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IHG Hotels & Resorts will restore Hawaii’s Coco Palms Resort and convert the property under its Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants brand, the company announced Wednesday. 
The historic hotel — which welcomed celebrity guests including Elvis Presley, Rita Hayworth and Gene Autry in its day — has been neglected since 1992, when Hurricane Iniki damaged the property. 

IHG will conduct a “historically sensitive restoration” of the property on Kauai, which will become a “west coast flagship” for Kimpton. The end result will be the company’s first Hawaii property in its growing luxury and lifestyle portfolio.