Halekulani had connection to fictional Charlie Chan

By Bob Sigall

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2011

~~<p>The Halekulani opened 94 years ago this week in Waikiki on the site of the former Hau Tree Hotel. Haleiwa Hotel proprietors Juliet and Clifford Kimball purchased the hotel and its five acres of prime oceanfront property in 1917 and renamed it the Halekulani Hotel.</p>
<p>The Halekulani name goes back to 1883, when Robert Lewers built a home there. Local fishermen, whom Lewers had welcomed to rest under a giant hau tree next to the house, gave it the name Halekulani — “house befitting heaven.”</p>
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The Halekulani opened 94 years ago this week in Waikiki on the site of the former Hau Tree Hotel. Haleiwa Hotel proprietors Juliet and Clifford Kimball purchased the hotel and its five acres of prime oceanfront property in 1917 and renamed it the Halekulani Hotel.

The Halekulani name goes back to 1883, when Robert Lewers built a home there. Local fishermen, whom Lewers had welcomed to rest under a giant hau tree next to the house, gave it the name Halekulani — “house befitting heaven.” Login for more...