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VIDEO: Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Celebrates 50 Years
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by Big Island Video News
on Jul 28, 2015 at 11:17 pm

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KOHALA COAST - The Grand Dame of the Kohala Coast kicked off its 50th birthday party this week. The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Laurance S. Rockefeller’s famed Hawai‘i Island resort, began the day with a flower drop of 50,000 orchids along Kauna'oa Bay.

Video courtesy Mauna Kea Resort, voice of Sherry Bracken.

KOHALA COAST – The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Laurance S. Rockefeller’s famed Hawai‘i Island resort known as the Grand Dame of the Kohala Coast, kicked off its 50th birthday party this week.

Kahu Danny “Kaniela” Akaka, Jr. performed a traditional Hawaiian blessing, exactly 50 years after his uncle, Rev. Abraham Akaka, blessed the hotel at its opening on July 24, 1965.

Danny “Kaniela” Akaka, Jr blesses Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

Danny “Kaniela” Akaka, Jr blesses Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

The hotel began the day with a flower drop of 50,000 orchids along Kauna’oa Bay.

Kaunao'a Bay at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

Kauna’oa Bay at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

From the Mauna Kea Resort representatives:

The first hotel on the Kohala Coast, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is known for paving the way for tourism on Hawai‘i Island. For more information on how Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is celebrating its Golden Anniversary throughout 2015—including its giving campaign, “50 Acts of Aloha” — visit www.timelessmaunakea.com.


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