Lorna O’Neill new PR manager at Sydney Hilton

Lorna O’Neill is to head PR at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.  

The announcement:

Sydney, Australia – 8 August 2011 – Hilton Sydney welcomes the appointment of Lorna O’Neill as Public Relations Manager. Reporting to Josh Roberts, director of business development, Lorna will be responsible for building media relationships, managing all media relations and leveraging the profile of Hilton Sydney and its outlets amongst national and international media.

With a passion for PR and communication, Lorna O’Neill, from Liverpool in the U.K, commenced her career in her native England. Lorna moved to Sydney in 2009 and joins Hilton Sydney from Sydney-based consumer PR agency, Polkadot PR, where she held the position of Account Director.

Josh Roberts, director of business development, Hilton Sydney said, “We are thrilled to have Lorna on board as PR Manager, which is a completely new and exciting position at the hotel. We recognise the mass potential to further build the profile of Hilton Sydney and its outlets amongst the media and consumers; a flagship property for Hilton Worldwide. Lorna’s enthusiasm for the media and extensive experience across a plethora of high profile consumer PR campaigns internationally is going to be a huge asset.”

Lorna O’Neill said, “To have the opportunity to work with the world’s most renowned hotel brand and a fantastic property in Hilton Sydney is just fantastic. I can’t wait to start talking about the extensive offering here at Hilton Sydney!”

Hilton Sydney has 577 luxury accommodation rooms and suites plus four dedicated levels of conference and events space catering up to 3000 delegates – the largest hotel conference space in Australia. The hotel also features Luke Mangan’s renowned restaurant, glass brasserie, the stylish and award-winning Zeta Bar, iconic Marble Bar, Caffe Cino and LivingWell Premier Health Club.

Source: Hilton press release