UNFORGET TABLE MOMENTS IN THE RESORT’S INCREDIBLE QUARTER CENTURY
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H
ualālai Resort may be awash in luxury, but its beginnings were
Spectacular amenities, premier accommodations, and a committed
decidedly primal. From 1800 to 1801, volcanic eruptions from a
cultural program remain our signature. Our predecessors practiced
mountain called Hualālai poured lava downslope to the ocean,
ho‘okipa—hospitality—and it remains our guiding principle. Aloha is
forming what is now Ka‘ūpūlehu. Beneath the golf courses, architecture,
our aspiration, our identity, and the foundational definition of Hawai‘i.
and greenery that distinguish the resort today remain the footprints
Lava created the landscape, and the original Hualālai team and
and legacy of the people of old. They were fisherfolk and villagers. They
visionaries manifested their inspiration of luxury. Amid the challenges
summoned their gods. They harvested what they could—seafood from
of building a community on an arid landscape of lava, we have endured
the ocean, taro and breadfruit from the uplands. Now, on the 25th anni-
and blossomed. We give thanks to those who have walked these lands
versary of this celebrated resort, we look to the past and honor our pre-
before us and have joined us in forwarding our vision. To that end, we
decessors, who remain the soul and the legacy of Ka‘ūpūlehu.
present here a timeline of the milestones that have shaped Hualālai, and
In 25 years, we have gone from modest meetings in a trailer on a lava
those who recall the beginnings and the evolution of the resort share
field to a lush, modern development enjoying international acclaim.
their memories.
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—JOCELYN FUJII
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: ETHAN TWEEDIE; ED GROSS; HERB KANE
From Lava to Luxury
