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[24] [25] In the book Kauai: 100 Years in Postcards, author Stormy Cozad states that while the torch-lighting ceremony was synonymous with the Coco Palms, it was not a true Hawaiian ceremony but a dramatic call to dinner for guests. Bits of Hawaiian culture displayed as parts of Hawaiian history were narrated during the lighting.
Hawaiian narrative derives the name's origin from the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovering the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a favorite son; a possible translation of Kauaʻi is "place around the neck", describing how a father would carry his child.
The economic history of Kaua’i, anglicized as Kauai, dates back to before the European colonization of Kauai and, in whole, Hawaii.Before Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian island chain in 1778, [1] the native Polynesians of Kauai had a complex subsistence economy of fishing and trade among the other islands. [2]
The Royal Coconut Coast also has the Wailua River, Hawaii's only navigable river, meaning it is the only river in the state that is deep, wide, and slow enough to allow vessels to pass. [2] One of the most prominent mountains on Kauai, Nounou Mountain, which is also called Sleeping Giant, is on the Royal Coconut Coast.
The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands beginning with their discovery and settlement by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third ...
Sep. 1—Outrigger Hospitality Group has finalized the purchase of Kaua 'i Beach Resort & Spa—the hotel company's eighth global beach resort acquisition in the past three years and one of ...
The Sustainable Tourism Association of Hawaii (formerly the Hawaii Ecotourism Association) was founded in 1995 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to nurture the development of sustainable tourism in Hawaii. It offers a certification program to educate and recognize conservation-minded tour operators in Hawaii, the only such certification program of its ...
In 1999, Outrigger spun off 15 of its hotels to create the hotel chain OHANA Hotels and Resorts, a brand of three-star properties, while keeping the Outrigger brand for its higher-end five-star and luxury properties. Ohana is a Hawaiian word meaning "family". [1] By 2018, there were only two remaining OHANA Hotels. [citation needed]