Green awards up for grabs

Final short list of Considerate Hoteliers awards unveiled

The short list of nominees has been announced for the seven award categories of the prestigious annual Considerate Hoteliers Association (CHA) ‘Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2011/12’ – celebrating the best in environmental, sustainable and socially responsible performance and open to all UK hotels and small accommodation operations.

Now the nominees will be battling out to see who will be the winners – to be publicly announced and presented at the CHA Awards Gala Lunch on 31 May at the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane.

After much deliberation by the judging panel (See ‘Notes to Editors’ for judges), the 2011/12 CHA ‘Hotel of the Year’ awards nominee short list is:

For the CHA’s traditional highest accolade: ‘The Considerate Hotel of the Year,’ again sponsored for 2011/12 by Gilchrist & Soames Ltd, for the best all-round responsible performance – with a special emphasis this year, in conjunction with WRAP, on food waste:

• The Green House, Bournemouth
• The Strand Palace Hotel, London
• La Moinerie Hotel, Sark, Channel Islands
• Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
• Lancaster London
• Alexandra Hotel and Restaurant , Lyme Regis, Dorset
• Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London
• Crowne Plaza  London – The City
• Park Plaza County Hall London
• The Savoy, London
• Trenython Manor Country Estate, St Austell, Cornwall

‘The Considerate Sustainable Food Award’, supported for 20011/12 by Sustain (the alliance for better food and farming) and Fairtrade:

• Montagu Arms Hotel, Beaulieu, Hampshire
• Aval du Creux, Sark, Channel Islands
• Bingham, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey

‘The Considerate Green Team of the Year’, sponsored for 2011/12 by Beacon Purchasing:

• Wilton Court restaurant with rooms, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
• The Landmark London
• The Devonshire Arms County House Hotel & Spa, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire
• Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London
• Crowne Plaza  London – The City

‘The Considerate Green Champion of the Year’, sponsored for 2011/12 by GRAM UK (Commercial):

• Gary Lohan, Chief Engineer/Sustainability Manager, One Aldwych, London
• Sally Beck, Director of Strategic Marketing, The Landmark London
• Hendrik Lessing, Sustainability Manager,  Sark Island Hotels, Sark, Channel Islands
• Clare Wright, Director of Procurement, Lancaster London

‘The Considerate Small Accommodation Provider of the Year Award’, sponsored for 2011/12 by Gilchrist & Soames Ltd.:

• Lasswade Country House and Restaurant at Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys in Wales
• Wilton Court restaurant with rooms, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
• Hotel Petit Champ, Sark, Channel Islands

‘The National Considerate Supplier of the Year’, sponsored for 2011/12 by Beacon Purchasing; and the ‘Local Considerate Supplier of the Year’, sponsored by Beacon Purchasing.

• Sunlight textile rental and laundering service, nominated by The Strand Palace Hotel, London
• Ecolab cleaning, food and health protection products and services, nominated by Crowne Plaza  London – The City
• Veolia Environmental Services waste management services, nominated by Lancaster London
• Reynolds Catering Suppliers UK fresh foods and chilled products, nominated by Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London
• Rhug Estate Organic Farm – Corwen, Denbighshire – fresh organic meat, nominated by Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire

‘Local Considerate Supplier of the Year’ short list is:

• Vitesse plc local stationery and office supplies, nominated by The Strand Palace Hotel, London
• Granny Gothards – based in Stoke St Gregory, Taunton -handmade icecreams and sorbets, nominated by Alexandra Hotel and Restaurant , Lyme Regis, Dorset
• Jude’s Ice Cream – based in Twyford, Winchester in Hampshire – nominated by Lancaster London
• R-Oil – based in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire – producer of rapeseed oil, nominated by Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
• SEM (Sark Estate Management) Market Garden – nominated by Sark Island Hotels, Channel Islands.

‘The Best Green Marketing Initiative Award 2011/12’, sponsored by Activeion Cleaning Solutions:

• Alexandra Hotel and Restaurant , Lyme Regis, Dorset
• The Green House, Bournemouth
• Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire
• Lancaster London
• The Landmark London
• The Savoy, London
• Trenython Manor Country Estate, St Austell, Cornwall
• Lasswade Country House and Restaurant at Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys in Wales
• The Dorchester, London
• Montagu Arms Hotel, Beaulieu, Hampshire

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