Mbiri ya hotelo: Dona Woyamba wa Waikiki

Moana Hotel idatsegulidwa pa Marichi 11, 1901 ngati hotelo yoyamba ya Waikiki. Amadziwika kuti "Mkazi Woyamba wa Waikiki." Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1890, Waikiki anali malo am'madzi ozizira ozunguliridwa ndi mayiwe a bakha ndi minda ya taro. Nyanja yokongola inali malo okhala nyumba zachifumu zaku Hawaii komanso ma kamaainas olemera kuphatikiza mwini nyumba ya Honolulu a Walter Chamberlain Peacock. Mu 1896, Peacock anaphatikiza Moana Hotel Company ndipo adalemba wolemba mapulani Oliver G. Traphagen (1854-1932) kuti apange.

Traphagen adapanga nyumba zambiri ku Duluth, Minnesota, kwa anthu wamba komanso anthu wamba omwe akuwonetsa kukopa kwa kalembedwe ka Richardson Romanesque. Chifukwa thanzi la mwana wawo wamkazi limafuna nyengo yotentha, banjali lidasamukira ku Republic of Hawaii lomwe likhale lachilendo posachedwa mu Okutobala 1897. Chifukwa cha mbiri yake yabwino, posakhalitsa adakhala katswiri wazomangamanga komanso wotchuka ku Honolulu.

Moana Hotel yapachiyambi inali yamitengo isanu ndi iwiri yamatabwa yomwe inali ndi malo ochezera opangidwa mwaluso omwe amapitilira ku lanais zakunja, Banyan Court ndi nyanja. Zomangamanga za Moana zidatengera masitayilo otchuka aku Europe okhala ndi zipilala za Ionic, matabwa ovuta komanso pulasitala yolongosoka mnyumbayo. Linapangidwa ndi porte-cochere wamkulu mumsewu komanso lanais yayikulu kunyanja. Zina mwa zipinda 75 zoyambirira zinali ndi matelefoni komanso mabafa. Hoteloyo inali ndi chipinda chama biliard, saloon, chipinda chachikulu, malo olandirira alendo ndi laibulale. Moana inali ndi chikepe choyamba choyendera magetsi ku Hawaii chomwe chikugwiritsidwabe ntchito mpaka pano. Zina mwazinthu zomwe zidapangidwa kale zimaphatikizanso misewu yochulukirapo yokwanira kuti ikwaniritse mitengo ikulu yamoto, zotchinga zazitali komanso mawindo olowera mkati kuti aziziziritsa zipinda (mpweya usanakhale).

Alendo oyamba a hoteloyi anali gulu la 114 Shriners, wokhala ndi Aloha Zomangira Nyumba. Mu 1905, Peacock adagulitsa Moana Hotel kwa Alexander Young, wochita bizinesi wotchuka ku Honolulu yemwe anali ndi zokonda zina ku hotelo. Pambuyo pa kumwalira kwa Young mu 1910, Territorial Hotel Company idapitilizabe kuyendetsa Moana mpaka Matson Navigation Company idagula mu 1932 kwa $ 1.6 miliyoni.

Mu 1905, Moana Hotel inali pakatikati pa zinsinsi zina zodziwika bwino ku America. Jane Stanford, woyambitsa mnzake wa University ya Stanford komanso mkazi wakale wa Kazembe wa California Leland Stanford, adamwalira mchipinda cha Moana Hotel cha poyizoni. Nkhani ya zochitikazo akuti usiku wa pa 28 February ku hotelo, Stanford adapempha bicarbonate ya soda kuti akhazikitse m'mimba. Mlembi wake, Bertha Berner, adakonza yankho, lomwe Stanford adamwa. Nthawi ya 11: 15 PM, Stanford adafuulira antchito ake ndi ogwira ntchito ku Moana Hotel kuti atenge dokotala, kulengeza kuti walephera kulamulira thupi lake. Robert WP Cutler, yemwe analemba buku la The Mysterious Death la Jane Stanford adafotokoza zomwe zidachitika atafika dokotala wa Moana Hotel, a Dr. Francis Howard Humphris:

Pamene Humphris amayesera kupereka yankho la bromine ndi chloral hydrate, Akazi a Stanford, omwe tsopano ali pamavuto, adati, "Nsagwada zanga zauma. Imfa iyi ndi yoopsa kufa. ” Pomwe adagwidwa ndimatenda a tetanic omwe amapita mosalekeza mpaka kukhala okhwima kwambiri: nsagwada zake zidatsekedwa, ntchafu zake zidatseguka kwambiri, miyendo yake idapotera mkati, zala zake ndi zala zazikulu zidakulungidwa zibakera zolimba, ndipo mutu wake udabwerera m'mbuyo. Pomaliza, kupuma kwake kudatha.

Stanford anali atamwalira ndi poyizoni wa strychnine ndipo kudziwika kwa aliyense amene amupha sikumadziwika. Lero, chipinda chomwe Stanford adamwalira kulibenso, kuchotsedwa kuti chikwaniritse malo olandirira alendo.

A Duke Kahanamoku, osambira odziwika bwino pa Olimpiki komanso otchuka pamasewera akusewera, ankakonda kupita kumalo odyera a Moana ndi m'mbali mwa nyanja. Moana Hotel idakhala malo oponderapo gulu lotchuka la Kahanamoku, lotchedwa Waikiki Beach Boys.

Moana idakula ndikutchuka kwa zokopa alendo ku Hawaii. Pansi pake padawonjezeredwa mu 1918, pamodzi ndi mapiko a konkriti aku Italy obadwanso mwatsopano mbali zonse za hoteloyo, ndikupanga mawonekedwe a H akuwonedwa lero. M'zaka za m'ma 1930 hoteloyo idadziwika kwa zaka zingapo ngati Moana-Seaside Hotel & Bungalows. Ma bungalows anali nyumba zowonjezera zomangidwa pamunda waukulu molunjika Kalakaua Avenue. Maonekedwe akunja a hotelo adasinthidwa pang'ono pazaka zambiri, kuphatikiza "zosintha" pamapangidwe ngati Art Deco m'ma 1930 ndi Bauhaus m'ma 1950. Kuchokera mu 1935 mpaka 1975, m'bwalo la Moana munachitika mawayilesi aku Hawaii omwe amawonetsedwa pawailesi. Nthano imanena kuti omvera adalakwitsa kukokomeza kufalitsa kwawailesi pomwe mafunde akuphulika pagombe. Atamva izi, wolandirayo adalangiza munthu womveka uja kuti athamangire kumtunda kuti akajambule mawuwo, omwe adakhala chiwonetsero chachikulu chawonetsero.

Mu 1952, Matson adamanga hotelo yatsopano pafupi ndi Moana kumwera chakum'mawa, kotchedwa SurfRider Hotel. Mu 1953, Matson adawononga ma bungalow a Moana kuwoloka msewu ndipo, patadutsa zaka ziwiri, adatsegulira Hotelo Ya Princess Kaiulani yatsopano pamalopo. Matson adagulitsa malo awo onse a hotelo ya Waikiki ku kampani ya Sheraton mu 1959. Sheraton adagulitsa Moana ndi SurfRider kwa wolemba mafakitale waku Japan a Kenji Osano ndi kampani yake ya Kyo-Ya mu 1963, ngakhale Sheraton adapitiliza kuwayang'anira. Mu 1969, Kyo-Ya anamanga hotelo yatsopano yatsopano kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Moana. Anaitcha kuti Surfrider Hotel. Hotelo yakale ya SurfRider mbali inayo idasandulika gawo la Moana, yotchedwa Diamond Head Wing.

Mu 1989, $ 50 miliyoni yobwezeretsanso (yokonzedwa ndi katswiri wa zomangamanga ku Hawaii Virginia D. Murison) idabwezeretsa Moana kuwonekera kwake mu 1901 ndikuphatikizira 1969 Sheraton Surfrider Hotel ndi nyumba za 1952 SurfRider Hotel ndi nyumba ya Moana Hotel pamalo amodzi am'mbali mwa nyanja okhala ndi malo ocherezera alendo ambiri , Atcha dzina lonselo kuti Sheraton Moana Surfrider. Kubwezeretsedwako kwakhazikitsa Moana ngati amodzi mwa mahotela apamwamba a Waikiki. Mulinso zipinda 793 (kuphatikiza ma suites 46), dziwe losambira la madzi oyera, malo odyera atatu, bala la m'mphepete mwa nyanja komanso malo ogulitsira padziwe.

Katunduyu adalandiridwa ndi Purezidenti's Historic Preservation Award, National Preservation Honor Award, mphotho ya Hawaii Renaissance Award, ndi Hotel Sales and Marketing Association International Golden Bell Award. Gawo lalikulu lakale la hoteloyi, The Banyan Wing, lalembedwa pa National Register of Historic Places.

Mu 2007, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, kampani yoyang'anira ya Moana, idasinthiranso hoteloyo kuchokera ku Sheraton Hotel kupita ku Westin Hotel. Dzinalo la hoteloyo lidakhala Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa. Mapiko a 1901 tsopano amadziwika kuti Historic Banyan Wing. Nyumba yotsika ya 1952 Surfrider Hotel lero ndi Diamond Wing. Nyumba ya Surfrider Hotel ya 1969 tsopano ikutchedwa Tower Wing.

Pakatikati mwa bwalo la Moana Surfrider pali mtengo wawukulu waku banyani waku India womwe udabzalidwa mu 1904 ndi Jared Smith, Director of the department of Agriculture Experiment Station. Mukabzalidwa, mtengowo unali wamtali pafupifupi mamita 75 komanso pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri. Tsopano imakhala yayitali mamita 150 ndipo ndiyotalika mamita XNUMX kudutsa bwalo.

Mu 1979, mtengo wodziwika bwino udali umodzi mwamitengo yoyamba kulembedwa pamndandanda wamtengo wapatali wa Hawaii. Yasankhidwanso ndi Board of Trustees of the America the Beautiful Fund ngati malo oti Hawaii Millennium Landmark Tree, yomwe imasankha mtengo umodzi wodziwika m'boma lililonse kuti utetezedwe mzaka zikwizikwi zatsopano.

Hoteloyo inali poyambira anthu pafupifupi 24 ogwira ntchito ku White House omwe adatsagana ndi Barack Obama kupita ku Winter White House ku Plantation Estate paulendo wa Khrisimasi.

Moana Surfrider, Westin Resort & Spa ndi membala wa Historic Hotels of America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Wolembayo, Stanley Turkel, ndi wovomerezeka komanso wothandizira pamsika wama hotelo. Amagwiritsa ntchito hotelo yake, kuchereza alendo komanso kuwunikira komwe kumagwiritsa ntchito kasamalidwe ka chuma, kuwunikiridwa kwa magwiridwe antchito ndi magwiridwe antchito amgwirizano wama franchising ndi ntchito zothandizira milandu. Makasitomala ndi eni hotelo, osunga ndalama ndi mabungwe obwereketsa. Mabuku ake ndi awa: Great American Hoteliers: Apainiya a Hotel Viwanda (2009), Omangidwa Kuti Akhale Omaliza: 100+ Chaka Chakale ku New York (2011), Kumangidwa Kotsiriza: 100+ Year-Old Hotels Kum'mawa kwa Mississippi (2013) ), Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt ndi Oscar wa Waldorf (2014), Great American Hoteliers Voliyumu 2: Apainiya a Hotel Industry (2016), ndi buku lake latsopanoli, Built to Last: 100+ Year -Old Hotels West of the Mississippi (2017) - akupezeka mu hardback, paperback, ndi mtundu wa Ebook - momwe Ian Schrager adalemba m'mawu oyamba: "Bukuli limakwaniritsa zaka zitatu za mbiri ya hotelo zokwana 182 zamakalasi azipinda 50 kapena kupitilira apo ... Ndikumva ndi mtima wonse kuti sukulu iliyonse ya hotelo iyenera kukhala ndi magulu a mabukuwa ndikuwapangitsa kuti aziwerengera ophunzira awo komanso anzawo. ”

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