Hong Kong singing duo ‘Robynn and Kendy’ at OZO
Hong Kong based musical duo ‘Robynn Yip and Kendy Suen’, popularly known as ‘Robynn and Kendy’ was in Sri Lanka recently to film their next episode for the Hong Kong’s famous celebrity travelogue programme called ‘Travel with My Guitar’.
‘Robynn and Kendy’ visited Sri Lanka under the ‘visiting Media personalities’ programme of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.
Popular celebrities in the local music scene, including Umaria Sinhawansha and Iraj Weerarathne have offered their fullest support to this destination promotion exercise together with Colombo City Tour provider Ebert Silva Touring Co. Ltd. Also, members of Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and The Hotel Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) have given their support to succeed with this destination promotional programme.
Robynn Yip and Kendy Suen worked as individuals before they partnered up to launch a YouTube channel in 2011. Since then, their videos, such as the ‘mashup’ of JJ Lin’s ‘She Says’ and Leehom Wang’s ‘The Things You Don’t Know’, have been making its way around the interwebs. They released their debut album earlier this year.
Identifying the national level destination promotional values of this project, leading Asian hospitality brand OZO Hotels in Sri Lanka collaborated in the programme, and provided a home away from home experience to the stars from Hong Kong on this special visit to Sri Lanka.
Two celebrities ‘Robynn and Kendy’ were warmly welcomed by the management team at OZO Colombo together with two celebrated local artistes, Umaria and Iraj, when they arrived. ON14 with its unique set-up and the outdoor swimming pool with elevated views of the city and the Indian Ocean created an amazing backdrop for the filming of ‘Travel with My Guitar’, to be telecast on i-cable TV Hong Kong.
As a media company which owns over 50 of their channels and further in partnership with many other both local and foreign TV channels in mainland China, Singapore and New Zealand, i-Cable TV Entertainment is one of the oldest TV corporations based in Hong Kong. The travelogue, ‘Travel with My Guitar’ will be an inducement for potential Hong Kong travellers to visit destination Sri Lanka as their key choice when planning the next holiday. The content of this travelogue consists of Sri Lankan music trends, values of local culture and heritage, wildlife, nature, beach and luxury accommodation covering various part of the island.
Sri Lanka will be featured in two episodes of Travel with My Guitar programme (one hour on each episode) and it is expected to broadcast during the same month of May in Hong Kong and later in mainland China as well. This travelogue will be broadcasted through several channels that belong to i-Cable TV Entertainment in Cantonese and also will be subtitled in English.
SLTPB together with i-cable TV organised this media familiarisation programme to promote the modern flavours of Sri Lanka as a booming travel destination among the potential high-end Hong Kong Tourists.
‘OZO hotels were listed as the preferred hotels and they selected the rooftop as the ideal location for filming. ON14Rooftop Bar and Lounge is located on the 14th floor of OZO Colombo, offering a truly international experience and is extremely popular among the young and hip Colombo socialites’ said Himali said the Area Manager Marketing & Corporate Communications at OZO Sri Lanka.
