LIHUE — The Honolulu-based developers seeking to revitalize the Coco Palms Resort in Wailua confirmed Wednesday that global hotelier Hyatt Hotels Corporation will operate the iconic Kauai landmark once it is finally reopened in early 2017. “Our endeavor to revitalize
LIHUE — The Honolulu-based developers seeking to revitalize the Coco Palms Resort in Wailua confirmed Wednesday that global hotelier Hyatt Hotels Corporation will operate the iconic Kauai landmark once it is finally reopened in early 2017.
“Our endeavor to revitalize the grounds and rebuild, all while preserving the so url of the iconic resort is an ambitious project,” Coco Palms Hui, LLC Principal Tyler Greene said in a statement released Wednesday. “We are delighted to join forces with Hyatt, another Hawaiian icon of hospitality that has been delivering authentic hospitality to guests for over 30 years in Hawaii. Hyatt is the perfect leader to steer a thoughtful, honorable and rejuvenated guest experience at The Coco Palms Resort.”
The Coco Palms Resort, which served as a backdrop for the 1961 romantic comedy film “Blue Hawaii,” starring Elvis Presley, has been shuttered since Hurricane Iniki struck the island on September 11, 1992.
News of talks between Coco Palms Hui, LLC and two prospective hotel operators, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Hyatt Hotels Corporation, were made public in November, when developers from the Honolulu-based company, Tyler Greene and Chad Waters, were seeking to extend a county planning ordinance instituted after Hurricane Iniki devastated the island.
The two-year extension of that ordinance, which would allow the developers to reconstruct the hotel to its prior condition prior to Hurricane Iniki, was granted by the Kauai County Council in December.
When completed, the Coco Palms Resort will become the second hotel on Kauai to hold the Hyatt brand name. The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa in Poipu, which opened in 1991, was the first hotel on the island to be operated by the global hospitality company.
