Writing your nomination
The nomination process is conducted online at hoteliermiddleeast.com/awards. Firstly, please read the Nomination Guidelines (see page 64). For the individual categories there are five simple questions to answer in the section ‘Why should this person win the award?”.

Each question must be answered – it’s best to write the answers first, then you can simply copy and paste them in the online form. It also means you have a useful record of the nomination. PDFs of the nomination forms are available here: www.hoteliermiddleeast.com/awards/entry-guidelines/ and the questions are as follows:

1. Please enter details of this person’s career background. This must include information on when they joined your hotel and how they progressed to their current position.

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2. In what ways does this person excel in their role? This is split into two parts. Firstly, please provide at least three examples of their achievements in this position over the past 12 months, e.g. reduced costs by xx%, improved efficiency by xx%, introduced and implemented a new strategy (give details), expanded their team etc. Secondly, please expand upon why these achievements demonstrate how the nominee excels in their role.

3. How has this person gone over and above the call of duty at your hotel? Again this is split into two parts, with the first part requiring a list of examples and the second section providing space to expand upon these examples. Please provide at least three examples of this — it could be anything from funding their own training to assisting another department that is short-staffed, to implementing a CSR or environmentally-friendly initiative, to introducing a sports tournament within the staff accommodation facility, to helping a guest with a very unusual request. Please provide examples of their achievements in 2013 and 2014 only.

4. Please sum up in one sentence why this person deserves to win a Hotelier Middle East Award in 2014.

5. To support your nomination, please provide testimonials from others explaining why they also believe the person you are nominating should win the award or examples of previous feedback or comments that back up your claims. Please provide at least three testimonials from your colleagues and at least three testimonials from guests. When guest comments are not applicable to certain back of house roles, e.g. steward, please just provide colleague testimonials.

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