{"id":6868,"date":"2011-06-17T01:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T01:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/aha-nsw-accommodation-awards-for-excellence-winners-list-2\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T01:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T01:29:00","slug":"aha-nsw-accommodation-awards-for-excellence-winners-list-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/06\/aha-nsw-accommodation-awards-for-excellence-winners-list-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AHA (NSW) Accommodation Awards for Excellence Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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The Hilton Sydney scooped the pool at the 14th Annual AHA (NSW) Accommodation Awards For Excellence last night, winning seven awards in the Hotel Achievement and People Award categories.<\/p>\n

Sheraton on the Park also won four awards \u2013 including the coveted induction into the Hall of Fame for Function Venue of the Year, while the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney won the prestigious Deluxe Hotel Accommodation of the year Award.<\/p>\n

More than 450 political, business and community leaders \u2013 including NSW Premier Barry O\u2019Farrell \u2013 filled the ballroom at the Westin, Sydney for the glittering Awards Ceremony.<\/p>\n

A total of 32 awards were presented to winners from a field of more than 140 finalists.<\/p>\n

AHA (NSW) Accommodation Division Chair Peter Tudehope said the industry had excelled itself on its night of nights.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see so many political and business leaders out in force supporting our accommodation industry is an achievement in itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt the annual AHA (NSW) Accommodation Awards For Excellence is the highlight of the industry\u2019s social calendar – we can see from the high quality of all the finalists that the accommodation industry is the real winner here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to congratulate all winners in each of the categories \u2013 they really are world-class venues staffed by the best in the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key winners include:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Hilton Sydney: Seven Awards including Outstanding Achievement in Training, Apprentice\/Trainee Employee of the Year (Carol Nazha), Chef of the Year (Gary Johnson) and Employee Excellence in Service (Mamdoh Kiriakos).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sheraton on the Park: Four Awards including Hall of Fame Function Venue of the Year, Occupational Health and Safety Hotel of the Year and Front of House Employee of the Year (Evan Burns).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Sydney: Two Awards including Restaurant of the Year (Bilson\u2019s) and Housekeeper of the Year (Maureen Jolowicz).<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Bayview Boulevard Sydney: Outstanding Community Service and Achievement.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Hunter Valley Steakhouse, Mercure Hunter Valley: Regional Restaurant of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Loxley, Bellbird Hill: Hall of Fame Inductee: Regional Mid-Range Accommodation Hotel of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Four Points by Sheraton: Superior Hotel Accommodation of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Lillianfels Blue Mountains Resort and Spa: Regional Deluxe Hotel Accommodation of the Year.<\/p>\n

AHA (NSW) CEO Sally Fielke said the Awards night gala capped off a big year for the accommodation industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen a new Board chairman elected in Peter Tudehope as well as the establishment of Tourism Accommodation Australia \u2013 the nation\u2019s peak accommodation body.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are great things ahead for the industry and I think we can see that by the calibre of tonight\u2019s winners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hilton Hotel Sydney The Hilton Sydney scooped the pool at the 14th Annual AHA (NSW) Accommodation Awards For Excellence last night, winning seven awards in the Hotel Achievement and People Award categories. Sheraton on the Park also won four awards \u2013 including the coveted induction into the Hall of Fame for Function Venue of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}