Post #622439 by Phillip Roberts on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 5:34 PM

Aloha,

On 2012-01-24 22:56, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
Here's an ad, dated 1974, from the 4th incarnation of Don's in Honolulu - at the Beachcomber Hotel:

I posted this in a mug thread, but it fits with Sabu's ad... About Amfac..

As far as "Island Holiday Resorts" goes, that was under the umbrella of the Amfac Corporation. They operated the following 12 hotels during the early 1970's-1980s, when the mug is circa...

Kauai - Coco Palms, Kauai Beachboy Hotel, Waiohai Hotel and the Poipu Beach Hotel.
Maui - Royal Lahina Resort (including the first outer island Don The Beachcombers restaurant,) and the Kannapali Beach Hotel
Hawaii - Keauhou Beach Hotel and the Hotel King Kamehameha
Oahu - Waikiki Beachcomber (including the last Don the Beachcomber restaurant in the islands opens in 1972ish..) Holiday Isle Hotel and the Waikiki Malia Hotel.

They worked somewhat closly with Donn as their advisor, so naturally there was plenty of tiki installed at most of these hotels during the 1970's and 1980's... He's expanding adding the Waiakea Village more properties

AMFAC actually has an intersting history, starting in 1849 as a dry goods store in Honolulu. Seized during WWI and then sold in 1918 to by the US government to a consortium of businessmen, they were big into sugar. They ran Liberty House and 40 or so other companies before bankruptcy, due to the decline of sugar prices, around 1989.

Our Guy,

Inside the Treehouse,

And the whole scene...

I got a few more more sides somewhere...