October
2012 - The Hotel and Lodging Association of Volusia County,
Florida recently hosted its eighth annual employee appreciation
and hospitality scholarship luncheon at Bethune-Cookman University's
Center for Civic Engagement.
A total of 175 people attended the luncheon said Bob Davis, the
associations president and CEO. Fifty people were turned away at the
door because the room was filled to capacity, he said.
Michelle Wadell, of The Shores Resort and Spa in Daytona Beach Shores,
received the association's Employee of the Year award. Wadell has spent
25 years in the hospitality industry in the Daytona Beach area. Wadell
has spent the last 19 years at the same location and attended high
school in Daytona Beach.
Other awards included Employee of the Year awards for bellman (Angel
Santana of The Shores Resort); front desk/guest services agent (Larry
Minissale with the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort); room
attendant (Tina Hull of the Hilton Garden Inn in Daytona Beach); food
and beverage employee (John "Benson" Marozzi of the Best Western Aku
Tiki Inn); engineer (Tim Brown of the Best Western Castillo Del Sol);
and saleswoman (Karen Szemborski of the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront
Resort).
Ruel Bradley received the association's Thomas Staed Hospitality Award
and Bob Williams, who has been employed at The Shores Resort for 35
years, received a special recognition award.
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