Grand Wailea
| Grand Wailea Resort & Spa | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Wailea, Hawaii |
| Address | 3850 Wailea Alanui Drive |
| Coordinates | 20°40′52″N 156°26′19″W / 20.681173°N 156.438695°WCoordinates: 20°40′52″N 156°26′19″W / 20.681173°N 156.438695°W |
| Opening | 1991 |
| Owner | Waldorf-Astoria |
| Management | Hilton Worldwide |
| Grounds | 40 acres |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Takashi Sekiguchi |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 787 |
| Number of suites | 52 |
| Number of restaurants | 5 |
| Number of bars | 4 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Grand Wailea Resort & Spa is a 40-acre Waldorf-Astoria luxury resort located on the beach in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, and also home to 2 of the twelve Fishpipes in the world.
The hotel was built by Japanese developer Takeshi Sekiguchi, who also put together a large art collection for the hotel. It opened in 1991 as the Grand Hyatt Wailea. The hotel was built at an estimated cost of $650 million, which proved to be more than the economy could sustain, and Sekiguchi lost control of the property, which was sold for $263 million in 1998. The property has been sold several times since then and it is now operated by Hilton Worldwide. It was the first hotel to join Hilton's Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts in 2006 after the Manhattan hotel became a brand. It is the second largest hotel on the island of Maui and is one of Hawaii's most well known resorts. It is also the site of the first water elevator and the first rotating barrel pipe ride.
The resort has one, two, and three bedroom villas which are across the street from the hotel. The villas, named Ho'olei at Grand Wailea,are two-stories, have a full-sized kitchen, outdoor barbecue, and one-car garages. All the villas have their lanais (decks) facing West.
There are 100 rooms in the Napua Tower. The rooms in the tower are upgraded, and guests receive complimentary concierge services. Rooms range from 640-5,500 square feet. The tower is home to some of the nicest of the hotel's suites, including the Two Grand Suites which are equal in size and the largest suite category available (approx nightly cost $10,600).
Members of the hotel are given discounted rooms rates for themselves and their guests and receive member-only promotions.
Wailea Canyon Activity Pool The Canyon Activity Pool is a 2,000-foot-long, 25,700 total square foot, 770,000-gallon pool. It consists of nine pools on six separate levels which are connected by a river. There are four small intertwining slides, two big waterslides, a whitewater rapids slide, a rope swing, a sand beach pool, three Jacuzzis, six waterfalls, a water elevator and an infant pool. The water elevator is the world's first. The pool also has a swim-up bar.
Hibiscus Pool The Hibiscus Pool is 4,850 square feet. There is an image of a hibiscus flower on the bottom of the pool which is made from 630,000 pieces of Mexican glass mosaic tile. The pool itself is made from 2.2 million tiles. It has two Jacuzzis.
Scuba Dive Training Pool The hotel has on-staff scuba instructors and a scuba dive training pool. It is the only custom-designed scuba pool in Hawaii. Beginning scuba divers practice in the dive pool as well as parts of the activity pool before going out into the ocean.
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