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Thursday July 23
Brisbane’s Emporium Hotel finalist in six categories at
2009 HM Awards
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s win for “Best Marketed Hotel”
at the prestigious Australian
Hotel Association Awards comes the news that Brisbane’s Emporium Hotel has received six finalist
nominations for the 2009 HM Awards for Hotel and Accommodation Excellence, to be announced at
a gala dinner in Sydney on August 14.
With an award for “Best New Hotel”
at the HM Awards last year under their notched up belt,
the Emporium
Hotel
has been nominated a finalist against a record number of entries in 2009 across the following six
categories:
Finalist - Boutique Hotel
Finalist – 5-Star Hotel
Finalist – Best Hotel Bar
Finalist – Hi-Tech Hotel
Finalist – Best Hotel Bartender in Lucy George
Finalist – Best Hotel Manager in Peter Savoff
These nominations join
the latest in the Emporium Hotel’s string of prestigious titles, including the recent Best
Marketed Hotel AHA Award which now takes pride of place alongside the Best Small Luxury Hotel title in the
prestigious Gourmet Traveller Awards; Queensland Tourism Award
for “Best Luxury Accommodation”; the two
Queensland Hotels Association Awards for Excellence 2008 for “Best Deluxe Hotel Accommodation Five Star” and “Best
Marketed Hotel”; the 2008 HM Award for Hotel & Accommodation Excellence for “Best New Hotel” and of course
the prestigious title as one of the world’s best hotels in the International Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List 2008.
As Brisbane’s only boutique luxury hotel, the Emporium Hotel has made an important mark on both leisure and
corporate travel markets over the past 20 months, cementing itself as a benchmark in design and service with a
string of accolades to prove it.
1000 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, Qld 4006
Phone: (07) 3253 6999 or 1300 883 611
Fax: (07) 3253 6966
Winner: Best Small Luxury Hotel, Gourmet Traveller Awards 2009
Winner: Best Luxury Accommodation, Queensland Tourism Awards 2008
Winner: Best New Hotel, HM Awards for Hotel and Accommodation Excellence 2008
Winner: Best Marketed Hotel (1-99 employees), Queensland Hotel Association Awards for Excellence 2008
Winner: Best Deluxe Accommodation Five Star, Queensland Hotel Association Awards for Excellence 2008
Finalist: Award for Business Innovation, Lord Mayor’s Business Awards 2008
Finalist: Best Luxury Accommodation (100 rooms and over), The Australian Travel and Tourism Awards
Named one of the world’s best new hotels in the International Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List 2008
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