Hyatt Hotels Sahari Village manager Dep Kumar collects the award for Best Staff Accommodation at last year's AHIC.
The Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) has opened nominations for the Best Staff Accommodation Awards, which seek to recognise the Middle Eastern hotel that best houses its employees.
Bench Events sponsorship manager Gillian Powell said that the award would be for staff accommodation that opened before the end of 2009.
“Judges will take into consideration comfort, design, convenience and extent of facilities,” added Powell.
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The winner of last year’s Best Staff Accommodation Award was Hyatt for Sahari Village in Ras Al Khor, Dubai.
Hyatt was commended for its “resort-style” accommodation, “extensive” on-site social, sporting and entertainment activities, energy-saving action plans and “city within a city” philosophy.
The independent panel of judges for the 2010 Awards comprises Spectrum Consultants COO Wahid Attalla, Joanne Bowen & Associates Ltd MD Joanne Bowen, Horwath HTL managing partner Philippe Doizelet, Management Search Executive MD Nina Johnson-Bennett, Madison Mayfair MD Peter Malone, Portfolio divisional director of international business Corinne Winter-Rousset, Perform Global Pty Ltd executive chairman Keith Yates and Hotelier Middle East editor Louise Oakley.
The deadline for nominations is March 18, 2010, with the winners to be announced during AHIC 2010, which is being held at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai from May 1-3.
To nominate your hotel, click here.
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