Westin Maui Resort & Spa

Occupying a dozen oceanfront acres along Ka'anapali Beach, the AAA four-diamond Westin Maui Resort & Spa features 759 guest rooms and an 87,000-square-foot aquatic playground with five swimming pools and two waterslides. It is within walking distance from two championship golf courses and a large shopping center.

Rooms the resort's two 11-story towers start at $545, ranging from Garden View standards to 28 one-bedroom suites covering 700~2,063 square feet. All units are equipped with Westin's signature "Heavenly Bed" and "Heavenly Bath," as well as refrigerators, in-room safes and private balconies. The larger accommodations have separate dining areas with parlors, marble-tiled bathrooms, sunken spa tubs with Jacuzzis, wet bars, and balconies offering full ocean views.

Facilities located on the grounds of the resort include lush gardens, streams, and waterfalls, the Heavenly Spa providing massages, facials and body therapy in 16 treatment rooms, a full-service beauty salon, and a 24-hour exercise room. The Tropica Restaurant & Bar offers beachfront views while serving breakfast daily and dinner on Wednesday through Sunday. Light meals can be purchased at the Colonnade Café and Sea Dogs snack stand. Drinks are available at the OnO Bar & Grill and the Pool Bar.

The Westin Maui Resort & Spa is located at 2365 Ka'anapali Parkway, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii 96761. For event planners, 45,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space is available, including the Aloha Pavilion with its 400-guest seating capacity and the Valley Isle Ballroom, which can handle groups of up to 1,000.