Stars of the Industry Awards Program

2023 Statewide Stars of the Industry Awards Nominations are OPEN! 
Regional Nominations CLOSED.

 

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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. 

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?

 

NOMINATE HERE!

 


How do you nominate?

1) Select 'Nominate Here'

2) Use existing account OR create a new 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

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

Industry Stars

Service Superstar of the Year (non-management)*

HSMAI Sales Leader of the Year - presented by HSMAI-Ohio Chapter*

Hospitality Leadership Team of the Year*

Charitable & Community Involvement Award*

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Full Service Category

Engineer of the Year

Front Desk Associate of the Year (non-management)

General Manager of the Year

Housekeeper of the Year (non-management)

Server of the Year (non-management)

Supervisor/Manager of the Year

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Select, Economy, Limited-Service Category

Breakfast or Reception Attendant/Host of the Year  (non-management)

Housekeeper of the Year  (non-management)

Front Desk Associate of the Year  (non-management)

Engineer of the Year

Jack of All Trades Award

General Manager of the Year

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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

Server of the Year

Victoria Huynh,
The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection

Judy Gyorky,
DoubleTree by Hilton Cleveland Downtown Lakeside

Kate Gardner,
Renaissance Columbus Westerville Polaris Hotel

Beverly Guillen, Holiday Inn Dayton Fairborn/I-675

SEL Attendant/Host of the Year

 

Elaine Blackman, Aloft Cleveland Airport

 

Betty Jo Dobson, Courtyard Springfield Downtown

Front Desk Associate of the Year

Bailey Ricke,
The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection

Frederick Moore,
The Tudor Arms Hotel Cleveland, A DoubleTree by Hilton

Claire Thrasher,
Hotel LeVeque, Autograph Collection

Samantha Maxwell,
Mills Park Hotel

SEL Front Desk Associate of the Year

 

 

Monica Severance,
Red Roof Plus Columbus Dublin

Nicole Miller,
Residence Inn Dayton Beavercreek

Supervisor/Manager of the Year

Sumit Kumar,
Hyatt Regency Cincinnati

Omar Jones,
InterContinental Hotel Cleveland

Yordanos Embaye,
Hotel LeVeque, Autograph Collection

Jaclyn Easter,
Marriott at the University of Dayton

SEL Jack of All Trades

Bonnie Coldiron,
SpringHill Suites Cincinnati Midtown

Danny Emery,
Red Roof Inn Cleveland-Airport/Middleburg Heights

Jacque Moser,
SpringHill & TownePlace Suites Easton Area

Tasha McClanahan,
Courtyard by Marriot Downtown

Engineer of the Year

 

Scott Kobulnicky,
InterContinental Cleveland

Roumian Kamenov, Renaissance Columbus Westerville Polaris Hotel

Kevin Stumpff,
Marriott at the University of Dayton

SEL Engineer of the Year

 

 

Brian Crabbe,
Renaissance Columbus Westerville Polaris Hotel

Tim Dennis,
Courtyard Springfield Downtown

Service Superstar of the Year

 

Olga Jimenez-Thompson
InterContinental Cleveland

Heather Turkay,
Renaissance Columbus Westerville Polaris Hotel

Mechelle Fluellin,
Marriott at the University of Dayton

ServiceMaster by Angler General Manager of the Year

Shelley Meszoly,
21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati

Nic DiLillo,
Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square

Ralph Mordocco,
Renaissance Columbus Westerville Polaris Hotel

Becky Beaupre,
Mills Park Hotel

ServiceMaster by Angler SEL General Manager of the Year

 

Patty Bella,
Aloft Cleveland Airport

TJ Tate,
Fairfield Inn & Suites Columbus East

 

 Morgan Stanley Hospitality Leadership Team of the Year

Hyatt Regency Cincinnati

Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Playhouse Square

Greater Columbus Convention Center

 

Charitable & Community Involvement Award

The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection

InterContinental Cleveland

 

Comfort Inn Dayton - Huber Heights

Sales Leader of the Year
Presented by HSMAI Ohio Chapter

Julie Fowler,
21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati

Vanessa Pesta,
The Tudor Arms Hotel Cleveland, A DoubleTree by Hilton

Michael Balyeat,
Hyatt Regency Columbus

Dawn Mader,
Holiday Inn Dayton Fairborn/I-675

 



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