This year the nominations for the TAA (Vic) Accommodation Awards for Excellence are fee free!
In categories where written submissions are required, please ensure that these are uploaded to this online portal by Friday 30th April. If you would prefer to send a hard copy submission, please post to the TAA (Vic) office:
TAA (Vic)
Awards for Excellence
PO Box 18067, 111 Bourke St,
Melbourne VIC 8003
Award categories are listed below:
Member hotels gain automatic entry into the property category most relevant to their style of hotel operation.
Members are required to express their interest in entering the following property categories by submitting a written application (ensuring they follow entry criteria outlined in this document for their category of interest):
All employee-specific award categories require a nomination and will be judged by review of the employee’s résumé, coupled with an interview process. Optional extras for inclusion, at the time of entry with the employee’s résumé include accompanying documents such as guest comments, references, articles and/or certificates.
Categories:
Judging is either completed by way of an anonymous property visit, in the case of property category awards, or via assessment of written criteria and an associated interview, for individual employee award categories.
Each category entrant will receive feedback on how they or their property performed, relative to winning hotels and individuals.
The TAA (Vic) Accommodation Awards for Excellence judging panel is comprised of highly experienced individuals, equipped with many years of relevant industry knowledge. Importantly, all judging is completed impartially and independently of TAA (Vic).
Photos files must be provided as landscape 1920 x 1080pxl as high-res jpeg files. Venue logo’s must be a high-res eps file or packaged ai or psd file. These photos can be uploaded during the online registration process or at a later time using your nomination confirmation number.
The photos supplied should depict the award category that you nominated for (ie. Hotel Bar of the Year, please include two bar area images) and also include at least one external shot of the venue. Nominations for the employee categories should include a head shot of the employee nominated and one in their working environment. We also love to see people in your photos enjoying your hospitality!
Photos and logos will be used for marketing and promotional activities conducted by TAA (Vic) in promoting finalists and the awards night. Planned activities include general marketing material, pre-event finalist announcements, a multi-media presentation to be played on the evening, post-event media releases, and in a special feature in the AHA (Vic) 'Hotel Today' magazine. TAA (Vic) may also use the images provided for ongoing promotions, marketing material and collateral.
All finalists will be presented with a finalist logo which maybe used in any hotel marketing and promotional activities.
All winners will receive a winners logo which maybe used in any hotel marketing and promotional activities.