Four Seasons Resort Lanai Reopens with a Splash

By Gabrielle Lipton - February 23, 2016
  • Wood accents and a creamy palette decorate the rooms.

    Wood accents and a creamy palette decorate the rooms.

  • The new-and-improved resort channels the island's Hawaiian beauty into its landscape design.

    The new-and-improved resort channels the island's Hawaiian beauty into its landscape design.

  • The Four Seasons operates two golf courses on the island, designed by Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman.

    The Four Seasons operates two golf courses on the island, designed by Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman.

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Of the inhabited Hawaiian islands, Lanai is the Sleeping Beauty of the bunch—a restful stunner almost entirely owned and protected by tech billionaire Larry Ellison. An 11-room hotel aside, the island’s only accommodation has been two Four Seasons properties owned by Ellison, who last year shuttered them both for multimillion-dollar renovations. This March sees the reopening of the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Hulopo’e Bay, with 217 wood-accented rooms, a Nobu restaurant, two pools, and a spa, all set on red-lava cliffs above waters filled with spinner dolphins and humpback whales. —Gabrielle Lipton

For more information, visit Four Seasons Resort Lanai.

This article originally appeared in the February/March print issue of DestinAsian magazine (“Pacific Place”).

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