The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua sits on 54 oceanfront acres in Kapalua on Maui's west coast, its 468 rooms and suites looking out over the Pacific towards Molokai. Forty event rooms — from the oceanfront Beach House Lawn to the 19,000-square-foot Aloha Garden Pavilion, which seats 1,080 — host celebrations of every size, and a cultural advisor can prepare a Hawaiian ceremony.
The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua sits on sacred ground adjacent to the Honokahua Preservation Site, and that awareness of place infuses the property's approach to weddings. Hawaiian cultural advisor Clifford Naeole has guided the resort's cultural programming for decades, ensuring that ceremonies drawing on Hawaiian tradition are rooted in genuine practice rather than commercial pastiche. The Pineapple Chapel — built more than eighty years ago to serve the workers of the surrounding plantation — still stands as one of Maui's most singular ceremony spaces, its history as legible as its view of the ocean.
The resort's scale is different from its Kapalua neighbour. At 54 oceanfront acres and 468 rooms, the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua holds the most event space of any property on the island: 40 rooms, 289,440 square feet, a maximum of 2,000 guests in the main ballroom. But the Beach House Lawn, tucked away from the main resort and close to the water, is where the more intimate celebrations happen — secluded, oceanfront, positioned for the kind of sunset photography that brings photographers back to Kapalua year after year. The resort holds one wedding per day, which means the scale never becomes impersonal.
Enquire about The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua →What's includedReception packages include all food and beverages, tables, chairs, white linens, silverware, and glassware. Wedding Concierge provided for setup and coordination. Specialises in weddings from two to two thousand guests.
The Pineapple Chapel is a dedicated ceremony space on the resort grounds with over 80 years of history, originally purpose-built to serve the plantation workers of the Kapalua area. It remains one of Maui's most distinctive and historically significant ceremony settings.
Clifford Naeole has served as the resort's Hawaiian cultural advisor and facilitates authentic Hawaiian cultural ceremonies for couples who wish to incorporate island traditions. His involvement ensures that Hawaiian wedding customs are presented with genuine respect and accuracy.
The Beach House Lawn (23,000 sq ft, up to 1,500 reception capacity) is the most popular outdoor ceremony venue. The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom (14,915 sq ft) and the Aloha Garden Pavilion (19,000 sq ft) host large receptions. The Pineapple Chapel, Makai Lawn, and Plantation Ballroom are also available across the resort's 40+ event spaces.
The resort specialises in weddings from two to 2,000 guests, with appropriate venues for every scale. One wedding is held per day regardless of size.
The resort offers 36 holes of championship golf on the Plantation and Bay Courses (home to the PGA Tour's The Sentry), a full-service spa, six dining venues, 70+ weekly cultural experiences, and the Tales of the Kapa Moe luxury luau.
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