Spirit of Hospitality Awards

It's that time again to recognize your peers with the PA Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau's Annual Spirit of Hospitality Awards. We are seeking nominations for these awards from ALL of our members, and we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to tell us about a colleague or business who you believe would be deserving of any of these awards. Past nominations are encouraged to re-submit.

Spirit of Service Award

This award recognizes an individual (paid or volunteer) in the travel and tourism industry who distinguishes themselves by promoting our area through exemplary service and dedication to the consumer. Nominees must have direct guest contact.
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Spirit of Leadership Award

This award recognizes an individual who provides professional and exceptional service as a supervisory employee. Nominees are judged on outstanding and exemplary service to the property and guests, as well as extraordinary leadership to those they supervise.
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Community Spirit Award

This award recognizes an individual, a program, or a business within the hospitality industry that voluntarily serves the local community through local charitable organizations and benefits the local community.
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Spirit of Creativity Award

This award recognizes an individual, a team, or a business that has shown innovation and/or creativity through marketing, promotional efforts, or the introduction of new or improved existing product which promotes the destination and the travel and tourism industry.
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Burnley Lifetime Achievement Award

The Burnley Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an outstanding individual whose pioneering spirit and demonstrated inventiveness throughout their career has made a profound impact to Lancaster County's tourism industry and inspired others. This award was named for the first recipient of the award, Pat Burnley, entrepreneur and owner of Kitchen Kettle Village. Once a nomination is submitted, it will remain active indefinitely.
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Nomination Information

• Nominations will be accepted from any PA Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau (PA Dutch CVB) member, PA Dutch CVB member employee, or PA Dutch CVB staff.
• All awards are for the time period January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011. Nominations must be received by April 1, 2012
• There is no limit on how many nominations you submit.
• You may nominate any individual, business, or employee that is a member of the PA Dutch CVB. You may nominate yourself.
• Nominations will be judged by an impartial panel of judges who will determine a winner based upon the materials submitted.
• Award winners will be recognized at the Annual Meeting.

Contact/Submission Information

Please contact Cheryl Deaven at 717-391-6002 or cdeaven@padutchcountry.com if you have any questions. Please mail completed nominations to:

Cheryl Deaven 
PA Dutch CVB
501 Greenfield Road
Lancaster, PA 17601

Or email them to: cdeaven@padutchcountry.com

Accolades & Awards

Upwards of 300 people gathered for an evening of food, fun and festivities at the PA Dutch CVB's Annual Reception & Awards Presentation last week at Clipper Magazine Stadium. In addition to some great Dixieland music, compliments of Ben Mauger’s Vintage Jazz Band, a batting cage with Lancaster Barnstormers pitcher McNab, great conversation with peers and plenty of laughs with sponsor-provided games, the CVB also recognized four Spirit of Hospitality Award recipients and nine 2011 Hospitality Scholarships recipients. View photos from the evening.

The Spirit of Hospitality Awards program honors individuals and organizations who exemplify the best of travel and tourism in Lancaster County.

• Jason Myer, Barnyard Supervisor at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm in Ronks, received the Spirit of Leadership Award, which recognizes exemplary professionalism and exceptional service as a supervisory employee. Myer was recognized for helping others and positioning them, as well as the business, for success. He constantly demonstrates what it is to be a good leader – one who leads by example and doesn’t ask others to do things that he wouldn’t do himself.
   
• Johnny Roberts, Marketing Coordinator for Isaac’s Famous Grilled Sandwiches in Lancaster, received the Spirit of Creativity Award, which recognizes dedication to innovation in such areas as creative marketing or new programs. Roberts thinks outside the box for Isaac’s and Lancaster’s broader tourism community, with a wealth of marketing knowledge that always seems to be looking ahead, never behind.
   
• Ruth Harnish, Owner/Innkeeper of Flowers and Thyme B&B in Lancaster, received the Spirit of Service Award, which recognizes industry members who distinguish themselves in promoting Lancaster County tourism through exemplary service and dedication to the consumer. During her 17 years operating Flowers and Thyme, Harnish has volunteered for numerous projects in a quiet, humble manner, all the while promoting local attractions and encouraging guests to enjoy all that Lancaster County has to offer.\
   
• “The Legend Continues” program at Loxley’s Restaurant in Lancaster received the Community Spirit Award, which recognizes an individual or organization whose actions demonstrate service and responsiveness to the local community. The program has donated more than $100,000 to more than 40 different charities to date, including The Salvation Army Coats for Kids Campaign, Toys for Tots, and Water Street Ministries. The program is based affectionately upon Robin Hood folklore as a way to provide for those in need, and each month allows patrons to choose one of three charities to which five percent of their check (exclusive of alcohol) will be donated.