The Queen Mary scored big with Hostmark Hospitality Group, netting six awards at the group's Annual Awards Conference & Seminar this morning, officials at the ship announced.
Operations at the iconic ship -- one of Hostmark's more than 30 properties internationally, won several top honors, including the 2008 Overall Food & Beverage Operation of the Year Award, the 2008 Gung Ho Award ("a corporate culture program that Hostmark practices at all their properties") and the 2008 Employee Relations Award.
The ship also won 2008 General Manager of the Year Award (Jay Primavera); 2008 Food & Beverage Director of Year Award (Dennis Law); 2008 Executive Chef of the Year Award (Thierry Ruaux).
The Queen Mary was also nominated for the 2008 Hostmark Property of the Year Award and Sir Winston's & Chelsea restaurants were nominated for the 2008 Hostmark Restaurant of the Year Award.
"It is with great honor that the Queen Mary accepts these awards," Primavera said in a statement. "Everyone at the ship has worked unbelievably hard and has achieved some amazing results. The crew and I have been humbled by the recognition from Hostmark and are proud to have the responsibility of caring for such an iconic property."
Operations at the iconic ship -- one of Hostmark's more than 30 properties internationally, won several top honors, including the 2008 Overall Food & Beverage Operation of the Year Award, the 2008 Gung Ho Award ("a corporate culture program that Hostmark practices at all their properties") and the 2008 Employee Relations Award.
The ship also won 2008 General Manager of the Year Award (Jay Primavera); 2008 Food & Beverage Director of Year Award (Dennis Law); 2008 Executive Chef of the Year Award (Thierry Ruaux).
The Queen Mary was also nominated for the 2008 Hostmark Property of the Year Award and Sir Winston's & Chelsea restaurants were nominated for the 2008 Hostmark Restaurant of the Year Award.
"It is with great honor that the Queen Mary accepts these awards," Primavera said in a statement. "Everyone at the ship has worked unbelievably hard and has achieved some amazing results. The crew and I have been humbled by the recognition from Hostmark and are proud to have the responsibility of caring for such an iconic property."
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I love the Queen Mary and I'm happy to hear she is winning awards. I must say though I haven't been too impressed. We went this year for our annual Christmas dinner on the Queen, in December they still had nothing on the website about Christmas dinner menus or plans for the ship's restaurants, they still had old stuff up from Thanksgiving, then when I called myself, Sir Winston's had raised the price of their dinner this year from $49 to $59--in the middle of a global recession! so we passed on our annual dinner there, we were told that the Promenada Cafe would have a special Christmas menu and decided to go there, but when we showed up, it was the regular menu and no one knew what we were talking about re a special menu. So I was surprised to hear the restaurant manager won a prize. Hmmm.