The Trident Bandra Kurla was abuzz with activity all day on November 25, when the jury for Hotelier India Awards 2011 convened to decide the winners. The intense, day-long session in Mumbai saw the judges pore over the merits of almost 400 nominees across a range of segments. Their task was to find one winner and up to five runners up in each of the 14 categories.
Since the awards are for operational excellence, the task before the jury was to take into account individual performance indicators rather than those related to the brand or the property. This year, in some categories the jury has selected winners separately for budget and luxury.
The final list of nominees was selected from qualifying nominations according to merit and consensus. Whether it was the Unsung Hero, the Chef, the Procurement Manager or the Chief Engineer of the Year, candidates completed detailed nomination forms to state why they deserved the award. The jury in turn, committed to fairness and exercising precise attention to detail, put their heads together to select the candidates most deserving of the tag of ‘excellence’.
The Hotelier Awards ceremony will be held at The Westin, Gurgaon, on December 16. At it, the Who’s Who of the hospitality industry will be present on the confirmed guest list. Alongside them, team members will cheer on all the shortlisted candidates, each of whom competing with the best, as they vie to be declared winners.
The editorial board has decided to confer the Lifetime Achievement Award to Captain CP Krishnan Nair of The Leela Group. The Hall of Fame Award, meanwhile, will be awarded to Priya Paul, head of Apeejay Surendra Park Hotels, at the ceremony, which will be held tomorrow, December 16 at The Westin Gurgaon.
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Moen presents general manager of the year:
Anil Chadha
ITC Gardenia
Bengaluru
Andrew Hendrian
The Leela Palace
Bangalore
Anuraag Bhatnagar
The Westin
Pune Koregaon Park
Kunal Banerjee
The Floatel
Kolkata
Manish Dayya
The Raintree Hotels
Chennai
Saji Joseph
Alila Diwa
Goa
Sanjay Sharma
The Westin
Gurgaon
Vishal Bharti
Trident Agra
Visheshwar Raj Singh
Trident, Bandra Kurla, Mumbai
Atmosphere presents housekeeper of the year
Bini Simon
ITC Windsor
Bangalore
Harinder Kishore
Leela Kempinski Hotel & Residences Gurgaon
Jaiprakash Rajadurai
Novotel
Hyderabad Convention Center
Mandeep Singh Aasht
Jaypee Palace Hotel & Convention Centre
Agra
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Stallion presents F&B manager of the year
Amaan Ur Rehman Kidwai
ITC Gardenia
Bengaluru
Udiksha Panshikar
Trident
Bandra Kurla Mumbai
Rajesh Namby
The Leela Palace
New Delhi
Suresh Anthony
The Raintree Hotels
Chennai
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RAK Porcelain presents chef of the year
Chef Abhijit Saha
Avant Garde Hospitality
Bangalore
Chef Rohit Gambhir
Trident, Bandra Kurla
Mumbai
Chef Rohit Tokhi
The Leela Kempinski
Gurgaon Hotel & Residences
Sandeep Kalra
Trident
Gurgaon
Surjan Singh Jolly
Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel
Mumbai
Grundfos presents chief engineer of the year
Ahsan Ali Khan
Ibis
Gurgaon
Ajay Kumar Nayak
ITC Windsor
Bangalore
Devesh Gupta
Radisson MBD Blu Hotel
Noida
Ganesan L
The Westin
Hyderabad Mindspace
Masih Siddiqui
Hilton
Mumbai International Airport
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IDeaS presents sales/ revenue person of the year
Megha Ajgaonkar
The Westin Pune
Koregaon Park
Shiraj Shikhar
The Oberoi Grand
Sukhbir Singh
Novotel
Hyderabad
Tarun Sobti
The Oberoi & Trident
Gurgaon
Vipul Khamboj
The Leela Kempinski
Gurgaon
IDS Next presents IT person of the year
Gangaram Sawant
Vivanta By Taj
Panaji Goa
Jackson George
Berggruen Hotels
Saravanan B Ayyappan
Aloft Chennai
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Marketing and PR person of the year
Akanksha Banerji
The Oberoi
Gurgaon & Trident
Gurgaon
Srijan Vadhera
Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway
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Precor presents spa and fitness person of the year
Gurpreet Kaur
ITC Maratha &
ITC Grand Central
Shekhar Malkotia
The Claridges, Surajkund
Delhi NCR
Yeni Triayuningsih
The Oberoi Gurgaon and
The Trident Gurgaon
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Muslin presents HR person of the year
Gurleen Bhalla
Courtyard by Marriott
Hyderabad
Mallika Rao Bedi
Trident, Gurgaon and
The Oberoi
Gurgaon
P M Sriraj
Leela Palace
Bangalore
Muthusivan Pillai
Crowne Plaza
Bengaluru Electronics City
Salman Azam Qureshi
The Park New Delhi
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Laundry manager of the year
Dr Jayant Baxi
Crowne Plaza Today
Gurgaon
G Ramana Rao
ITC Gardenia
Bengaluru
Parshuram Sundrik
Le Meridien
Pune
V Balakrishnan
The Oberoi
Gurgaon
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Harman presents procurement person of the year
Abhijit Joshi
The Westin
Pune Koregaon Park
Asheame Mehta
The Oberoi
New Delhi
Naresh Kumar
Lemon Tree Hotel
Delhi
Raymond Fernandes
Alila Diwa
Goa
Sameer Nair
JW Marriott
Mumbai
Everest presents unsung hero of the year
Ashokan PA
Le Meridien, Kochi
Munna Singh
The Grand
New Delhi
Naresh Goswami
The Gateway Hotel Ahmedabad
Ramesh
Radisson Blu Resort
Temple Bay, Mamallapuram
Tamil Nadu
Saneej Pottakkad
The Gateway Hotel Mangalore
