The Hotel Marketing Association (HMA) has revealed the categories for it’s annual 2011 Hotel Marketing Awards, which celebrates the best hotel marketing campaigns in the UK for the past tear.
The awards which have been running for 18 years now and have usually included the following categories
- Best Marketing Campaign Independent Hotels
- Best Marketing Campaign Hotel Chain or individual Chain Hotel
- Best Marketing Activity on a Small Budget (max £7k)
- Young Marketer of the Year
Two new awards have been added this year, to move with the changing way Hotels are being marketed they are
- Best Social Media Campaign
- Best Agency Promotion or Campaign
Andrea Mckay, chairman of the HMA said, “Winning a marketing award from HMA is a great accolade for any individual hotel or group and we urge everyone who is eligible to submit an entry”.
In recent years winners have included, The Berkeley, Hilton, Premier Inn, De Vere, Intercontinental Group and Gleneagles.
The 2011 awards will be announced at the HMA 40th Anniversary Christmas Lunch at the Savoy hotel in London on the 19th of December.
The deadline to submit entries for the awards is the 18th of November. There is no charge for entering and any UK based independent hotel, hotel group or relevant external hotel marketing agency, is eligible to enter.
For more info see http://www.hotelmarketingassociation.com/
Posted by Mise En Place Hospitality Recruitment
Great blog- be interesting to see who wins!