Ka'anapali Beach Hotel Announces Appointment of Iokepa Nae`ole as Manager of Hale Huaka'I

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. May 24, 2016

MAUI, HI. May 24, 2016 Ka anapali Beach Hotel, Hawaii's Most Hawaiian Hotel, announces the appointment of Iokepa Nae ole as manager of Hale Huaka'i, the newly launched beachfront ocean activities center offering a Hawaiian perspective to several popular ocean activities such as surfing, stand up paddle boarding, conch shell blowing and more.

Nae ole will work with the Hale Huak ai staff and hotel guests to provide an authentic presentation of water sports and ocean living in Hawaii. In this role, he is tasked with developing authentic Hawaiian programming and activities to enrich guests' experience. He is also responsible for driving revenue through activity sales, equipment rentals, merchandise sales and sports lessons.

“Iokepa is a welcome addition to our Ka anapali Beach Hotel's family as the manager of our new Hale Huaka i center. He has a strong commitment to the preservation of Hawaiian culture and is well-versed to execute our vision of Hawaiian culture to traditional ocean activities,” said Kaʻanapali Beach Hotel Director of Training Dee Coyle. Born and raised in the Kahului area of Maui, Nae ole is known around the islands as “Kepa.” Exploring Maui's North Shore at a young age, he learned how to swim, dive, surf, fish and paddle outrigger canoes as well as participated as a member of the Hawaii State Champion Hawaiian Canoe Club. After a stint serving in two separate branches of the U.S. Military, Nae ole returned home to rediscover his cultural identity and worked closely with well-known Kumu (teachers), earning his own title as Kumu. Nae`ole is fluent in the Hawaiian language and has spent numerous years as a teacher of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, where he worked with children from preschool to high school.

Nae ole most recently worked as an educator for The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii where he led interpretive hikes and community service trips and introduced thousands of locals and visitors to the wonders of Maui's rain forests. He helped create and run Maui's first alternative education middle school programming which integrated core curriculum with environmental stewardship and traditional cultural values. Most recently, Nae ole participated in the production of, “Hawaii-Message in the Waves,” a BBC documentary that shed light on the threats to the health of fragile marine ecosystems.

To learn more about Hale Huaka i or Ka anapali Beach Hotel, visit http://www.kbhmaui.com/ or call 808-661-0011.

About Ka`anapali Beach Hotel

The beachfront, 432-room Kaʻanapali Beach Hotel is set majestically on a three-mile stretch of sandy beach along the sunny western shores of Maui, making it an ideal setting for a memorable Hawaiian experience. Kaʻanapali Beach Hotel offers a variety of free cultural activities for the entire family, cementing its status as Hawaiʻi's Most Hawaiian Hotel. These include a sunset hula show, live Hawaiian entertainment, hula and ukulele lessons, lei making, cultural garden tours, lauhala weaving and pineapple cutting. Each visit also includes the Farewell Lei Ceremony. For more information and reservations, visit www.kbhmaui.com or call 1-800-262-8450.