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Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and Outrigger Hospitality Group have some high- flying news: They’ve entered into a joint venture that will add Hawaii next year to Cirque’s shortlist of destinations with shows in residence.

Cottages at the Coco Palms in 1960. Photo: Kauai Historical Society/Baker Collection A doorman takes a deep breath and blows into a conch shell as guests

Hawaii Magazine Waikīkī’s First Hotel Celebrates its 120th Anniversary The famed Moana Surfrider opened its doors today in 1901—and it’s still as popular as ever. Mar 11, 2021 For years, on my birthday, I would book a room in the historic wing of the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa in Waikīkī. It was my splurge—a quiet night in the original hotel built in 1901, decades before Hawaiʻi, then a U.S. territory, became a state. That year, then-President William McKinley was assas...