Hotels in Hawaii Big Island

HOTEL DESCRIPTION: This was said by Laurance S. Rockefeller, who founded The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel in 1965. He knew the great beach at Kauna'oa also deserved spectacular golf and exceptional dining to accompany the most exclusive and expensive resort of its day. Four decades later, following a $150 million repair and renovation, The Mauna Kea once again stands as a landmark of luxury on the Big Island's golden Kohala Coast. In the restaurants, exciting new sights, sounds, scents and sensational tastes elevate the experience of dining in our luxury Hawaii hotel. The legendary Mauna Kea Golf Course, updated to current USGA standards of play, where Rees Jones sets a new benchmark for Big Island golf. Gracious guestrooms, artfully enhanced by John Hara Associates Inc. and Barry Design Associates showcase Mr. Rockefeller's signature "understated elegance" in a graceful fusion of modern features and fabulous style.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION: Take a look at the "new" Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, a luxury Hawaiian resort in a class by itself. You'll marvel at the way John Hara Associates Inc. of Honolulu artfully melded three guestrooms into two in the main building, and created spacious new floorplans with vast, glamorous baths-where you can soak up the sunny ocean view or golf vista, right from the tub! All of our luxury hotel rooms have beautiful new interiors by Barry Design Associates Inc. of Los Angeles with large flat screen TVs, media hubs, bedside iPod dock with clock radios, updated bedding, luxury L'Occitane amenities, elegant furnishings, solid doors and a few surprising touches you will love. Guestrooms have crisp, clean lines, cloud white and bold sunset colors, along with the unchanged wow of wonderful views from the wide lānai. New, refined furnishings and fun finishing touches are subtly supported by hi-tech bells and whistles to produce a luxury guestroom experience that is ultra-high quality and ultimately comfortable.

HOTEL FACILITIES: The "new" Mauna Kea Beach Hotel restaurants are designed with a creative combination of cultured international cuisine and fresh, local Kohala Coast ingredients prepared with "lokomaika‘i" (sharing with kindness from within). With a delicious mix of steadfast tradition and new attitude, our fine dining restaurants have exciting new sounds, sights, scents and tastes to share with you, whether you're barefoot on the beach or all dressed up with someplace wonderful to go.

With 258 updated guestrooms and unique meeting spaces for the executive meeting retreat to the Big Island or the energetic incentive group vacation, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel helps give even the busiest meeting planners a little beach time for themselves - because we make it easy to succeed, down to those devilish details.

Together with sister property Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel we have 608 guestrooms, 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space in Hawai'i, and on-site business and AV centers, plus fulltime banquet and conference services staff to handle everything for your Hawaii meeting, from breadfruit soup to macadamia nuts.

We not only make business a pleasure, we take leisure very seriously, with two of Hawaii's very best beaches, two world-class golf courses, an 11-court Seaside Tennis Club and great facilities for shopping, dining, recreation and spouse and children's programs.

Since 1964, the Golf Course at Mauna Kea has led the way in standards of course beauty and design, solidifying its place in Hawaii's history as one of the most scenic and favored golf courses. Avid golfers and guests of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel continue to enjoy Robert Trent Jones, Sr.'s award-winning golf course at our hotel and its recent updates and beautification by Rees Jones.

Guests of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel can take advantage of the golf course's superior amenities including world-class practice facilities that feature a driving range, and putting green. Brush up on your technique with a private lesson or group clinic at the golf resort, and elevate your game while enjoying epic views of the Kohala Coast's rolling waves. Golfers can also gather together at Number 3 Restaurant, and savor the clubhouse restaurant's tasty menu and refreshing beverages.

During your stay at our Hawaii resort, find value with our featured golf vacation packages; pairing rounds of golf with luxurious accommodations.