The Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa, a 22-acre oceanfront resort in Kona, is seven months into a $16-million renewal, which will be complete in late summer. Significant enhancements to guestrooms, public areas and meeting spaces are being guided by
The Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa, a 22-acre oceanfront resort in Kona, is seven months into a $16-million renewal, which will be complete in late summer. Significant enhancements to guestrooms, public areas and meeting spaces are being guided by culturally based designs by Hilo designer Sig Zane.
Keauhou means “new beginning” in the Hawaiian language, and the iconic hotel complex is “well on its way to reestablishing itself as the crown jewel of the community,” said General Manager Steve Lindburg.
A new lobby arrival experience will soon complement the resort.
New oceanfront dining concepts will include Rays on the Bay, opening Sept. 9. With panoramic oceanfront sunset dinners, Rays on the Bay will highlight chef-prepared dishes honoring farm-and-ocean to-table traditions.
Refreshed guestrooms have new paint, carpeting, flat-screen TVs and are brightened with the addition of Sig Zane’s visual art inspired by the ulukekoiau, or breadfruit tree, which is also represented throughout the resort.
, woven into team member’s attire, and shared through daily cultural activities
Rays on the Bay will also be home to a Rum Bar, “the coldest beer in town,” nightly entertainment, social gatherings around fire pits, and it will become the only restaurant in the world where diners can view manta ray that gather to feed most evenings just offshore.
Upon renewal completion, the resort will relaunch as Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay and also offer enhanced arrival experience, lush landscaping, refurbished port cochere, and the Silversword lobby bar which will host daily Sheraton Social Hour wine tastings; Flying Fish retail and guest activity center which will be the portal for access to experiential island activities; Ainakai bay view breakfast service daily, in an improved space which becomes available for afternoon and evening social gatherings, wedding receptions, meetings and group functions; Paakai Point, an ideal spot for leisure, relaxation and elegant sunset events and weddings.
The renewal has included the addition of 10 new guest suites, for a total of 20.
Meeting space is enlivened with colorful Zane-designed carpeting, state-of-the-arts audio visual equipment and new seating.
The complimentary oceanfront fitness center has already been completed and now boasts Sheraton’s Core Performance® brand standard equipment. Extensive cultural offerings are also in place through complimentary historical and cultural tours and activities providing guests more opportunity than ever to connect and feel Keauhou and depart island shores with a comforting sense of place.
On Sept. 1, when the resort’s name changes to Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay, the renewed resort will have its own singular identity and be recognized for its unique geographical location and sense of place on the Kona Coast at Keauhou Bay.
For the room special and other offers, visit www.SheratonKeauhou.com or call toll free, 1-866-716-8140.
