Jorge Bolet performs in Hawaii

Jorge Bolet stayed at the Moana Hotel on Waikiki beach, October 1962

In October 1962, Jorge performed in Honolulu. A local newspaper reported that he was staying at the Moana Hotel. This was a well-established and iconic landmark on Waikiki Beach. The hotel, which opened in 1901, was known for its European-inspired architecture, including Ionic columns and intricate woodwork. It had a grand porte cochere on the street side and wide lanais [lānai = a type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio, or porch originating in Hawaii] on the ocean side. In 1962, some guest rooms with telephones and bathrooms. A postcard from 1962 shows the hotel on the beach.

In August 1922, author Agatha Christie stayed on holiday. In February 1905, Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University, died of strychnine poisoning in a room at the Moana Hotel. Stanford is believed to have been murdered, but the source of the strychnine was never identified.