The Big Isle: Pele's playground.The Big Island of Hawaii is a rainbow of delights in many different shades. A wide-open freedom about the Big Island encourages inhaling big gulps of fresh air, letting go of any troublesome thoughts, and donning comfortable clothes to seek new adventures. Take a leisurely drive to visit a nearby volcano---whose goddess, Pele, is said to be responsible for causing lava to intermittently in·ter·mit·tent adj. 1. Stopping and starting at intervals. See Synonyms at periodic. 2. Alternately containing and empty of water: an intermittent lake. spew billowing bil·low n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows v.intr. 1. clouds of steam into the ocean. Or you might want to discover a hidden, black-sand beach where multicolored reef fish wiggle their tails right in front of your snorkeling mask. Convention facilities on this island are mainly for small-to medium-sized groups, though on the Kohala Coast alone, the Hilton Waikoloa Village, the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, the Ritz-Carlton Mauna Lani, and the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows all house ballrooms and meeting rooms in plush, tropical surroundings. Hilton Waikoloa Village's Catering and Convention Services department stages memorable parties, according its director, Rob Gunther. Even though the resort boasts 100,000 square feet of outdoor space on 62 acres of private beaches and rolling lawns, plus a 24,744-square-foot Grand Ballroom
A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding formal dances called balls. that can accommodate receptions of up to 2,600 guests, Gunther says enthusiastically, "We want to provide more catering events that are held away from the resort so that we can offer alternative venues." How about a Hawaiian clambake with fresh local seafood seafood Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. at Anaehoomalu Bay, or a Hawaiian Hoedown hoe·down n. 1. A square dance. 2. The music for a square dance. 3. A social gathering at which square dancing takes place. at a nearby ranch, or a fine-dining outing at a private estate? For incentive groups, Hilton Waikoloa Village designs custom packages that best suit your group's interests--tennis, golf on two championship courses, or Hawaiian programs. A limited number of lucky individuals might even book their own dolphin encounter in the resort's lagoons. Set to open in August, the new Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel boasts an open-air central courtyard surrounded by meeting rooms with a ballroom on one side that can accommodate receptions for 850 or banquets for 650. Video, lighting, and recording equipment is so high-tech that Hollywood would be happy to work in the hotel's conference facilities. The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel is a glamorous glam·or·ous also glam·our·ous adj. Full of or characterized by glamour. glam  or·ous·ly adv. marble, slate, and stucco stucco (stŭk`ō), in architecture, a term loosely applied to various kinds of plasterwork, both exterior and interior. It now commonly refers to a plaster or cement used for the external coating of buildings, most frequently employed in addition to the hotel scene for group meetings. Besides, the hotel
overlooks what Conde Nast Traveler called "the best beach to visit
this summer."
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