Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper and Elvis – Hawaii has attracted Hollywood’s elite over decades and last night Sydney got a taste of the iconic ‘Blue Hawaii’ cocktail at a glitzy event at Hilton’s Marble Bar.
Last night The Hilton Worldwide Portfolio of Hotels and Resorts in Hawaii, along with Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaii Tourism Oceania and Oahu Visitor Bureau invited media to a night celebrating Hollywood in Hawaii.
Hosted at Hilton’s Marble Bar guests were treated to an array of island-inspired dishes prepared by Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Executive Chef, Charles Charbonneau.
Famously, Hawaii has been a popular movie destination since the 1930s which has helped Hawaii to gain worldwide fame and showcase the destination.
With its majestic mountains and sky blue mountains the beautiful islands have been forming picture perfect backdrops for 130 movies and 160 TV-shows.
This year the two blockbusters ‘Aloha’ and ‘Jurassic World’ has yet again put Hawaii on the world-map and showcased the diversity of the beautiful landscape.
Guests enjoyed the iconic ‘Blue Hawaii’ cocktail!
The event also highlighted the increasing demand for Hawaii as a holiday destination for Australians. In 2014 Hawaii saw 313,0054 Australians visiting the islands which is a record number and a 158% increase in visitor numbers since 2009.
“In 2015, from January to May has demonstrated a 13% increase and even more exciting is that more people are now starting to go over to the neighbour islands which is something we are hoping to continue to grow”
Janaya Birse, Public Relations Manager, Hawaii Tourism Oceania
Representatives from The Hilton Worldwide Portfolio of Hotels and Resorts in Hawaii weren’t put off by the cooler Sydney climate and were excited to again be back in Australia to meet with media and to talk about new updates across the Hawaii properties.
“Australian is such an important market for Hawaii and we are excited to announce new premium properties in 2015”
Cynthia Rankin, Regional Director Corporate Communications, Hilton Hawaii
Hawaii’s iconic airline Hawaii Airlines is flying to Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island, Kauai, Lanai and Molokai and is promising the passengers to experience the ‘Aloha spirit’ as soon as they board the aircraft
“We fly daily to from Sydney to Honolulu and four times a week from Brisbane to Honolulu”
Heather Geoffrey, PR representative Hawaii Airlines
Colin Kippiatt, Sr Account Executive, PR Team
Zachary and Chloe from PEPR
Leanne Pletcher – Director of Marketing Communications, Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, Lauren Trucksess and Troy Ponting, Cofounders of Wish You Were Here travel blog
Cynthia Rankin, Regional Director Corporate Communications, Hilton Hawaii
Leanne Pletcher, Director of Marketing Communications, Hilton Waikoloa Village
Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Executive Chef, Charles Charbonneau
Delicious island food.