The Hotelier Middle East Awards are back for their eighth edition and the Hotelier team is keen to get more readers involved than ever before.
Over the past seven years, hundreds of hoteliers from properties across the GCC and Levant have entered the prestigious Awards, eager to win recognition for the hard work of their most esteemed colleagues.
There are 19 categories in total; 18 for individual professions from general manager and executive chef to laundry manager and steward and the highly competitive Team of the Year Award designed to celebrate the success of an entire hotel through the achievements of its team (see box on page 81 for a full list).
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Nominations for this year’s Hotelier Middle East Awards are now open, with the deadline set for Thursday August 30, 2012. With competition expected to be even greater than ever, Hotelier Middle East has compiled a complete guide to help you understand the process and ensure your nominations stand out.
Who can nominate?
Nominations are open to all hotels in the Middle East, from one-star to five-star, branded or independent, and including hotel apartments. If you work in a hotel in the Middle East, then you can nominate one or more of your colleagues.
Hoteliers are not allowed to nominate themselves, but if you would like to be considered, approach your line manager or HR manager and they will be able to advise you. Nominations made from people outside of your hotel will not be considered, but if a friend or guest thinks you deserve it, again, pass their feedback to your HR manager.
Ideally, it’s best if the HR manager, PR manager, marketing manager or executive secretary co-ordinates nominations and Hotelier Middle East recommends that the GM is included in the process of deciding who to nominate.
Who should I nominate?
If you are a department head or the person the hotel has chosen to champion the Hotelier Awards, then you have the difficult task at looking within your talented teams to decide who should be nominated.
The reasons for nominating someone are wide-ranging and there are no hard and fast rules. Ultimately, Hotelier and the judges are looking for employees that have gone over and above the call of duty.
It doesn’t have to be the most experienced person in the hotel, rather a colleague that is conscientious and committed, who brings a fresh outlook to their role and, as a result, contributes something original to your hotel. Imagine if they had chosen to work with a different hotel and not joined you? Do you think those projects they spearheaded would have been so successful?
Would the initiatives they are in charge of even exist? Think about colleagues that are indispensable, colleagues that inspire the rest of the hotel and colleagues in which you see fantastic potential for the future.
Please make sure that the person you are nominating has worked for your hotel for at least 12 months. If the person resigns after you have nominated them, please inform the team at Hotelier Middle East. Also make sure that the person you are nominating will be able to attend the Awards ceremony in Dubai on October 31, 2012.
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