New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards 2018

Hotel Industry Outstanding Young Hotel Executive of the Year

The New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards celebrate excellence in our industry. They are managed by Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) and Horwath HTL.

About this Award:

The Hotel Industry Outstanding Young Hotel Executive of the Year Award will recognise a young executive who has made an exceptional contribution to their employer in the past 12 months and engaged with the wider hotel industry.

Entry criteria:

Nominees will:

have been employed by their current employer for at least 12 months immediately prior to nomination

be employed in a New Zealand hotel at the time of nomination; results should focus on the 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 year

be aged under 30 years at 31 March 2018

Self-nominations are welcome but must be supported by the nominee’s general manager and/or current manager.

Your nomination must include:

a Nomination Form with all fields completed

a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae, which should include:

  • prior hotel/hospitality experience/employment
  • knowledge, experience, interest, involvement and career aspirations in the hotel industry
  • hotel education, training and self-development/personal development

supporting statements from the general manager and/or current manager and any other relevant source

the contact names and phone numbers of two referees (judges may contact these referees for further information)

visuals:

  • several high resolution (1 MB at least) jpeg images of the hotel property with at least one featuring the nominee
  • one head and shoulders of the nominee (1MB at least)
  • hotel logo

Terms and conditions:

the judges’ decision will be based on the information provided in the nomination form including the supporting material and the nominee meeting the outlined criteria

the judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into

in consultation with the judges, TIA and Horwath HTL reserves the right to not make an award in this category either due to insufficient nominations or nominations not meeting the required standard

the achievements of the nominee and/or the hotel must have taken place between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018

several finalists will be chosen in each category and a winner selected from those finalists

an entry deems nominees have consented to their name and photograph being used for post-event publicity

a nomination deems nominee’s consent to publication of any of the documents or materials constituting their nomination in the Awards. No commercially sensitive information will be shared

winners may state in advertising, promotional and any other business material that they are winners but must also state the category of the Award and the year in which it was won

material submitted for these Awards will not be returned to the nominee or person submitting the nomination

New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards 2018

Nomination Form

Hotel Industry Outstanding Young Hotel Executive of the Year

Please complete this nomination form and return with supporting materials to:

New Zealand Hotel Industry Awards 2018
Tourism Industry Aotearoa

PO Box 1697, Wellington 6140, or

Email

Any enquiries, please contact Sally on 04 495 0814, or email

NAME OF HOTEL: ......

NAME OF NOMINEE: ......

TITLE/POSITION: ......

TIME AT CURRENT EMPLOYER: ......

NAME OF PERSON SUBMITTING NOMINATION: ......

PHONE NUMBER: ......

MOBILE NUMBER: ......

EMAIL ADDRESS: ......

Entry Deadline: 5pm, Thursday 17 May 2018

Nominations will not be accepted after this deadline

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The 2018 Awards will be presented at the New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference Dinner

Thursday, 5 July 2018 at the Cordis, Auckland

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Category: Hotel Industry Outstanding Young Hotel Executive of the Year

Name of Nominee: ......

All components of this nomination must be completed in order for the nomination to be considered.

Overview (maximum 2000 words) of the nominee and their contribution to the industry. To include the following:
Recognition the nominee has received from the hotel/industry /guests. Please provide a few examples/quotes and/or testimonials where possible
What training courses that are relevant to career development or cross department training has the nominee undertaken or is intending to take to further his/her career
How the nominee has illustrated his or her commitment to the industry and their value to your hotel, over and above their job description
The nominee’s achievements and results (e.g. increased turnover, reduced costs, improved efficiencies)

Category: Hotel Industry Outstanding Young Hotel Executive of the Year

Name of Nominee: ......

Career goals, aspirations and why they’re a potential future industry leader
Relevant skillsgive examples of how your role is influential in the overall successful running of the hotel (e.g. relationships, understanding of hotel operations)
Personal attributesplease provide examples of how these attributes have been displayed (e.g. proactive, problem solving, integrity / discretion in the work environment)
Age of nominee at 31 March 2018
Please provide the contact names and phone numbers of two referees (judges may contact these referees for further information)
Please outline in 200 words or less why the nominee should win this Award (this information may be used by TIA and Horwath HTL in marketing material)