Most times a multimillion renovation to a resort only benefits the guests. But part of the $160 million renovation to the Westin Maui Resort & Spa Kā‘anapali is open to everyone—and that was exactly the point. Seven months after deadly wildfires devastated Lahaina, killing at least 101 people, the hotel wrapped up renovations that included […]
Some of you might remember Shore Bird, the iconic oceanfront restaurant at the Outrigger Reef Waikīkī Beach Resort. It opened in 1979, a restaurant with one of the best views in Waikīkī and a grill-your-own-steak experience; it shuttered in 2017 after 38 years. But when the hotel planned an extensive, multimillion-dollar renovation, the plan was
Every restaurant that award-winning chef Peter Merriman has opened in the Islands—from the laid-back Merriman’s in Waimea nestled amid ranches on Hawaii Island to the bustling Merriman’s Honolulu that opened last year in one of Oahu’s most vibrant new neighborhoods—has one very important thing in common. And it’s come to define him for more than
