The public relations power of the national media coverage of Obama body surfing at Sandy Beach, petting dolphins with his children at Sea Life Park and sharing a shave ice with his wife, Michelle, at the North Shore cannot be discounted, especially at a time with Hawaii's visitor industry is working its way through its worst season since the Great Depression. "We'll settle for being the place he loves to come to visit" said Ed Hubennette, area vice president of Japan, Hawaii and the South Pacific for Marriott International. Full Article at Honolulu Star-Bulletin