^ Heckathorn, John (13 May 2009). "Waikiki's Halekulani hotel celebrates its 25th anniversary". Hawai'i Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Leaders in Luxury: Peter Shaindlin". Elite Traveler. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Waikiki Parc Hotel to close in 2016 for renovation, reduce room count". Pacific Business News. American City Business Journals. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ^ Penkiunas, Daina Julia (1990). American Regional Architecture in Hawaii: Honolulu, 1915–1935. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Virginia. pp. 245-246