HAWAII MULLS FEES FOR ECOTOURISM CRUSH The Coco Palms Resort retail annex where one shop on the second floor was gutted by fire in Wailua on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is pictured on Dec. 3, 2009.

Coco Palms Resort — an abandoned Hawaii destination where Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and more once stayed — will be demolished after 30 years. Jam Press/Raise The Stakes Projects Water has ...

A Hawaii resort once beloved by celebrities like Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra will soon be demolished, according to the New York Post. This report has yet to be confirmed and the office of the ...

Controversial plan could see Hawaii’s famous Coco Palms Resort rise againA Hawaiiana resort built in the 1950s, the Coco Palms Resort sits among 2,000 coconut trees. Its design was Hawaiian ...

The resort is best known in movie lore as the location where Presley and Joan Blackman’s characters married in the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii. It’s also the site of other key scenes in the movie ...

The Coco Palms Resort retail annex where one shop on the second floor was gutted by fire in Wailua on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is pictured on Dec. 3, 2009.

The Coco Palms Resort, a historic Kauai landmark in Hawaii, is set for a grand reopening in 2026 as part of the portfolio of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, a brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts.

FILE - The Coco Palms Resort retail annex where one shop on the second floor was gutted by fire in Wailua on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, is pictured on Dec. 3, 2009.

WAILUA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Yet another chapter begins for the Coco Palms Resort, which currently sits idle on Kauai’s east side. Nearly 30 years have passed since the once famous resort was ...

WAILUA >> The historic resort where Elvis Presley’s character got married in the 1961 film “Blue Hawaii” will go up for auction at a foreclosure sale on Kauai this month.

HONOLULU (AP) — Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel. Construction is expected to take about three years.