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June, 2010 AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS
A Loo With A View
Ocean view baths highlight new Mauna Kea Beach Hotel guestrooms
MAUNA KEA RESORT, HI – Mauna Kea Beach Hotel's much-anticipated reopening is on target for December this year, according to Prince Resorts Hawaii. With heightened excitement following the debut of model rooms, the Hotel is currently accepting reservations for its December 20th opening.
Refined, clean lines, the familiar orange plumeria and elegant new furnishings and finishing touches by John Hara Associates, Inc. and Robert Barry Design Associates of LA, team up with hi-tech bells and whistles that produce a room product to lure today's traveler back to the beloved Big Island of Hawaii beach resort.
"We are very pleased with the guestroom models," says Prince Resorts president Donn Takahashi. "John Hara and Barry Design have updated the original style with quality materials and an elegant décor that our guests are going to love, and that's perfect. But in the enhanced rooms, the new baths will take their breath away."
The new ocean view bathrooms are a destination unto themselves. These sanctuaries of relaxation feature super-size baths, stunning white-on-white tiles, wall-less "rain showers," soaking tubs and private lanai.
"There's something gleefully luxurious about floating in a bath the size of a small swimming pool, gazing across palm fringed Kauna'oa Beach," says Takahashi, "It's elegant and pampering and I think Mr. Rockefeller would appreciate that."
The hotel will reopen with 258 rooms, ranging from the Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa suites at 1,610 square feet (including lanai), to Junior suites at just under 1,000 square feet and expanded regular guest rooms at 550 square feet on the remodeled floors. The hotel originally has 310 rooms, but 58 rooms were taken out of inventory as they were resized from three rooms into two.
Prince Resorts Hawaii plans to pursue the AAA Five-Diamond rating, consistently held by The Mauna Kea for almost 20 years. Tougher 21st century standards require specifics and the "new" Mauna Kea is stepping up to the plate, with solid doors for sound attenuation, electronic "touchpad" key cards, 32-40" flat screen hi-definition TVs subtly hidden in custom entertainment centers, built-in media hubs and bedside iPod docking stations, along with luxurious amenities, upgraded bedding and much more, all presented in the trademark Rockefeller style of "understated elegance."
"I truly believe we have come up with the right combination," says Takahashi. "We have taken the essential, familiar elements of The Mauna Kea—the open-to-the-ocean lobby, the art collection, the beach, the great style of a private estate—and preserved them for our guests, while updating services, amenities and other elements to take it to the next level." As the word was getting out; with anticipated reopening for the Holidays, The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel had collected a waitlist of over 500 names according to Prince Resorts.
At the same time, Mauna Kea Golf Course's renovation is right on schedule with Rees Jones (son of original golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr.) leading the project, and vivid tracts of green enliven the landscape as one by one the 18 holes reach completion. Takahashi says the work brings the level of play up to current USGA standards without changing the classic character of the course.
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel opened its doors in 1965 as the vision of respected hotelier Laurance S. Rockefeller. Steeped in the culture of Hawaii, the classic elegance of The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel perpetuates an authentic sense of place.
Prince Resorts Hawaii, Inc. operates four hotels in Hawaii: Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Maui Prince Hotel, Makena Resort, Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel and Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Also in operation are the golf courses: Hawaii Prince Golf Club, Makena Golf Course, Hapuna Golf Course and Mauna Kea Golf Course. For information on Prince Resorts Hawaii, Inc. properties, please call toll-free 1-866-PRINCE-6 or visit www.PrinceResortsHawaii.com.
Liana Mulleitner
Prince Resorts Hawaii
808-944-4411
lmulleitner@hiprince.com
Newsletters
04/27/09 - Mauna Kea Resort Spring 2009 Newsletter
02/09/09 - Mauna Kea Resort Winter 2008 Newsletter
07/24/08 - Mauna Kea Resort Summer 2008 Newsletter
04/24/08 - Mauna Kea Resort April 2008 Newsletter
04/03/08 - Mauna Kea Resort Spring 2008 Newsletter
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