Stars of the Industry Awards Program

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Your property’s membership in OHLA provides you access to one of our most valuable benefits for your organization and your team members—the Stars of the Industry Awards program. 

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OHLA’s Star Awards give you an easy, free way to provide prestigious recognition to your employees. Awards and recognition opportunities are an important part of validating, thanking, encouraging and retaining your best performers and boosting morale within your staff. Experts agree adding industry recognition to your employee programs can help improve team culture, increase performance and even reduce turnover. 

Taking a few minutes to complete the streamlined nomination form online will automatically recognize your candidates as nominees, making them eligible for local, statewide and even national recognition. 

Will you help us recognize our industry’s best by nominating candidates from your property?

2022 Ohio Stars of the Industry Awards Nominations are CLOSED! 

 

Thank you for your participation.

 

Deadline: October 7

 

Regional Nominations Are Closed. Only nominations outside the Greater Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Dayton Lodging Councils will be accepted.

 

How do you nominate?

1) Select 'Nominate Here'

2) Create an account - you will be directed to the nomination form

3) Fill out form & submit it for review. 

4) Wait for confirmation email - It's as simple as that!


Need assistance? Visit https://www.reviewr.com/help/

OHLA awards include a luncheon event recognizing all nominees and local winners in the late summer, followed by the statewide awards at the OHLA Annual Conference in November. Statewide winners are eligible for national recognition.

 

Stars of the Industry Awards Helpful Hints

  • First, choose the link that best fits your service designation - Full Service or Select, Economy, Limited.
  • Next, choose the category in which your nominee best fits.

Have you ever wondered –Where does this employee fit best?  

  1. First Note which department they work in
  2. Whether they are management or non-management

Full Service

Select, Economy, Limited Service

Server of the Year 
(non-management)
Servers, Wait staff,
Kitchen personnel


Breakfast or Reception Attendant/Host of the Year 
(non-management)
Key employees who make an impact during your breakfast and/or evening receptions.

Housekeeper of the Year 
(non-management)
An outstanding Housekeeper
from your property.

Housekeeper of the Year 
(non-management)
An outstanding housekeeper from your property.

Front Desk Associate of the Year 
(non-management)
Front Desk, Bell Person,
Concierge

Front Desk Associate of the Year 
(non-management)
Front Desk, Bell Person, Concierge

Engineer of the Year
An outstanding Engineer
from your property.

Engineer of the Year
An outstanding engineer from your property.

Supervisor/Manager of the Year 
Managers or Supervisors from any Department 

Jack of All Trades Award
Managers or supervisors within your property that keep the operation moving with ease by balancing and wearing many different hats.
 

General Manager of the Year
General Manager who has
gone beyond the call of duty at your property.

General Manager of the Year
General Manager who has gone beyond the call of duty at your property.


Service Superstar of the Year (non-management)*
Recognizes an employee who has gone above and beyond their day to day tasks to create an amazing experience for the guests.

HSMAI Sales Leader of the Year - presented by HSMAI-Ohio Chapter*
Recognizes an outstanding sales professional for their hard work &
dedication to their property's success.

Hospitality Leadership Team of the Year*
Award given to one property’s leadership team.

Charitable & Community Involvement Award*
Award given to an entire property for their work supporting the community in various ways.

 

*Please note there will only be ONE WINNER for each city for the Service Superstar, Sales Leader, Hospitality Leadership Team, and Community Involvement categories!

 

Winners from the 2022 Regional Stars of the Industry:

Greater
Cincinnati 

Greater
Cleveland 

Greater
Columbus 

Greater
Dayton 

 Sedgwick Housekeeper of the Year

Vanalice Washington,
Residence Inn Cincinnati Downtown, The Phelps

Myrna Crawford,
Hilton Cleveland Downtown

Loraine Scott
Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center

Maria Garcia,
Marriott at the University of Dayton

 

 

 

 

Sedgwick SEL Housekeeper of the Year

Brooke Johnston, The Elms Hotel

 

Monica Johnson,
Residence Inn Columbus Downtown

Linda Smith, Residence Inn Dayton Beavercreek

 

 

 

 

G&J Pepsi Server of the Year

Regina Raines,
The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection

Honoria Aquino,
Holiday Inn Cleveland Clinic

Gail Stout,
Hilton Columbus at Easton

Pam Shaw, Marriott at the University of Dayton

 

 

 

 

G&J Pepsi SEL Attendant/Host of the Year

 

Camille Elam, Aloft Cleveland Airport

Lubia Castaneda, Courtyard Columbus Dublin

Rhonda Kruiger, Fairfield Inn & Suites Dayton

 

 

 

 

Spectrum Front Desk Associate of the Year

Nancy Gilmore,
21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati

Iris Leonard,
Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade

Alican Avci,
AC Hotel Columbus Dublin

 

 

 

 

 

Spectrum SEL Front Desk Associate of the Year

Kathleen McDaniel, Staybridge Suites Cincinnati North

Twila Scott,
Aloft Cleveland Airport


Jack Goldhardt,
Courtyard Columbus Dublin


Tiffany Brisco,
Courtyard Springfield Downtown

 

 

 

 

 IGS Energy Supervisor/Manager of the Year

Nikki Williams
Hyatt Regency Cincinnati

Kim Dupras,
Crowne Plaza Cleveland Playhouse Square

Yhola Noriega,
Hyatt Regency Columbus

Jodi Barnhill,
Marriott at the University of Dayton

 

 

 

 

IGS Energy SEL Jack of All Trades


Attina Smith,
Homewood Suites by Hilton Cincinnati Mason, OH


Zeeshan Hussain,
Aloft Cleveland Airport


Jacque Moser,
SpringHill & TownePlace Suites Easton Area


Thomas Blevins,
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Dayton-Centerville

 

 

 

 

Pure Air Solutions of PA Engineer of the Year

Alex Scearce, Holiday Inn Wilmington - Roberts Centre

Roy D'Mello,
Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown

Dan Holbrook, Hyatt Regency Columbus

Kenny Larrison,
Marriott at the University of Dayton

 

 

 

 

Pure Air Solutions of PA SEL Engineer of the Year

 

 

Greg Johnson,
SpringHill & TownePlace Suites Easton Area

Charles Searles,
Fairfield Inn & Suites Dayton

 

 

 

 

Heartland Service Superstar of the Year
Dee Donmez,
The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection

Otis McDonald,
Crowne Plaza Cleveland Playhouse Square

Gina Horne,
Hyatt Regency Columbus

Michael Jumper,
Fairfield Inn & Suites Dayton

 

 

 

 

BMS CAT General Manager of the Year

Wade Riedman,
Graduate Cincinnati

Nic DiLillo,
Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square

Kendra Proudfit,
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newark, OH

 

 

 

 

 

BMS CAT SEL General Manager of the Year

Moji Collins, Fairfield Inn & Suites Cincinnati Uptown

Patty Bella,
Aloft Cleveland Airport

Gina Moyer,
Red Roof PLUS+ Columbus Downtown - Convention Center

Becky Krieger, Courtyard Springfield Downtown

 

 

 

 

Service Master Restore
Hospitality Leadership Team of the Year

21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati

Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square

Renaissance Columbus Westerville Polaris Hotel

Marriott at the University of Dayton

 

 

 

 

G&J Pepsi Charitable & Community Involvement Award

21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati

InterContinental Cleveland

Hilton Garden Inn Columbus University Area

 

 

 

 

 

Sales Leader of the Year
Presented by HSMAI Ohio Chapter

 

Daneel McDaniel,
Crowne Plaza Cleveland Playhouse Square

Pierre Le
Hyatt Regency Columbus

Aletha Dillinger
Fairfield Inn & Suites Dayton