Film buffs should check out this once-thriving resort on Hawaii's Kauai Island that is now abandoned but was a major part of movie history.

In 1954, John Pakahea “Big John” Kauo (1933-2013) was hired as a waiter at Kaua‘i’s Coco Palms Hotel by his Aunty Moki Hanohano, the night dining room manager at Coco Palms, to begin what was to ...

LIHUE (AP) – The iconic Coco Palms Resort in Wailua remains a visual blight on Kauai’s busiest corridor two decades after being damaged by Hurricane Iniki, and now efforts to redevelop the property ...

WAILUA — From the tops of the protective dust screens installed around the perimeter of the former Coco Palms Resort, the only things that can be seen are the tops of excavators and cranes moving ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The developers of Kauai’s Coco Palms Resort announced a partnership with Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. The property will be the first for the Kimpton brand in Hawaii. The owners ...

WAILUA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new survey on how well things are going on Kauai includes a controversial question on the Coco Palms Resort. The survey of 1,100 registered Kauai voters was commissioned by ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Complaints were heard Friday at the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) meeting involving the Coco Palms Resort on Kauai. Project plans are moving forward to demolish ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (Island News) -- The Kauai Planning Commission rejected a petition Tuesday from a group of residents who were asking the commission to revoke permits issued to the owners of the Coco ...

The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling musicians from Hawaii. It evolved beyond its association with a tropical ...