HOSPA reveals annual awards winners for 2014
Hospitality education organisation HOSPA has named its former chairman Paul Dukes as the winner of its Lifetime Achievement award.
The winners of the annual ‘Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT Awards of the Year 2014' were announced yesterday (18 December) in London by the educational organisation for professionals involved in Financial Management, Revenue Management and IT within the hospitality industry.
The luncheon was held at the Marriott hotel in Grosvenor Square.
Dukes was handed the lifetime achievement award for his role in overseeing the development and rebranding of the former British Association of Hospitality and the creation of its communities of hospitality finance, revenue management and IT. He served as chairman from 2008 to this year. He is the fifth recipient of the award.
Jumeirah Group took home the Company Commitment to Professional Development Award.
Other winners included:
HOSPA Hospitality Professionals Award Winners 2014
Hospitality Finance Professional 2014: Darran Cottington, financial controller at Brown's Hotel, London
Hospitality Revenue Management Professional 2014: Shauna Campbell, director of revenue management at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for UK and Ireland
Hospitality IT Professional 2014: Emmanuel Clave, group IT director at Rocco Forte Hotels
HOSPA 'Overall Student of the Year' Award Winners 2014 for the Association's Education and Training Programmes (ETP) in Financial Management, and Revenue Management:
'HOSPA Outstanding Student of the Year in Financial Management 2014': Margita Alsina, accounts assistant at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow.
'HOSPA Outstanding Student of the Year in Revenue Management 2014': Sharon Murphy, revenue manager, the Malton hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry, Eire.
HOSPA 2014 Student Award Winners:
The March 2014 HOSPA Financial Management Education Programme examination prize winners were:
Stage 1 - Introduction to Financial Accounting: Meriel Johns, cluster purchasing clerk, Jurys Inn, Brighton
Stage 2 - Operational Management Accounting: Thomas Fink, assistant financial controller, Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel, Munich
Stage 3 - Strategic Management Accounting: Chinthaka Periyapperuma, assistant finance manager, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
The September 2014 HOSPA Financial Management Education Programme examination prize winners were:
Stage 1 - Introduction to Financial Accounting: Keri David Jervis, assistant financial controller, Village Urban Resorts, Cardiff
Stage 2 - Operational Management Accounting: Margita Alsina, accounts assistant, Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow
Stage 3 - Strategic Management Accounting: Mahela Vidanapatirana, assistant financial controller, the Royal York hotel, York
The March 2014 HOSPA Revenue Management Education Programme examination prize winners were:
Stage 1: Introduction to Revenue Management: David Bell, general manager, Kirkconnel Group
Stage 2: Operational Revenue Management: Sharon Murphy, revenue manager, the Malton hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry, Eire
Stage 3: Strategic Revenue Management: Jayne Nicolson, group revenue manager, Portland Hotel Management
The September 2014 HOSPA Revenue Management Education Programme examination prize winners were:
Stage1: Introduction to Revenue Management: Sally Cory, senior revenue and pricing analyst, De Vere Venues, Staverton Park, Daventry, Northamptonshire
Stage 2: Operational Revenue Management: Michael Crossan, lecturer in hospitality and tourism, Institute of Technology, Tralee
Stage 3: Strategic Revenue Management: Tessa Rowbottom, cluster revenue manager, Hilton Worldwide
