Gold Key Awards

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Show

Gold Key Awards

33rd Annual Gold Key Award
for Excellence in Hospitality Design

Sunday, November 10, 2013

6:00 – 8:30 pm

Sponsored by Boutique Design Magazine and HOTELS Magazine, the IHMRS Annual Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design celebrates design excellence across all sectors of the hospitality industry. A panel of expert judges from around the world will review the entries. Finalists and winners in all 14 categories will be announced at a gala event on Sunday evening, November 10 in New York as part of the 2013 International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show and Boutique Design New York trade fair and forum. The projects will also receive feature coverage in the magazines. Please complete this photo release document and include the signed form with your entry. Projects submitted without a signed photo release will be ineligible.

2013 Panel of Judges
Ong Chih Ching Founder and CEO, KOP Group	Carlos Couturier Managing Partner and Creative Force GRUPO HABITA
Ted Jacobs VP of Global Design W \| Le Méridien \| St. Regis \| The Luxury Collection Starwood Hotels & Resorts	Richard Millard Chairman and CEO Trust Hospitality
Ian Schrager Founder and Chairman Ian Schrager Company	Petter Stordalen Owner and CEO Nordic Choice Hotels and The Thief, Oslo
Glenn Wilson Vice President, International Interior Design Marriott International, Inc.

Official IHMRS Gold Key Award
For Excellence in Hospitality Design
Entry Form

Use this online form to submit your entries. Please include all information requested. Incomplete entries will be ineligible.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013

Gold Key Award Categories:

BEST HOTEL LUXURY/UPSCALE:
Best overall property architecture, interiors and overall ambience in a 4-star or 5-star hotel (new build or renovated)

BEST HOTEL MIDSCALE:
Best overall property architecture, interiors and overall ambience in a 3-star hotel (new build or renovated)

BEST HOTEL BUDGET/FOCUSED SERVICE:
Best overall property architecture, interiors and overall ambience in a 1-star or 2-star hotel (new build or renovated)

BEST RESORT:
Best overall property architecture, interiors and overall ambience in a resort (new build or renovated)

BEST GUEST ROOM LUXURY/UPSCALE:
Standard 4-star or 5-star guest room, including the bathroom

BEST GUEST ROOM MIDSCALE/BUDGET/FOCUSED SERVICE:
Standard 1-star, 2-star or 3-star guest room, including the bathroom

BEST LOBBY LUXURY/UPSCALE:
Entrance area/public space and reception/front desk in a 4-star or 5-star property

BEST LOBBY MIDSCALE/BUDGET/FOCUSED SERVICE:
Entrance area/public space and reception/front desk in a 1-star, 2-star or 3-star property

BEST RESTAURANT FINE DINING:
Restaurants with table service, higher end menu pricing and an upscale experience

BEST RESTAURANT CASUAL DINING:
Restaurants with counter service, limited service or table service with mid-priced/budget menu pricing

BEST SPA:
Spa facility within a hotel or resort including reception, treatment rooms/suites and (if applicable) special features such as pools, saunas, ice or salt rooms, water features and hammams

BEST SUITE:
Guest room containing separate living and sleeping rooms, as well as a bathroom

BEST ECO-CONSCIOUS OR SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS HOTEL:
Overall excellence in creating both an exterior and interior that improve the eco- or social environment

JUDGES’ SO COOL:
Interior or a single design element in a hotel, restaurant, spa, club or cruise ship that makes a never-seen-before “wow” statement

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Effective 6/10/2013: Prior media coverage does not make a project ineligible for consideration

All new construction and/or renovations completed between January 1, 2012 and June 1, 2013 are eligible for the 2013 competition. Each entry must be submitted using this official online entry form with the following:

ENTRY SUBMISSIONS
The project description, floor plan, photographs and supplier list are reviewed anonymously by the judges — do not include the name of the submitting firm and its collaborators on these materials. You may submit a project in more than one category, however, a separate, completed entry form and entry fee is required. Fee is $150 per entry. Fees are non-refundable and must accompany each project. Make payments securely through PayPal using your credit card information or existing PayPal account

By checking this box, I agree to the “Statement by Contestant” :*

In entering the Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design, I attest to the accuracy of the information contained in the application and all accompanying materials. I have thoroughly read all the rules and requirements for the contest and agree to abide by all criteria. I further attest and warrant that I am fully authorized to submit this entry as my own project or on behalf of the designer(s), and that I have the right (1) to utilize the photographs in all promotional matters undertaken by Hospitality Media Group LLC, the IHMRS and the sponsoring organizations, and (2) to assign permission for the use of the photographs in the sponsoring magazines and in the Gold Key Awards Gallery. Notwithstanding, I agree to indemnify, defend and protect each and any of American Hotel & Lodging Association, New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association, Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., Hospitality Media Group LLC, ST Media Group International, Inc., Boutique Design magazine and HOTELS Magazine (collectively “GKA Sponsors”) against, and hold each and any of the GKA Sponsors harmless from any and all claims, demands, suits, liability, damages, loss, costs, attorney’s fees and expenses of whatever kind or nature which might result from the competition. While every precautionary measure will be taken to protect all materials entered into the competition, I understand that the GKA Sponsors are not responsible from any materials submitted. I agree to accept the judges’ decision regarding the outcome of this competition.

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