Polynesian Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

T TikiTomD Grand Member (6 years) Flagler Beach, FL Joined: Sep 20, 2009 Posts: 700	T TikiTomD Posted posted on Wed, May 23, 2012 9:04 AM Here’s a vintage Yankee Clipper Hotel postcard postmarked 1964; I’ll intersperse images of others in my collection as the story is continued... In the 1960s, Bob Gill became a Sheraton franchisee, making the Yankee Clipper part of the Sheraton brand. This allowed him to take advantage of Sheraton’s worldwide reservations system. He later joined the Sheraton’s board of directors... South Florida Sun-Sentinel July 24, 1996 Another vintage postcard of the Yankee Clipper at night, postmarked 1963... In 1986, Lundy Nelson passed away. He was one of the original Yankee Clipper Polynesian Room performers who subsequently moved on to the Mai-Kai, according to an earlier post to this thread by nibblegribitz... *South Florida Sun-Sentinel * January 25, 1986 For Swanky, there’s a connection between Bob Gill, the Yankee Clipper Hotel, the Mai-Kai and Johnny Carson: Jack Drury... *South Florida Sun-Sentinel * April 7, 2008 Here’s a 2004 University of Florida article on the management role that Linda Gill assumed in her father’s hotels as the years advanced... One more vintage Yankee Clipper postcard, postmarked 1961... To be continued... -Tom

Here’s a vintage Yankee Clipper Hotel postcard postmarked 1964; I’ll intersperse images of others in my collection as the story is continued...

In the 1960s, Bob Gill became a Sheraton franchisee, making the Yankee Clipper part of the Sheraton brand. This allowed him to take advantage of Sheraton’s worldwide reservations system. He later joined the Sheraton’s board of directors...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel July 24, 1996

Another vintage postcard of the Yankee Clipper at night, postmarked 1963...

In 1986, Lundy Nelson passed away. He was one of the original Yankee Clipper Polynesian Room performers who subsequently moved on to the Mai-Kai, according to an earlier post to this thread by nibblegribitz...