Awards

The ISHA Awards of Excellence were given out recently at the annual ISHA Winter Conference in Denver, Colorado. Winners have been recognized in five categories for state lodging associations.

With nearly 500 entrants spread across the nine award categories, Prologic First beat off stiff competition to scoop Express IT's Cloud Solutions Runner-Up Award in November 2018.

The Young Leader Award was established by ISHC and IHIF in 2009 to recognise and celebrate the excellence of young emerging leaders in the hospitality industry.

This win reflects the accomplishment of relaunching the new website, which hosts 24 existing properties and has a strong focus on direct-booking functionalities

Harris Rosen, President and CEO, Rosen Hotels & Resorts, will be honored with the Albert E. Koehl Award for Hospitality Marketing. Steve Bartolin, Chairman of The Broadmoor, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Winthrop W. Grice Award for Public Relations. HSMAI will recognize Rosen and Bartolin at the Adrian Awards Dinner Reception and Gala on January 22, 2019, at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association (HSMAI) is pleased to announce Stephen Powell as the recipient of the inaugural Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hospitality Sales. HSMAI will recognize Powell at the Adrian Awards Dinner Reception and Gala on January 22, 2019, at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) will celebrate 25 hospitality professionals as the 2018 HSMAI Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Optimization at the HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala and a private reception on January 22, 2019 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The award is a recognition of STAAH’s culture of innovation that has led to the development of a trusted and high-performing suite of technology solutions that power the online growth of hospitality businesses in more than 80 countries around the world.

Ronald R. McCord, Certified Hotel Broker (CHB) and Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) with Milmark Hotel/Motel Investments, LLC, West Bend, WI, and member of the Commercial Association of Realtors of Wisconsin (CARW), 250 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, has been awarded the unique honor of REALTOR EMERITUS status by the National Association of Realtors at the group’s 2018 Legislative Meetings and Trade Show.

Philippe Leboeuf, Area Vice President of Operations and General Manager at Mandarin Oriental, Paris, has been named 2018 Best Independent Hotelier of the World.