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Kauai’s St. Regis Princeville hotel to reopen after $100-million makeover

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The St. Regis Princeville is set to reopen Thursday, Oct. 1, after a $100-million redo designed to give it more Hawaiian flavor.

The 201-room, 51-suite Kauai hotel has added a spa that features taro-suffused treatments and added such touches as koa wood trim, raffia and coconut palm hardwood floors. And the pool area (pictured above) also has been redone.

Then there’s the view, which wasn’t redone but is priceless. The hotel looks out on Mt. Makana, which starred as Bali Hai in the 1958 film version of “South Pacific.” The human star of the movie, Mitzi Gaynor, will return to help celebrate the grand reopening of the hotel, which has been closed for more than a year.

Brochure room rates begin at $850 and range up to $6,575 a night, but opening specials are available online or through travel agents. Info: (808) 826-9644, www.stregisprinceville.com

— Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times Travel editor

Photo: St. Regis Princeville pool area. Credit: Catharine Hamm/Los Angeles Times

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 6:01 am by Catharine Hamm and is filed under Hawaii, Honeymoon, Spa & Romance, Hotels, Islands & Beaches, Kauai, Luxury Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

One Comment on “Kauai’s St. Regis Princeville hotel to reopen after $100-million makeover”

adil Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Nice picture, seems like a beautiful place, the most awesome thing about this is that The hotel looks out on Mt. Makana very classic look to it. I would love to go there.Shangrila Murree