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It was the oldest hotel in Lahaina and on the island of Maui and the oldest in continuous operation in the state of Hawaii. It was a contributing building in the Lahaina Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark, [3] and since 2016 was one of the Historic Hotels of America. [4] It joined Best Western in 1997.
That same year, the first whaling ships arrived, beginning the community's rise in economic importance. Lahaina eclipsed Oahu as a preferred whaling port between 1840 and 1855, because of its better deep-water anchorage. When Kamehameha III ascended to the Hawaiian throne in 1825, he made Lahaina his capital, preferring it to the busier ...
COURTESY PHOTO Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows employees, above, pose for a “Love Maui ” campaign run by Highgate Hawaii to support relief efforts for Maui residents and the community. 1 /2 ...
The loss of historic Front Street in Lahaina devastated the island of Maui, and its significance goes back way before jets brought tourists to this slice of paradise. Lahaina is a sacred place to ...
The film took place in 1941, so the reference to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel was in the context of 1941, not 1953, when the film was made. The hotel was used in the 1962 movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian. The hotel was used in the 1978 film Goin' Coconuts; The hotel appeared in the 2002 film Punch-Drunk Love. The hotel appeared in the 2014 film Big Eyes
Aug. 27—LAHAINA — Known outside Maui largely as a tourist attraction, visitor brochures obscure the fact that Lahaina for the most part is a working-class community with a sizeable immigrant ...
Manny and Claire Ceralde at their hotel room in the Royal Kahana Maui in Ka'anapali. The family has been living in hotel rooms since the Aug. 8 fire destroyed their home. (Brendan George Ko for ...
The building was in use as a U.S. Marine Hospital for the benefit of civilian mariners beginning in 1844. At first, Armas leased the building to the U.S. government, but after his death, the property was auctioned off in 1855 to a John Nutter, who immediately resold it to James R. Dow, the physician in charge of the hospital at that time. [4]