2015 Hotelier Awards China open

Following on from its inaugural event last year, the Hotelier Awards China is now open for applications from professionals working in China’s hospitality industry.

The award categories encompass all aspects of the hospitality trade, including sommelier, Chef, Sales and Hotel Manager of the Year to IT, CSR and Spa Manager of the year.

“We launched the awards as China is experiencing explosive growth in the hospitality industry and this is set to continue unabated in the next few years,” said Stephane DeMontgos, co-founder.

“With the wide variety of luxury and boutique hotels, among some of the world’s finest, the awards offer a fantastic opportunity to give something back to the people who are really making the industry boom.”

This year’s panel include: Yona He from Forbes Travel Guide, Alison Gilmore who heads the International Luxury Travel Market worldwide portfolio, the CEO of Edipresse Media Asia, Zita Ong, Sacha Stocklin from the hospitality college Les Roches in Jinjiang and Jingsheng Xu – the general secretary of National Hotel Association, China.

A shortlist of six candidates in each category will be created by the end of September followed by phone interviews to support the judges’ final decisions which will be announced at the gala dinner on 10 December at the Ritz Carlton in Shanghai, Pudong.

Last year’s winners included Brian Tan from Fairmont Yangcheng Lake as Hotel Manager of the Year, Apple Wang from The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai as Concierge of the Year, Ada leng Chio de la Cruz from Mandarin Oriental, Macau as Marketing & Communications Hotelier of the Year and Bahram Sepahi from Four Seasons Guangzhou as General Manager of the year.

The awards are open for applications until 21 August and those interested in applying can click here.