Want to save money on a vacation and help Hawaii’s kids at the same time? If you book a Endless Summer Escape room rate between now and September 22, with travel completed by the December 31,2009, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii will donate a portion of the rate to Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children.
Starwood joined Kapi‘olani to raise funds for hospital’s 2009 centennial of pediatric care. With 207 beds and 90 bassinets, it is a tertiary care medical teaching and research facility specializing in the care and treatment of women, infants and children. Pediatric services for children throughout the state and Pacific Region include intensive care for infants and children, 24-hour emergency care and pediatric air transport.
With guest room rates starting at $109 a night and no minimum night stay, the Endless Summer Escape gives you a fun and affordable way to give back to the children of Hawaii. To book an Endless Summer Escape, call toll free 1-866-716-8140 and ask for promo code HCS or visit www.endlesssummerescape.com/kamaaina.
Starwood is donating to Kapi‘olani a portion of the proceeds from every package from its Endless Summer Escape campaign sold in Hawaii or on the Mainland. Starwood is also contributing 200,000 Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints as a grand prize in support of the Kapi‘olani Story Project, a historical archive being compiled this summer as part of the hospital’s centennial.
Starwood Preferred Guest, with over 47 million members, was the first loyalty program in the hotel industry that that did not include blackout dates. Families who have been touched by Kapi`olani and its predecessor, Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital, are invited to post their story at www.KapiolaniStoryProject.org, making them automatically eligible to win. The substantial award is equivalent to a five-night stay at the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort and Spa, annually for the next four years. The winner will be selected at random on September 30.
“Starwood is proud to partner with and support an organization like Kapi‘olani that embraces Hawaii’s values and cares for our most precious resource – our families and especially our children,” said Cheryl Williams, regional vice president for sales and marketing at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii. “When learned of the miracles that go on at Kapi‘olani every day, we wanted find a way for Starwood Hawaii and our guests to help the children at this nonprofit hospital.”
Martha Smith, Kapi‘olani’s chief operating officer, said, “We gratefully acknowledge Starwood’s remarkable community leadership as we celebrate our centennial. This generous partnership demonstrates a level of caring and compassion that Hawaii can be proud of. Almost every family in Hawaii has been touched by Kapi‘olani and now, families have a chance to support their children’s hospital just by enjoying a relaxing vacation—and maybe even win a prize of precious time together at the Starwood resort of their choosing. There couldn’t be a more perfect incentive to share your Kapi‘olani story.”
Internationally renowned hotel brands from Sheraton, Westin, Luxury Collection and St. Regis make up Starwood’s collection of properties in the Hawaiian archipelago. Starwood’s Hotels & Resorts in Hawai‘i include the Sheraton Waikiki; The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort; Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort and Spa; Sheraton Princess Kaiulani; Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa; Sheraton Kauai Resort; Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas; St. Regis Princeville Resort (reopening October 2009); The Westin Maui Resort & Spa; Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa; and the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas.
Starwood Hotels & resorts has 11 properties across the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island.
For more information about Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii, please call (866) 716-8140 or visit Starwoodhawaii.com.
To book an Endless Summer Escape, call toll free 1-866-716-8140 and ask for promo code HCS or visit www.endlesssummerescape.com/kamaaina.
CELEBRITY SUITCASE: What won't they travel without?
Ron Mizutani, KHON anchor
1) “My wife, Michelle. She’s the organizer!”
2) Pictures of our three children, if they’re not with us
3) “A sun visor, because I don’t like to comb my hair!”
Ron Mizutani is KHON’s 5 pm news anchor. He has been at the station since 1985, except for a brief stint working outside of news. He also has a Midweek weekly column.
