KAPALUA BAY LLC TO REDEVELOP
KAPALUA BAY HOTEL
$300 Million Project Slotted
to Get Underway in Spring 2006
Kapalua, Maui, Hawai`i, January
12, 2005
Kapalua Bay, LLC, a partnership
of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (AMEX: MLP), Marriott
International and Exclusive ResortsSM, LLC, announced today that
it will redevelop the Kapalua Bay Hotel and neighboring Kapalua
Shops property beginning in the spring of 2006. Kapalua Bay, LLC
voluntarily filed an environmental impact statement preparation
notice with the State Office of Environmental Quality Control
yesterday to assess the project's impacts on the environment
and the surrounding community.
The Kapalua Bay Hotel, currently operated by Marriott's Renaissance
brand, is at the center of ML&P;'s redevelopment plans
for the revitalization of the Kapalua Resort. The 196-room hotel
is planned to be razed in the spring of 2006, making way for a
new destination property that will have both transient and residential
units including The Ritz-Carlton Club fractional ownership, condominium
residences, an oceanside spa and a beach club. The design is still
underway, however, the new buildings will be set back further
from the coastline than the existing buildings to enhance shoreline
access and a shoreline trail will be created and connected to
Kapalua's expanding trail system.
"Kapalua Resort is undergoing a significant transformation
as we reposition the destination at the pinnacle of the Hawaiian
hospitality industry. Our partnership's redevelopment of
the Kapalua Bay Hotel is critical to the resort's successful
revitalization," said David C. Cole, Chairman, President
& CEO of ML&P.; "We will create a unique experience
at Kapalua Resort through the Bay Hotel redevelopment, the creation
of Hawai`i's first destination health and wellness village,
in partnership with Miraval, Life In Balance, and the enhancement
of the resort's golf, retail and restaurant experiences."
The new facilities and expanded amenities at Kapalua Resort are
expected to create hundreds of additional job opportunities, although
there will be a temporary reduction in opportunities resulting
from the closing of the Kapalua Bay Hotel during the redevelopment
period. Kapalua Bay, LLC will do its best to coordinate job placement
within the Kapalua Resort community or secure employment elsewhere
during the redevelopment.
"We value each of our associates and understand that the
temporary changes may be challenging. We are looking at opportunities
for associates to transfer to positions within the resort community
and to other Marriott facilities, once the redevelopment commences,"
said Stan Brown, V.P. Pacific Islands & Japan for Marriott
International.
The Kapalua Bay Hotel will continue to provide quality accommodations
and hospitality through investment in its employees and the upkeep
of the property until redevelopment begins in the spring of 2006.
The remainder of the Kapalua Resort community, including the 548-room
Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, will continue to provide its award-winning
hospitality without interruption from the redevelopment, which
is expected to be completed in the spring of 2008.
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., a Hawai`i corporation and
the successor to a business organized in 1909, owns approximately
29,000 acres on Maui. Its primary operations presently include
cultivating, processing and distributing Maui-grown pineapple,
operating the Kapalua Resort, and creating and managing holistic
communities on Maui. The master-planned Kapalua Resort, a destination
resort in West Maui, encompasses three beaches, 54-holes of award-winning
golf, the 548-room Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, the 196-room Kapalua
Bay Hotel and the 292-unit Kapalua Villas. The resort hosts the
annual Mercedes Championships, Celebration of the Arts, Kapalua
Wine and Food Festival and LifeFest Kapalua. For more information
please visit www.mauiland.com.
Marriott International is a leading lodging company with nearly
2,800 lodging properties in the United States and 69 other countries
and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises
hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance,
Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill
Suites, Ramada International and Bvlgari brand names; develops
and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation
Club International, Horizons, Marriott Grand Residence Club and
The Ritz-Carlton Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments;
provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay
division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered
in Washington, D.C., and has approximately 128,000 employees.
In fiscal year 2003, Marriott International reported sales from
continuing operations of $9 billion. For more information or reservations,
please visit www.marriott.com.
Exclusive Resorts, LLC is the leader of the new consumer segment
of luxury residence clubs. Exclusive Resorts offers its members
unprecedented access to a portfolio of over 145 of the finest
luxury vacation residences in dozens of the world's most desirable
destinations. With an average value of $2.5 million, each residence
combines the spaciousness and elegance of a private home with
the services, amenities and conveniences of a luxury resort. Membership
in Exclusive Resorts eliminates the burdens of owning a second
home and the uncertainties of renting a villa. Exclusive Resorts
has received acclaim from prestigious media, including being recognized
as the finest luxury residence club by Robb Report in its
16th Annual "Best of the Best" issue. The Company is based in
Denver, Colorado and Washington D.C. For more information on Exclusive
Resorts, please call 800.447.8988 or visit www.ExclusiveResorts.com.