Honolulu · Oʻahu: Waikīkī
Hilton Hawaiian Village
A Historic Hotels of America member at the west end of Waikīkī; book a room in the Rainbow Tower, which Wikipedia dates to 1968.
- Built
- 1968Resort founded 1955 as Henry J. Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Hotel; the year given is for the Rainbow Tower (opened 1968), the oldest guest tower with a sourced date. The 1957 Ocean Tower was gutted and rebuilt in 1987 as the Ali'i Tower; Tapa Tower 1982, Kalia Tower 2001; Diamond Head Tower date not found.
- Type
- Resort
- Area
- Oʻahu: Waikīkī
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member
The story
In 1954 Henry J. Kaiser and developer Fritz B. Burns bought the Kalia estate of John Ena Jr., including the Niumalu Hotel, and opened the Hawaiian Village Hotel in 1955 with thatched-roof cottages, the Tapa Room and three pools. The Ocean Tower and a Buckminster Fuller–licensed geodesic dome, built in 22 hours, followed in 1957. Conrad Hilton bought half of the resort in 1961 and renamed it the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The Rainbow Tower opened in 1968 with a rainbow mosaic 26 feet wide and 286 feet tall, made of more than 16,000 tiles.
Good to know
- Address: 2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, HI 96815
Things to do
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.