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Coco Palms Hotel - Photo Courtesy of the Hawaii State Archives

“Originally opened on January 25, 1953, the Coco Palms Resort had 24 rooms, two guests and four employees. Under the visionary promotional eye of Grace Guslander, the Resort grew to contain 416 rooms by the mid-1970s.

“The ceremonial torch lighting ceremony ‘Call to Feast,’ which took place every evening at 7:30pm, for 40 years…was featured in [Elvis Presley’s Blue Hawaii]. This torch lighting ceremony was the original such event, copied in recent years by many other resorts and hotels in Hawaii…

“The Wedding Chapel was donated by MGM Studios to Coco Palms in the mid 1950’s after using it in the film ‘Miss Sadie Thompson,’ which starred Rita Hayworth.”

- “The Coco Palms: A Historical Perspective,”
http://www.coco-palms.com/history

For further information regarding this project please contact
Kauai Public Land Trust
www.kauaipubliclandtrust.org  -  808.346.9419  -  jennifer@kauaipubliclandtrust.org