Tag: John Waihee

Hawaii’s Scoundrels

Sammy Amalu In the 1960’s, a con man who was descended from Hawaiian Royalty (King William Lunalilo) became disgruntled with the disenfranchisement of Hawaiians and decided to do something about it. Amazingly, one of the travel industry’s giants became a willing participant. Sammy Amalu, in 1962, almost put together a deal to buy the Sheraton-Waikiki […]