DELETED: Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA)

Miami Beach, Florida – Hospitality leaders and design luminaries from cutting-edge architecture, interior design, purchasing, consulting firms, and from across industry segments including restaurants, hotels, spas and more, will gather together at a special awards luncheon on September 14, 2011 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. during the second and final day of the Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Categories for the awards include: Design & Architecture; Sustainability; Food & Beverage; Customer Service; Marketing & Sales; and Occupancy & RevPAR. The Awards will celebrate, for the second year, top performing boutique and lifestyle independent properties that have raised the bar.

Produced by the Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA), the awards are becoming the universal benchmark for recognition of quality among the boutique and lifestyle lodging industry and, is the only one among many hospitality awards worldwide, that is dedicated exclusively to both the boutique and lifestyle hospitality industry sector. The Awards present opportunities for properties to be recognized for achieving overall success within a number of important and equally weighted categories.

The Luncheon Awards event includes a CEO Panel moderated by Jean-Michel Cousteau, famed Filmmaker and Ocean Explorer, on the subject of the 'State of the Industry for Boutique & Lifestyle properties with a twist on environmental issues in hospitality'. The esteemed panelists include: Brooke Barrett, Co-CEO Denihan Hospitality, Dan Flannery, COO Morgans Hotel Group, Ingrid Summerfield, President and COO Joie de Vivre, and Raul Leal, President and COO Virgin Hotels.

The finalists that have excelled in the three categories and are being considered for the top awards are:

2011 Boutique Hotel of the Year:

  • The Hotel Andaluz, Albuquerque, NM
  • The Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
  • The Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
  • Hotel Renew, Honolulu, HI

Lifestyle Hotel of the Year:

  • The Good Hotel, San Francisco, CA
  • The Surrey, New York, NY
  • W Hollywood Residences, Hollywood, CA
  • The Westlake Village Inn, Westlake Village, CA

Boutique & Lifestyle Hotelier of the Year:

  • Andrea De Trinidad, Mount View Hotel & Spa
  • Joe Kurth, GM, The Pfister Hotel
  • Richard Kessler, Owner/CEO, The Kessler Collection
  • Tim Dixon, Owner, The Iron Horse Hotel

The BLLA Pavilion where relationships are built and new products are discovered, showcasing for the 1st time at the HD Boutique Exposition and Conference that will take place on September 13th and 14th at the Miami Beach Convention Center, is paving the way for suppliers to show their support and interest in the boutique and lifestyle sector. Participating exhibitors in the BLLA Pavilion which is the largest footprint on the tradeshow floor, includes the following companies: Apaiser Bathware, Cobsa-USA, Elektra, Jean-Michel Cousteau by Maricoid, Concept Amenities, Iberia Tiles, Smarter Shows / Club + Venue Design Expo 2012, Central Lock & Hardware and the T-Y Group. Planned activities inside the Pavilion include a variety of entertainment, a flamingo exhibit, prize drawings each day and gift bags full of sample products from BLLA suppliers.

The luncheon features additional Sponsors including Swarovski who has custom designed the BLLA Award icon, Hospitality Design Magazine who is collaborating on the luncheon, Gilchrist & Soames, Getaway Packages, NIS Print, Rottet Studio, TripTV, the Scene Marketing Group, Principia, Fabric Innovations, TCHO Chocolate, Beanitos, Biscoff Cookies, Food Should Taste Good, Tyler's Coffees, Goody Good Stuff and Fischer & Wieser. Most of these sponsors also contributed to the gift bags being given to each luncheon attendee, a BLLA tradition.

To attend the event with a single ticket or a table of 8, please go to .

About The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association (BLLA)

The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association is the first and only association dedicated to uniting the world's boutique and lifestyle properties. Created to be the unifying voice of this distinctive subset within the hospitality industry, its goal is to unite the world's collection of boutique & lifestyle properties and the suppliers that sustain them, offering them the opportunity to successfully compete on a level playing field with major hotel companies, as well as market themselves to meet the ever-increasing demand from discerning boutique-seeking clients. For more information, or to become a member, visit: www.blla.org. Book a stay at www.realboutiquehotels.com. Read about unique destinations at www.boutiquelodgingmagazine.com.

Frances Kiradjian
Founder & CEO
+1 818 264 4810
BLLA

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