Vacationers and residents crowd Honolulu's Waikiki Beach near the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Oahu in 1960. Photo from AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
Vacationers and residents crowd Honolulu's Waikiki Beach near the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Oahu in 1960. Photo from AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
This 1947 photo shows the coastline at Waikiki Beach with the Royal Hawaiian Hotel prominent in the centre. Photo from AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
This 1947 photo shows the coastline at Waikiki Beach with the Royal Hawaiian Hotel prominent in the centre. Photo from AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
Some of the pink goods for sale in the hotel gift shop. Photo by Ronen Zilberman/AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
Some of the pink goods for sale in the hotel gift shop. Photo by Ronen Zilberman/AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
Loreta Gaeusan prepares a robe for guests staying at the hotel. The new look interior will lack some of the trademark pink. Photo by Ronen Zilberman/AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
Loreta Gaeusan prepares a robe for guests staying at the hotel. The new look interior will lack some of the trademark pink. Photo by Ronen Zilberman/AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
The colourful awnings add shade to the Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Photo by Lucy Pemoni/AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
The colourful awnings add shade to the Mai Tai Bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Photo by Lucy Pemoni/AP. : Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
Return to heyday for Waikiki's pink palace
The last time this iconic pink hotel was closed for renovations, World War II had just ended and the barbed wire that stretched along the shore of...