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The luxurious JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina and its Azul restaurant, and the oceanfront Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on Maui are the proud recipients of the prestigious 2010 AAA Four Diamond Award.

JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa has been the recipient of this award for 10 consecutive years. Its fine dining Azul restaurant has been honored with the Four Diamond designation for 14 consecutive years. Here's AAA Hawaii Branch Manager Chris Olvera with JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa General Manager Dan Banchiu and Director of Sales and Marketing Brian Soma.

The 10-week showcase of distinctive three-dimensional glass artwork at the 2nd Annual Maui Art Glass Expo held at the oceanfront Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa is coming to a close this Sunday, February 28th. Highlighting the finest living glass artists from the United States and Murano, Italy, the newest creations are unveiled exclusively at this event. This year's Expo features 35 artists and 350 pieces.

The man behind the wheel of our Spirit of Aloha Tour bus was Leon Blue, who drove the team from Phoenix across the South and back to Los Angeles, over 5,500 miles through the day and night and even in snow.

Touted as the ultimate shopping destination, The Grove in Los Angeles is the setting for Marriott's Spirit of Aloha Tour and what better place to be to share the aloha spirit with Southern Californians on this Aloha Friday, the last and final day of our 4-week, 12-city, 5,535-mile Tour.

It was a day of anticipation at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Youngsters at the Child Development Center were excited to see hula dancers and musicians from Polynesian Cultural Center. They were even thrilled that American Idol Finalist Jasmine Trias stopped by to see them all. Everyone received a shell lei and a hula lesson. What a treat for them to sway their hips to the beat of "On the Beach." We think though that they were more interested in shaking the feather ‘uli ‘uli!

In true Los Angeles style, Marriott's Spirit of Aloha Team has been very busy visiting with clients, partners and groups. Here are a few highlights.

Marriott's Spirit of Aloha Tour team brings the aloha spirit to the office of The Hamilton Group in Tustin by giving each associate a fresh orchid lei.

A visit full of smiles, shakas and aloha with our dear friends Shotgun Tom Kelly and the K-EARTH 101 family made for a wonderful Thursday in Hollywood on Marriott's Spirit of Aloha Tour. Here's renowned host Shotgun with Marriott's Mark Barnes who grew up listening to Shotgun and was thrilled to meet him in person!

Good morning Los Angeles! We were very excited to kick-off the final city of our 12-city tour bright and early with a 5 am call time at FOX 11's KTTV Good Day LA studio where Meteorologist Maria Quiban learned how to hula with former American Idol finalist Jasmine Trias and the Polynesian Cultural Center entertainers.

We're heading into the final stretch of Marriott's 2010 Spirit of Aloha Tour - and have been fortunate to visit with and meet many inspirational Children's Miracle Network children and their families along the tour. Here in Salt Lake City Tuesday, we stopped at the Children's Miracle Network headquarters to share our aloha!

The Spirit of Aloha Tour team was "striking out" in Utah Tuesday... but in a good way! They were invited by the MPI (Meeting Professionals International) Utah chapter to be part of its 1st Annual Bowling Tournament at Fat Cat's Bowling Alley.