Mauna Kea Seaside Resort, an Autograph Assortment, Hawaiʻi Islandʻs most iconic and historic resort, pronounces a $180-million renovation in 2024 that can sign the evolution of its choices for at present’s subtle vacationers – whereas preserving its exceptional heritage and timelessness that has captivated visitors since Laurance S. Rockefeller opened the resort in 1965.
A phased transformation, which can begin in Q2 2024 and be accomplished in early 2025, will embody a surprising redesign of the resort’s 252 visitor rooms and suites, 4 eating venues together with the resortʻs signature restaurant Manta that gives unobstructed views of Kaunaʻoa Bay. The renovation will even function an in depth vacation spot spa and infinity pool expertise with 11 indoor and al fresco therapy rooms, full service salon, and an enlarged, state-of-the artwork health middle. New backyard areas will embody a chef’s backyard offering recent produce for the resort’s kitchens in addition to a specialised botanical backyard and with indigenous and endemic plant species. The inside design will likely be led by Dallas-based Looney & Associates with architectural design from Honolulu-based AHL, or Architects Hawaii Ltd. Moreover, Mauna Kea Golf Course will endure an in depth makeover underneath the path of Robert Trent Jones Jr., making this course the primary ever to include the visionary work of Robert Trent Jones Sr. and each sons Reese and Bobby Jr., creating a singular golf expertise curated by three of the game’s pioneers.
Along with the resortʻs in depth repositioning, Mauna Kea Seaside Hotelʻs land and cultural preservation and sustainability initiatives are integral to enriching the visitors’ expertise and the area people. These efforts embody partnering with Honoluluʻs Bishop Museum and different key native companions to refurbish a million-dollar artwork assortment personally commissioned by Rockefeller and making certain the prized assortment comprised of lots of of items are preserved and thoughtfully displayed all through the resortʻs unrestricted public areas. Additional supporting the resortʻs renewable initiatives is the resort’s staff of Cultural Ambassadors and a brand new cultural middle that includes programming uniquely tailor-made for autheticity and training about Hawaiian tradition and its deep-rooted historical past right here.
Mauna Kea Seaside Resort was developed by American enterprise capitalist and conservationist, Laurance S. Rockefeller. Whereas swimming within the turquoise waters of Kaunaʻoa Bay with a transparent view of the Mauna Kea summit, Rockefeller was impressed to construct the Island of Hawaiiʻis very first master-planned resort. His imaginative and prescient of a property that captured the spirit of aloha and conformed to the gorgeous Kohala Coast got here to fruition when the resort opened in 1965. In the present day, Mauna Kea Seaside Resort continues its timeless custom of sharing aloha, welcoming visitors to resume and reconnect in an oceanfront setting of understated magnificence. Located on the sunny Kohala Coast, the resort can also be house to a museum-worthy assortment of Asian and Pacific artwork; the island’s first-ever golf course, the award-winning Mauna Kea Golf Course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., award-winning Seaside Tennis Middle that includes 9 oceanfront tennis courts and eight pickleball courts. The historic property shares 1,839 acres of oceanfront property with The Westin Hapuna Seaside Resort, and collectively comprise Rockefeller’s early imaginative and prescient of his Hawaiʻi Island portfolio, identified at present as Mauna Kea Resort.
Mauna Kea Seaside Resort, Autograph Assortment
62-100 Mauna Kea Seaside Dr
Waimea, HI 96743
United States
+1 808-882-7222
