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Theme Week Hawaii – Lanai

27 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General Reading Time: 8 minutes

Hotel Lanai and Lanai City Grille © Mike Grant/cc-by-sa-4.0

Lanai (Hawaiian: Lānaʻi) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island’s only settlement of note is the small town of Lanai City. The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners. read more…