PHOTOS: Hawaiian Airlines celebrates Thanksgiving with the industry

PHOTOS: Hawaiian Airlines celebrates Thanksgiving with the industry

Hawaiian Airlines’ Aussie sales marketing and airport teams hosted 160 travel industry and media guests for an early Thanksgiving event in Sydney on Wednesday night.

The airline’s regional director for Australia and New Zealand, Andrew Stanbury gave a big ‘mahalo’ on behalf of the Hawaiian team, saying “the airline truly appreciated the support of friends in the industry”.

“It’s been a very significant year for Hawaiian Airlines being our 90th anniversary, 15th year of Sydney to Honolulu operations, and today marks the seventh year of Brisbane to Honolulu operations.”

Stanbury also thanked the team at Hawaiian Airlines for a tremendous year.

As well as a lucky door prize, the airline also announced it would be donating a holiday to Honolulu to the NSW Rural Fire Service to be used at their discretion for fundraising or philanthropy in recognition of the amazing effort of fire fighters in the wake of current events.

Check out some of the photos from the event below:

Jessica Luxton (GTI Tourism), Mohammad Nasiry (Express Travel Group) and Andrea Campbell (GTI Tourism)

David Thompson (The Travel Authority) and Chris Cheyne (Goldman Travel)

Samantha Jaskiewicz (Hawaiian Airlines), Madeleine Bandian (Virgin Australia) and Ashleigh Wedd (Virgin Australia)

Bart Druitt (Hawaiian Airlines), Karen MacMillan (Hawaiian Airlines), Heather Jeffery (The PR Team), and Andrew Stanbury (Hawaiian Airlines)

Karen Prideaux (Visit USA) and Tahnee Dobson (Gate 7)

Alba Aradillos (Hawaiian Airlines), Bart Druitt (Hawaiian Airlines), Jessica Luxton (GTI Tourism), and Alex Sunnier (whiteGREY)

Lauren Whicker (Brand USA), Toni Francis (Flight Centre) and Steve McGlashan (Flight Centre)

Daniel Popic (Mastercard), Jess Harding (Linkd Tourism), Judy Atha (Mastercard), Justin MacMillan (Marriott), and Mark Brooker (Helloworld)

Kellie Stanbury, Heather Jeffery (The PR Team), Angela White (Explore Media), and Angela Saurine (Explore Media and Out & About with Kids)

Tristan Freedman (Gate 7), Monica Schoo (ATI), Samantha Jaskiewicz (Hawaiian Airlines), and Daniel Collins (Hawaiian Airlines)

Jeff Hakim (Travel Partners), Lisa Zahra (Travel Partners) and Charlotte Whelan (Travel Partners)

Anthony Cassar (AOL), Jenny Edmunds (Hawaiian Airlines), Ange Serbos (Lander & Rogers), and Karen Holmes (Bauer Media)

Celeste Arthur, Daniel Arbovski, Karen MacMillan, Samantha Jaskiewicz, Andrew Stanbury, Jenny Edmunds, Keiryn Osbourne, Kathy Mainerd, Pascal Atton, Bart Druitt, and Andrew Best (Hawaiian Airlines team)

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