Awards and Prizes

• Passion for Hospitality 2012
• Hospitality Apprenticeship Awards 2011
• Hospitality Assured Business Excellence Award Winners Announced

Passion for Hospitality (P4H) 2012

Passion for Hospitality (P4H) is an initiative championed by the Institute in the aim to bridge the gap between the industry and academia. On one hand the scheme provides a platform for students to champion the tackle of key industry issues, and on the other hand it gives industry the opportunity of knowledge transfer partnerships.

In its second year of competition, P4H has seen an increase in participation/involvement and has started making an impact on industry. With eight institutions participating; University of Derby, University of Surrey, University of Brighton, University of Plymouth, Oxford Brookes University, Westminster Kingsway College, and defending champions University of West London, with the finals being hosted at Hotelympia, all illustrate how welcomed the scheme is.

Save the date Tuesday 28 February

Hospitality Apprenticeship Awards 2011

Recognising Excellence and Achievement in Hospitality Apprenticeships

This year EDI has again teamed up with the Hospitality Skills Alliance to launch the Hospitality Apprenticeship Awards 2011. The Awards are being organised by HALM in partnership with the British Hospitality Association, the Institute of Hospitality, and the British Institute of Innkeeping, together with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Relais & Chateaux Hotels and Pride of Britain Hotels.

The Awards are being supported by Champagne Gosset, Bragard and Wenlock Spring.

The Awards recognise practical skills, competence and achievement from each of the different work areas in hospitality, including professional food preparation and cookery, restaurant service, licensed hospitality, housekeeping, reception, portering and concierge, customer service and team leading.  Restaurant Service will include both bar and wine service skills.

Hospitality Assured Business Excellence Award Winners Announced

The Hospitality Apprenticeship Awards will build on the successful framework of Awards launched in 2010 when three categories of Award were introduced.

• Hospitality Apprentice of the Year
  Open to those registered on, or who have recently completed, an Advanced Apprenticeship in the hospitality industry and who have made an exceptional contribution, exceeded expectations, or overcome particular challenges;
• Hospitality Apprentice Employer of the Year
  Open to all employers in the hospitality industry who can demonstrate a substantial and sustained commitment to developing their workforce through Apprenticeships, and the measurable impact this has had on tackling skill shortages and improving business performance;
• Hospitality Apprentice Provider of the Year
  Open to all Colleges, Organisations and private training providers who deliver Apprenticeships in the hospitality industry and can demonstrate high levels of achievement.

The Awards will be presented at The Butchers Hall in the City of London on Tuesday, 18th October 2011 as part of the Academy of Food and Wine Annual Awards.

The closing date for entries is Friday, 9th September 2011

For further details and to download an entry form please go to the www.halm.co.uk

Entries to the Awards are invited. Those wishing to register their interest should contact Barbara Barnes: email: bb@halm.co.uk – telephone: 020 8977 4419.

Click here to download the Press Release.

Hospitality Assured Business Excellence Award Winners Announced

On Tuesday 7 June 2011, the Hospitality Assured Award winners were announced by the Institute of Hospitality during their Annual Lunch which was held at the five-star Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.

Hospitality Assured is the customer service and business excellence standard that comprehensively maps a process which encourages a business to look at its operation from the customer’s perspective.  The Institute of Hospitality launched the Business Excellence Awards to celebrate the achievements of organisations who choose to be measured against the demanding Hospitality Assured standard that when followed makes service delivery and business performance first-rate.

Professor Andrew Lockwood FIH and Ann Corrigan FIH, managing director of Hospitality Assured (HA) presented the winners with their awards. “The awards identify those organisations who have a commitment to business excellence and therefore to outstanding customer service. These businesses can be endorsed wholeheartedly to any customer because of their ambition to constantly improve the service that they offer to their clients” said Andrew

This year’s Champion of the Year was deservedly awarded to Sandra Ward–Barber from Oxford Brookes University. Sandra, senior accommodation officer at the University was described as a “Communications Champion whose total commitment to the value of the process and her tireless work in ensuring her enthusiasm and professionalism were always the standard expected of the team”...read more>>

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