Film buffs should check out this once-thriving resort on Hawaii's Kauai Island that is now abandoned but was a major part of movie history.

The Coco Palms Resort in Kauai is seen on Sept. 8. Developers say they want to rebuild the property because they respect its history and importance. Something needs to be done or the property will be ...

Jul. 27—The long-shuttered Coco Palms Resort on Kauai—largely made famous by an Elvis Presley movie 60 years ago—failed to attract competitive bids Monday at a foreclosure auction. A company ...

Coco Palms has been closed since Hurricane Iniki battered Kauai in 1992, causing substantial damage to the property. Multiple attempts by previous developers to rebuild Coco Palms fell through. In a ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The iconic Coco Palms Resort in Wailua remains a visual blight on Kauai’s busiest corridor two decades after being damaged by Hurricane Iniki, and now efforts to redevelop the ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Controversy over the future of the embattled Coco Palms Resort remains after a four-hour Planning Commission Meeting on Kauai, Tuesday. Much of the meeting was dedicated to an ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — One of the most famous shuttered resorts in the world is going up for auction later this month. Coco Palms on Kauai will be sold as is to whoever puts in the highest bid. The ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The developers of Kauai’s Coco Palms Resort announced a partnership with Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. The property will be the first for the Kimpton brand in Hawaii. The owners ...

A group of community leaders on the Hawaiian island of Kauai wants to stop the redevelopment of the decaying Coco Palms Resort in Wailua and turn the 46-acre property into a public park and cultural ...

WAILUA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- The future of the Coco Palms Resort could be decided soon, as the Kauai Planning Commission goes over its annual status report on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Activists are not only ...

LIHU‘E — What remains of the Coco Palms Resort and the land its built was auctioned off in one bid for $22.231 million Monday to Private Capital Group. Bipartisan legislation to fund a broad swath of ...

Apr. 15—Contractors hired by the developers recently installed a dust barrier and cleared dead trees, overgrown brush and palm fronds from the property to prepare for demolition. Developers of the ...