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| Lori Raleigh |
Atlanta, GA -- The
International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) announced nominations
are open for the third annual Lori Raleigh Award for Emerging Excellence in
Hospitality Consulting.
Launched in 2015 in honor of Lori Raleigh,
founder of the Travers Group and executive director of ISHC 2000-2013, the
award honors young, successful industry professionals with leadership qualities
in hospitality consulting.
“The Lori Raleigh Award
for Emerging Excellence in Hospitality Consulting gives young professionals who
demonstrate early career success a chance to be recognized for their leadership
qualities and efforts,” said Kristie
Dickinson, ISHC award committee chair and executive vice president of
CHMWarnick.
“For any industry to
succeed, there must be a constant influx of new perspectives, innovation and
talent. The ISHC would like to recognize the best-of-the-best in the emerging
class of hospitality consultants who are on the path to becoming future
industry leaders and joining the exclusive ranks of ISHC membership.”
Candidates for The Lori
Raleigh Award must be 35 years of age or younger at the time of the award
presentation and meet the criteria for ISHC’s associate membership, including
five years’ experience in a hospitality-related field with a minimum of three
years of specific hospitality consulting experience.
They also must be
recognized by their company leaders or other industry constituents who are
familiar with their work as an exceptional example of a future leader within
the field of hospitality consulting.
At the time of nomination, a candidate
must be working for a company that provides third-party consulting or advisory
services to the hospitality industry and be actively involved or responsible
for providing advisory services to clients of the firm (e.g., hospitality
consulting firms, third-party asset managers, architects, designers, food and
beverage consultants, hospitality lawyers, purchasing companies, etc.).
Prior
award winners are not eligible for nomination, while prior nominees who have
not previously won remain eligible. Winner must be available to attend the
annual conference for the award presentation in Bangkok, September 14 – 16,
2017.
Nominations are due by
June 30, 2017. The winner will be announced in mid-July and presented at the
ISHC Annual Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, September 14 – 16, 2017, at the
InterContinental Bangkok Hotel. Winners will receive a one-year associate
membership in ISHC, where networking opportunities with the industry’s top
consultants become available with this invitation-only group of hospitality
experts, as well as complimentary registration and travel allowance to attend
to the event itself.
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| Kristie Dickinson |
Last year’s winner was Ali Hoyt, director, Consulting and
Analytics at STR.
During her five-year tenure with STR, Hoyt
continually undertakes leadership roles on internal committees, having already
been promoted twice since joining. Her
responsibilities include overseeing consulting assignments, developing
analytical models and templates, creating custom products and presenting
industry data.
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| Ali Hoyt |
Additional duties include finding new industry applications for
30 years of hotel performance data, training new associates, assisting with
internal projects such as STR’s online data platform and representing the
company as a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events.
Early
highlights with STR have included developing custom data solutions for several
clients, designing underwriting templates in order to streamline client due
diligence processes and working with several of the major hotel firms in
evaluating the validity of their competitive sets.
Prior to STR, Hoyt worked at
Starwood and at her family's ski resort in New Hampshire. She attended Cornell
University’s Hotel School, is president of the Colorado-Rocky Mountain chapter
of the Cornell Hotel Society and is certified in hotel industry analytics from
AH&LA. She also is vice president of adoptions for Save the Giants Rescue,
a volunteer dog rescue organization.
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| Andrea Belfanti |
“It is important to ISHC
to give back to the hospitality industry and foster new talent, and it is
wonderful to recognize emerging consultants that are already making an impact,”
said Andrea Belfanti, ISHC executive
director.
“Since the award winner is invited to be an
associate ISHC member for a year and to attend our annual conference, we hope
this will be a real catalyst for their career by providing unique educational
and networking opportunities.
"ISHC
believes in the power of collaboration and idea exchange and the immense impact
that can have on an individual and the industry.”
For a
complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:
Lauren Marshall, Senior
Manager of Marketing & Membership Services
Email:
lmarshall@ishc.com Phone: 678-735-9453
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