Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa Heats Things Up With Hot Time in Hawaii Package

Optional Lava Tour Brings Visitors Safely Close to Eruption Activity

 Kona, Hawaii  09.10 ~  Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa announces “Hot Time in Hawaii,” their newest package for guests of the oceanfront Kona coast resort.

Hot Time in Hawaii highlights one of Hawaii’s most unique activities for adventurers – the option to see sizzling red hot lava by land or sea as it flows in to the Pacific Ocean. Guests may decide to take a day trip to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park – Sheraton Keauhou Bay is the nearest resort to the park, which is an International Biosphere Reserve and Hawaii's only World Heritage Site.  Activities enjoyed once in the park include hikes into the Thurston Lava Tube, stops at scenic outlooks along the Crater Rim drive, peering into the smoldering caldera, and picnicking in a rain forest while enjoying a Sheraton Keauhou power-packed box lunch for two. Then guests may opt to meet up late in the day with the folks from C Big Island for a thrilling Lava Boat nighttime tour to really feel the heat as lava pours in to the ocean.

For those preferring to let someone else do the driving, there is the option for guided trips to the Volcano with pickup at Sheraton Keauhou Bay for an all-day tour that includes 4-wheel-drive excursions to green and black sand beaches and a nighttime hike or lava boat tour. Combo tours are also available. Sheraton Keauhou Bay provides guests the necessary information so that they may work directly with C Big Island Tours to create their own perfect Hot Time in Hawaii excursion.

Hot Time in Hawaii includes ocean view accommodations in one of Sheraton Keauhou Bay’s newly refreshed guest rooms, two complimentary steaming hot cups of Mama’s 100% Kona Coffee from Keauhou Bay Coffee Co. each morning, one power-packed box lunch for two on day of choice and two complimentary Lava Flow cocktails from Crystal Blue Terrace each evening.

Rates begin at just $204 per night, double occupancy ocean view (plus applicable taxes and daily $15 Resort Charge which includes in-room internet, self-parking, Keauhou Trolley service and more). Hot Time in Hawaii package requires a three-night minimum stay. Request rate plan LAVAPKG.

Package subject to availability and blackout dates including 9/15-16 and 10/5-10, 2010. Valid 9/1/2010 – 12/20/2011. *National Park entry fee $10 per vehicle. Guided lava boat tour rates begin at $150 per person. Health and age restrictions apply to all tours. Tours subject to cancellation due to unfavorable weather or lava flow conditions and minimum bookings.

Learn more about Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa including rates and other special packages at www.SheratonKeauhou.com.

Lisa Morrill, Director of Sales & Marketing
Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa
Lisa.morrill@sheraton.com

Vicky Kometani, Public Relations
Vicky@current-events.com

About Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa:
Like all hotels within Starwood’s robust portfolio, Sheraton Keauhou Bay is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest® program, which made headlines when it launched in 1999 with a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. SPG® offers members the ability to redeem awards at more resorts and hotels than any other hotel program.

Situated on an ancient lava flow at Keauhou Bay, Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa offers 521 spacious guestrooms and suites featuring ultra-comfortable Sheraton Sweet Sleeper beds. The resort's multi-level Manta Ray Super Slide & Pool and its 200-foot-long lava tube waterslide make water a central feature of the resort. From a viewing area at water’s edge, seeing Manta Ray dance their nightly ocean ballet adds an indelible and cherished memory to the visit of many guests. Ho'ola Spa offers indoor or ocean side patio treatments that are Hawaiian-inspired and focus on health and wellbeing. Resort-wide wireless Internet access makes staying in touch a breeze. An adjacent convention center, a weekly lu'au dinner and show, shopping and dining options on property and nearby along with the lovely Bayside Wedding Center and Chapel make Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa a comforting and obvious choice for any traveler.  Follow us on Twitter: @KeauhouSheraton or become a Facebook fan.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1000 properties in nearly 100 countries and territories with 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM.  Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

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