The Hale Koa Hotel, which means ''House of the Warrior'' in Hawaiian, is an

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(AFRC) resort hotel located on

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and owned by the

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. It sits on the southeast corner of Fort DeRussy on the western end of Waikiki in

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. The hotel has more than one million guests every year, all of whom require the

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to lodge at the hotel. Though owned by the DOD, the hotel is entirely self-sustaining, and does not receive any government funding.

History

The hotel was originally planned to be built on the site of Battery Randolph in the early 1970s, but the battery proved to be too resilient to demolish. The hotel opened at Waikiki beach on October 25, 1975, with a traditional Hawaiian ceremony. A major expansion came in 1991. The hotel added a new pool, a beverage bar, and a luau garden. Later, the Maile tower was built across the lobby from the Ilima tower, bringing the total number of rooms to 818. Also constructed was an adults-only pool, a fitness center, a parking garage, and Bibas, a new café located on a porch underneath the Maile tower. The Ilima tower was fully renovated in 2010, as was the Maile tower in 2019, and a new ocean-side pool complex replaced the hotel's original pool.

Dining

There are several dining facilities on the hotel's beachfront property: *Bibas *Koko Café *Happy's Snack Bar *Koa Oasis *Warrior's Lounge *Pool Snack Bar *Barefoot Bar *Sunday Champagne Brunch in the Banyan Tree Room *Beach Cart *Coffee Cart

Eligible guests

Because Hale Koa Hotel is an AFRC resort, it is not open to the general public. Reservations may only be made by: * Current

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members of the

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. * Current

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and

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members. * Retired from active duty, Reserves, and National Guard with or without pay (gray area). * Honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability certified by the

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(VA). * Recipients of the

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. * Current and retired Department of Defense (DoD) and

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(CG) civilian employees. The Survivors' Family Program extends to family members and sponsored guests accompanying authorized users. Eligible users are defined as family members who have suffered a loss of a sponsor in the event of an active duty death regardless of the cause (combat, accident, suicide, illness, etc.) and also may be uniformed personnel.

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* {{Authority control Armed Forces Recreation Centers Hotels in Honolulu Military installations in Hawaii Hotels established in 1975 Waikiki Hotel buildings completed in 1975 1975 establishments in Hawaii