Finalists have been revealed in 12 categories for the 2014 HM Awards presented by Sealy.
Due to an overwhelming number of entries and the extra time being taken by the judging panels to select finalists, highly commended recipients and winners, the announcement of finalists this year will be staggered.
12 categories have been announced today (July 25), with a further 29 to be revealed next Friday (Aug 1) and the remaining five to be announced at the HM Awards Gala Presentation Dinner in Sydney on Friday, September 5.
Tickets are currently selling fast for the Australasian accommodation industry’s premier night of the year, one that will see almost 50 HM Awards handed out, recognising excellence over a range of categories, from people and departments to properties and chains.
Channel 7 television personality Larry Emdur will host the evening for the fourth time in 2014, one that’s expected to attract around 600 hotel industry professionals.
In the last twelve years, almost 6000 people have attended the HM Awards and more than 450 awards have been awarded to hotels across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The HM Awards are presented by Sealy; hosted by HM magazine and hotelmanagement.com.au; co-hosted by AHS, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School and Intrust Super; and sponsored by FCS Computer Systems, Foxtel for Business, HotelHome Australia, ISIS, Nespresso, Oyster Bay Wines, Prototype Furniture, Spice Magazine, Spice News, Time Out Melbourne and Time Out Sydney.
The 2014 HM Awards gala presentation dinner is being held at Sydney Town Hall on Friday, September 5, 2014.
For bookings, visit www.hmawards.com.au
2014 HM AWARDS FINALISTS
AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY AWARDS
1. SERVICED APARTMENT PROPERTY
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
2. BUDGET ACCOMMODATION
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
3. ECONOMY HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
4. MIDSCALE HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
5. UPSCALE HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
6. UPPER-UPSCALE HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
7. LUXURY HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
8. AUSTRALIAN LODGE
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
9. BUSINESS HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
10. RESORT
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
11. HOTEL INTERIOR DESIGN
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
12. BOUTIQUE HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
13. NEW HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
14. MICE PROPERTY
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
15. REGIONAL PROPERTY
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
16. DAY SPA
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
17. HOTEL BAR
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
18. HOTEL RESTAURANT
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
19. TECH HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
NEW ZEALAND & SOUTH PACIFIC PROPERTY AWARDS
20. NEW ZEALAND HOTEL
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
21. NEW ZEALAND REGIONAL PROPERTY
Best Western 555 on Bayview
Best Western Sails, Taupo
Grand Mercure Nelson Monaco
Hilton Lake Taupo
Holiday Inn Rotorua
Millbrook, Queenstown
Peppers Bluewater Resort Tekapo
Peppers Clearwater Resort, Christchurch
Quest Napier
Quest Rotorua Central
Te Wanoui Forest Retreat, Franz Joseph Glacier
The Dome, Napier
22. NEW ZEALAND LODGE
Blanket Bay, Glenorchy
Fiordland Lodge, Te Anau
Huka Lodge, Taupo
Kaimata Lodge, Dunedin
Matakauri Lodge, Queenstown
Otahuna Lodge, Christchurch
Owen River Lodge, Murchison
Peppers Awaroa Lodge
Peppers Parehua, Martinborough
The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay
Warekauhau Country Estate, Palliser Bay
Whare Kea Lodge, Lake Wanaka
23. FIJIAN PROPERTY
Fiji Beach Resort and Spa by Hilton
InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa
Outrigger On the Lagoon Fiji
Radisson Blu Resort Fiji Denarau Island
Royal Davui
Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort, Yanuka
Sheraton Fiji Resort
Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa
The Westin Fiji Resort and Spa
Vomo Island Resort
Wyndham Fiji Resort Denarau Island
Yasawa Island Resort and Spa
24. SOUTH PACIFIC PROPERTY
Aggie Grey’s Lagoon, Beach Resort and Spa, Samoa
Hilton Noumea La Promenade Residences, New Caledonia
Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu
InterContinental Bora Bora Resort and Thalasso Spa, French Polynesia
Le Meridien Ile des Pins, New Caledonia
Madang Star International Hotel, Papua New Guinea
Matavai Resort, Niue
Pacific Resort Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Pacific Resort Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Sofitel Bora Bora Marara Beach and Private Island, French Polynesia
Sofitel Moorea Ia Ora Beach Resort, French Polynesia
Te Manava Luxury Villas and Spa, Cook Islands
PROPERTY AWARDS – ALL COUNTRIES (AUSTRALIA, NZ & STH PACIFIC)
25. MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Atura Blacktown
Best Western Australasia
East Hotel Canberra
Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
Hamilton Island
Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts
InterContinental Hotels Group
Mercure Sydney
Novotel Hotels and Resorts Australia
Pan Pacific Perth
Parkroyal Darling Harbour Sydney
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
26. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Accor Pacific Hotels
Atura Blacktown
Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
Mantra Group
Mercure Sydney
Novotel Brisbane
QStation, Manly
Schwartz Family Company hotels, Australia
The York by Swiss-Belhotel
Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific
Yasawa Island, Fiji
PEOPLE AWARDS – ALL COUNTRIES (AUSTRALIA, NZ & STH PACIFIC)
27. CONCIERGE
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
28. HOTEL CHEF
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
29. FOOD AND BEVERAGE ASSOCIATE
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
30. HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATE
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
31. SALES AND MARKETING ASSOCIATE
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
32. COMMUNICATIONS LEADER
Florencia Aimo, Hilton Sydney
Gaynor Reid, Accor Asia Pacific
Hansni Bhagani, Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
Karena Noble, Voyages Indigenous Tourism
Katie Rusden, Grand Hyatt Melbourne
Kimberley Roberts, Hilton Brisbane
Lauren Bremner, Best Western Australasia
Maryam Awang, Park Hyatt Sydney
Sophie Baker, Hamilton Island
Stephen Howard, Amalgamated Holdings Limited
Suzanne O’Bree, Choice Hotels Australasia
Tara Bishop, The Langham Melbourne
Virginia Chong, Pan Pacific Perth
Yvette Peverell, Mantra Group
33. FRONT OFFICE ASSOCIATE
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
34. FINANCE ASSOCIATE
Aaron Tan, Parkroyal Melbourne Airport
Alex Holland, Best Western Premier Hotel 115 Kew
Bee Tan, Mercure Sydney
David Elmer, Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific
Dianne Edwards, Mercure Gold Coast Resort
Geoff Rossiter, Sheraton on the Park
Grant Smith, Holiday Inn Sydney Airport
Jessica Whitworth, Mantra Portsea
Joe Ward, Sydney Harbour Marriott
Scott McLeod, Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
Shirley Robbins, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Tarun Abraham, Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour
Walter Fernando, Novotel Melbourne on Collins
35. HOUSEKEEPER
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
36. HOTEL ENGINEER
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
37. RISING STAR
To be announced on Friday, August 1, 2014
MAJOR AWARDS – ALL COUNTRIES (AUSTRALIA, NZ & STH PACIFIC)
38. SOUTH PACIFIC GENERAL MANAGER
Bob Speed, Wyndham Resort Denarau Island, Fiji
David Thomas, Madang Star International Hotel, Papua New Guinea
Erik Stuebe, InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa
Gerard Knight, Radisson Blu Resort Fiji Denarau Island
James McCann, Yasawa Island Resort and Spa, Fiji
Marcus Niszow, Pacific Resort Hotel Group, Cook Islands
Mark Leslie, Vomo Island Resort, Fiji
Michael Monks, Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa
Peter Hopgood, Outrigger on the Lagoon Fiji
Shane Cunning, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Fiji and Samoa
Steve Anstey, Ahura Resorts, Fiji
Thomas Tait, Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu
39. NEW ZEALAND GENERAL MANAGER
Andy Cunningham, Fiordland Lodge, Te Anau
Bruce Garrett, The George Hotel, Christchurch
Clare Davies, Grand Mercure Nelson Monaco
Felix Borenstein, Owen River Lodge
Franz Mascarenhas, The Langham Auckland
Mark Rose, The Rees Hotel, Queenstown
Paul Evans, Stamford Plaza Auckland
Rob McIntyre, Pullman Auckland
Roger Brantsma, Hilton Auckland and Hilton Lake Taupo
Simon Tocker, Peppers Parehua, Martinborough
Vincent Macquet, Sofitel Queenstown Hotel and Spa
Wouter de Graaf, Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour
40. AUSTRALIAN GENERAL MANAGER
Chris Lambie, Best Western Lakesway Motor Inn, Forster
Erkin Aytekin, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Greg Brady, Mercure Sydney
Jennifer Brown, Sydney Harbour Marriott
Jesse Kornoff, Peppers Manor House, Sutton Forest
John McIlwain, Rydges World Square, Sydney
John Morris, RACV Queensland Resorts
Joost Heymeijer, Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
Kelye Woodgate, The York by Swiss-Belhotel, Sydney
Leon Wood, Best Western Plus Launceston
Michael Edwards, Mantra 2 Bond Street
Richard Meulet, The Establishment Hotel
Scott Horn, Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld
Sonia Lefevre, The Langham, Sydney
41. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
Crowne Plaza Melbourne
Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa
Emporium Hotel Brisbane
Fiordland Lodge, Te Anau
Hilton Sydney
InterContinental Sydney
Novotel Auckland Airport
QStation Manly
Schwartz Family Company hotels, Australia
Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
Sydney Harbour Marriott
The Observatory Port Macquarie
MAJOR AWARDS (JUDGES ONLY)
42. HOTEL BRAND
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014
43. ACCOMMODATION CHAIN
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014
44. HOTEL OF THE YEAR
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014
45. HM MAGAZINE AUSTRALASIAN HOTELIER OF THE YEAR
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014
46. HM MAGAZINE ASIA-PACIFIC HOTELIER OF THE YEAR
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014
HALL OF FAME
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014
SERVICE TO THE INDUSTRY
-To be revealed at the HM Awards on September 5, 2014