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The entry process

Entries for the 2022 HM Awards are open to people who work in the hotel industry in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. It is free of charge to enter your nomination.

Award categories include:

PROPERTY AWARDS – AUSTRALIA

  • Serviced Apartment Property
  • Economy Hotel
  • Midscale Hotel
  • Upscale Hotel
  • Upper-upscale Hotel
  • Luxury Hotel or Property
  • Australian Lodge
  • Business Hotel
  • Resort
  • Hotel Interior Design
  • Boutique Hotel
  • New Hotel
  • Meetings & Conferencing Property
  • Regional Property
  • Day Spa
  • Hotel Bar
  • Hotel Restaurant
  • Tech-Hotel

PROPERTY AWARDS –  NEW ZEALAND & SOUTH PACIFIC

  • New Zealand Hotel
  • New Zealand Regional Property
  • New Zealand Lodge
  • Fijian Property
  • South Pacific Property

GENERAL AWARDS

  • Marketing Campaign
  • Service to the Community

PEOPLE AWARDS

  • Concierge
  • Hotel Chef
  • Food & Beverage Associate
  • Human Resources Associate
  • Sales & Marketing Associate
  • Communications Associate
  • Front Office Associate
  • Finance Associate
  • Revenue Management Associate
  • Housekeeper
  • Hotel Engineer
  • Rising Star

MAJOR AWARDS

  • South Pacific General Manager
  • New Zealand General Manager
  • Australian General Manager
  • Environmental Program

For PROPERTY and DEPARTMENTAL categories: The name and address has to be completed, while up to 300 words are able to be submitted (outlining major achievements over the last 12 months  – from September 6, 2021 to September 10, 2022 –  and why it is believed the individual should win the specific category). Optional: a YouTube video link is also able to be submitted with the nomination again this year, with a maximum length of 5 minutes.

Specifically within the PROPERTY and DEPARTMENTAL categories:
-For the NEW HOTEL category: The property must have opened between September 6, 2021 to September 10, 2022, to be considered.
-For the HOTEL BAR category: A current menu of the food and drink offerings (including cocktail lists) must be attached with the nomination.
-For the HOTEL RESTAURANT category: A current menu of the food and drink offerings (including wine and cocktail lists) must be attached with the nomination.
-For the DAY SPA category:  A current menu of the treatments on offer must be attached with the nomination.

For PEOPLE categories: The name and address has to be completed, while up to 300 words are able to be submitted (outlining major achievements over the last 12 months  – from September 6, 2021 to September 10, 2022 – and it is believed the individual should win the specific category).  Optional: a YouTube video link is also able to be submitted with the nomination again this year, with a maximum length of 5 minutes.

For RISING STAR of Year: This award recognises an associate  30 years or under who has achieved significant milestones in the hotel industry. The name and address has to be completed, while up to 300 words are able to be submitted (outlining major achievements over the last 12 months  – from September 6, 2021 to September 10, 2022 – and why you believe a rising star should win the specific category). Optional: a YouTube video is also able to be submitted with the nomination this year, with a maximum length of 5 minutes.

For MAJOR awards: The name and address must be completed, while up to 300 words is able to be submitted (outlining major achievements over the last 12 months – from September 6, 2021 to September 10, 2022 – and why you believe the individual should win the specific category). Optional: a YouTube video link is also able to be submitted with the nomination again this year, with a maximum length of 5 minutes.

For the HOTEL BRAND, CHAIN, HOTEL, AUSTRALASIAN HOTELIER and ASIA-PACIFIC HOTELIER: these are not open for submissions and are decided on by Regional CEOs (as per the judging process since 2007).

The judging process

  1. Nominations for General Awards are close
  2. The judging panel – made up of over 20 leading travel writers, industry consultants, association heads and selected leading suppliers – decides the finalists and subsequently the winners and highly commended recipients.
  3. The judging panel will be sent a list of every property nominated in those categories.
  4. Written submissions for each category will be taken into consideration and voting will be based on a 3-2-1 points system (3 points for first, 2 points for second and 1 point for third).
  5. The judging panel will also be asked to nominate their leading hotels in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific on a 3-2-1 points basis.
  6. The judging panel will be asked to leave any category blank where they did not feel they knew enough about the nominations in that category.
  • General, People and selected Major Awards will be judged by HM magazine Editor James Wilkinson and several senior hotel industry consultants. Judging for these categories will be based on the 300-word submission (and optional YouTube video) to accompanied each entry and the decision on the winner and highly commended recipient will need to be unanimous.
  • Major Awards – Brand, Chain, Hotel, Australasian Hotelier and Asia-Pacific Hotelier will be decided entirely by a panel of leading CEOs and Managing Directors across Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific. They will be asked to nominate on a 3-2-1 points basis (not including themselves, their staff or properties in their own chain).
  • All judges and judging decisions will remain anonymous (the results have been audited by EY [Ernst&Young] previously and now Withers Worldwide since 2008).

 

Nominations

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