Post #574931 by rugbymatt on Sun, Feb 6, 2011 1:20 PM

Just trying to be a "tiki mug half full" kind guy here but I can give you a positive example of a historic old tiki hotel that is becoming more tiki: The Tiki Resort in Lake George, NY. This is the site for the Fraternal Order of Moai's annual event "Ohana: Luau at the Lake. I was involved in getting the ball rolling with Bargoyle to make the first event happen so I got to know the management fairly well. As the event has become more popular the hotel management has become more supportive of not just the event but of the sites own heritage. The owner stated to me that they wanted to make the place "more tiki" and they have followed through with that. Two years ago I helped them procure almost a dozen OA pieces from a defunct "Banana Joes" that had closed in Allentown, PA. They have continued to refurbish and remodel this historic Adirondack resort. The last I heard they were dropping the Howard Johnson monicker and going back to being indepent as "The Tiki Resort" and were planning a few external restoration projects to return the facility to it's Polynesian escape hey-day.