Travel Weekly

Waikiki’s White Sands Hotel reopens with a retro refit

What's old is new again at the White Sands Hotel, a Waikiki property wrapping up an extensive renovation that included reimagined rooms, updated public spaces, and new food and beverage concepts. The hotel on Nohonani Street off Kuhio Avenue opened in 1957, when the dawn of the jet age was greatly expanding access to the Aloha State, and the refurbishment firmly embraces 1960s and '70s Honolulu aesthetic with modern twists on vintage elements.