The Gold Key Awards recognize hospitality designers for excellence in seven design categories: Restaurants � Seating To 110; Restaurants � Seating Over 110; Guest Rooms; Suites; Lobby/Reception Area; Senior Living Facility; and Spa/Resort.  

The 2001 Gold Key Finalists are:
 
Restaurants � Seating To 110

• II By IV Design (Toronto, Canada) for Rain, Toronto, Canada
• The Gettys Group Inc. (Chicago, IL) for Hotel Plaza Athenee Arabelle Restaurant, New York, NY
• HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates (Atlanta, GA) for St. Regis Grand Rome-Vivendo Restaurant, Rome, Italy

• Rockwell Group (New York, NY) for Alma de Cuba, Philadelphia, PA
• Rockwell Group (New York, NY)  for Emerils, New Orleans, LA
• Zack/deVito Architecture (San Francisco, CA), for Bacar, San Francisco, CA, with interior design by Your Space

• HDC € Hotel Design Consultants (Pacific Palisades, CA) for Westin La Quinta Gold Resort, Marabella, Spain
• HDC € Hotel Design Consultants (Pacific Palisades, CA) for Hotel Imperial, VIENNA,Vienna, Austria
• The Stephen B. Jacobs Group, PC (New York, NY), for The Library Hotel, New York, NY, with interior design by Andi Pepper Interior Design

• HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates (Atlanta, GA), for Le Saint Geran � Presidential Suite, Belle Mar, Mauritius 
• DiLeonardo International, Inc. (Warwick, RI) for Dumont Plaza, New York, NY
• Rockwell Group (New York, NY) for Chambers, New York, NY

• Rockwell Group (New York, NY) for Chambers, New York, NY
• Morrison Seifert Murphy (Dallas, TX) for Camino Real Inter Continental, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• The Stephen B. Jacobs Group, PC (New York, NY), for The Library Hotel, New York, NY, with interior design by Andi Pepper Design

• John Lape (Portland, OR) for Courtyard Fountains at Gresham � Phase II, Gresham, OR
• Culpepper, McAuliffe and Meaders, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) for Classic Residence by Hyatt � Riverdale, Yonkers, NY
• Woodman Design Group (Chelsea, MA) for Boylston Place, Chestnut Hill, MA

• Robert D. Henry Architects (New York, NY) for AJUNE Medi-Spa, New York, NY
• HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates (Atlanta, GA) for Mandarin Oriental, Miami, Miami, FL, with project submitted by Mandarin Oriental, Miami
• Marsh & Associates, Inc. (Englewood, CO), for The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, with interior design by CMH Interior Design

The Best of Show and Grand Prize winners will be announced and all Finalists recognized at the Gold Key Awards Breakfast, Monday, November 12, 7:30 a.m. � 10:00 a.m., at New York City�s Waldorf=Astoria.  The breakfast will feature a keynote address by Chip Conley, founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality.

Tickets for the Gold Key Awards Breakfast are $65 each, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH).  To reserve tickets, send checks, payable to the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, to Jennifer Ashare at George Little Management, LLC., Ten Bank Street, White Plains, NY 10606-1954.  For more information, contact Jennifer Ashare, events supervisor, by telephone at (914) 421-3309, or e-mail at [email protected].

The Gold Key Awards are presented by the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IH/M&RS) and sponsored by Hospitality Design and Hotel & Motel Management magazines.  The Gold Key Gallery at the IH/M&RS, which presents all finalists projects, is sponsored by the NEWH and is located in the Hospitality Showcase on Level One of the Javits Center.  

The 86th annual IH/M&RS will be held Saturday, November 10, through Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at New York City�s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.  The Show will feature more than 1,900 hospitality industry suppliers and attracts approximately 58,000 in total trade attendance.  IH/M&RS attendee registration is $20 before October 14, and $40 after October 14.  Registration information may be obtained on-line at www.ihmrs.com.  For additional information, contact GLM�s Customer Service Department at (914) 421-3206.

The IH/M&RS is sponsored by the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association, the Hotel Association of New York City, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association and is managed by George Little Management, LLC (GLM).  

Show hours are 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. from Saturday, November 10 through Monday, November 12, and 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13.