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Our grand tour of Waikiki's great hotels continues with the luxurious Royal Hawaiian Hotel, built for the then staggering sum of five million dollars and opened for business by the Matson Navigation Company in 1927. |
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The look-and-feel of the luxurious Spanish-styled "Pink Palace" was influenced by popular Rudolph Valentino movies, and is built on the royal site of Queen Ka'ahumanu's summer residence. |
