WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN HOTELWORLD’S GLOBAL
HOSPITALITY & DESIGN AWARDS COMPETITION

Las Vegas, NV — February 27, 2008 — The winners of the HotelWorld Global Hospitality & Design Awards competition were announced to a crowd of nearly 200 hospitality industry professionals Tuesday evening at the awards ceremony held at Caesars Palace.


Competition entries were judged by the editorial staff of Hotel & Motel Management, Hotel Design and Luxury Hotelier magazines.


Category winners of the competition are shown in bold among category finalists:

Best Restaurant/Lounge—Full-Service
Graze at the Taj Residency Hotel (HFS Concepts 4)
High Velocity (TVS & TVS Interiors)
NYLO Plano at Legacy (NYLO)

Best Guestroom Design—Full-Service
Holiday Inn @ The Campus (Noble Hospitality)
Harbor View Inn (Carl Ross Design)
Vista Bahn Loft (Burkett Design)

Best Guestroom Design—Limited-Service
Hampton Inn European Prototype (FRCH Design)
Hyatt Place Chicago/Lombard/Oak Brook (Hyatt)
Microtel Inns & Suites (US Franchise Systems)

Best Lobby/Public Space Design—Luxury
InterContinental Boston (BBG/BBGM)
Sheraton Changsha Hotel (DiLeonardo International)
St. Regis Fort Lauderdale (Hirsch/Bedner Associates)

Best Lobby/Public Space Design—Full-Service
Hyatt Regency O’Hare (TVS Interiors)
Marriott Hotel Torrance (HFS Concepts 4)
NYLO Plano at Legacy (NYLO)

Best Lobby/Public Space Design—Limited-Service
Hampton Inn, Madison East (FRCH Design)
Hyatt Place Chicago/Lombard/Oak Brook (Hyatt)
Residence Inn Burbank (Leo A Daly)

Best Restaurant/Lounge—Luxury
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (Wilson Associates)
Ivy Hotel (SB Architects)
UMU Japanese Restaurant (Dusit Hotel Nikko—Dusit Thani)
Wing Lei Restaurant at Wynn Macau (Hirsch/Bedner Associates)

Best Restaurant/Lounge—Full-Service
Graze at the Taj Residency Hotel (HFS Concepts 4)
High Velocity (TVS & TVS Interiors)
NYLO Plano at Legacy (NYLO)

Best Spa Design
Acqualina Resort & Spa (Jules Trump)
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (Wilson Associates)
Heavenly Spa (TVS & TVS Interiors)

Sustainable Hotel of the Year
Hotel Triton (Kimpton Hotels & Resorts)
Willard InterContinental Washington (IHG)
Zion Lodge (Xanterra Parks & Resorts)

Opening of the Year
Skirvin Hilton Hotel (Marcus Hotels & Resorts/Kahler Slater Architects)
The Keating (The Keating Hotel Group)
The Anglers Boutique Resort (Boutique Hospitality Management)

Corporate Citizen of the Year
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Interstate Hotels & Resorts
Saunders Hotel Group
Hilton Hotels Corp.

Design of the year
Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates (Wilson Associates)

Hotelier of the Year
Robert Habeeb, President, First Hospitality Group

Owner of the Year
The Keating Hotel Group

Hotelier of the Year-Nevada
Randy Morton, President and C.O.O of the Bellagio

Nevada Hotel & Lodging Chairman of the Board 2006-2007
Gillian Murphy, Senior Vice President and General Manager, MGM Grand at Foxwoods