20 th Annual Gold Key Award Finalists Announced / Sept 2000

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November 11 - 14, 2000
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center,
New York, NY

20 th Annual Gold Key Award Finalists Announced

WHITE PLAINS, NY, July 21, 2000� Eighteen restaurant and lodging designers have been selected from 171 entries as Finalists in the 20th Annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design.

The 2000 Gold Key Awards, which are presented by the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant ShowÒ (IH/M&RS) and sponsored by Hospitality Design and Lodging magazines, recognize hospitality designers for excellence in six design categories: Restaurants Seating To 110; Restaurants Seating Over 110; Guest Rooms; Suites; Lobby/Reception Area; and Senior Living Facility.

Representing properties from the across the United States and around the world, the 2000 Gold Key Finalists are:

Restaurants - Seating To 110	Haverson Architecture and Design, P.C. (Greenwich, CT) for Katzenberg�s Express, Greenwich, CT Tony Chi & Associates (New York, NY) for Wolf Restaurant & Deli, New York, NY Wilson & Associates (Dallas, TX) for Royal Mirage Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Restaurants - Seating Over 110	Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (New York, NY) for Guastavino�s Restaurant at Bridgemarket, New York, NY Rockwell Architecture Planning and Design, P.C. (New York, NY) For Ruby Foo�s Dim Sum and Sushi Palace, New York, NY Rockwell Architecture Planning and Design, P.C. (New York, NY) for Nobu Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Guest Rooms	Brennan Beer Gorman Monk (New York, NY) for Westin Plaza Hotel, Singapore Hornberger + Wortsell (San Francisco, CA) for The W Hotel, San Francisco, CA Wilson & Associates (Dallas, TX) for Four Seasons Regent Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Suites	Daroff Design, Inc. & DDI Architects, P.C. (Philadelphia, PA) For Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia PA Howard Snoweiss Design Group (Coral Gables, FL) for Royal Suite, Voyager of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, Miami, FL Stephen B. Jacobs Group, P.C. (New York, NY) for Hotel Giraffe, New York, NY
Lobby/Reception Area	Cheryl Rowley Design, Inc. (Beverly Hills, CA) for Hotel Parlomar, San Francisco, CA Dileonardo International, Inc. (Warwick, RI) for The Ritz Carlton Resort, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hornberger + Wortsell (San Francisco, CA) for The W Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Senior Living Facility	Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects (Portland, OR) for University Retirement Community at Davis, Davis, CA Beery Rio & Associates (Springfield, VA) for Sunrise Cottages of Richmond, Richmond, VA J and D Design (Corona Del Mar, CA) for Lynnbrooke Assisted Living, Irvine, CA

Judges for the 2000 Gold Key Awards were Alexandra Champalimaud of Alexandra Champalimaud & Associates, Inc., Jeffery Beers of Jeffery Beers International, Mary-Jean Eastman of Perkins Eastman Architects, P.C., and Didier Picquot of The Pierre, New York.

Judges considered design creativity and aesthetic value as well as commercial viability when making their selections.

Grand Prize Winners will be announced and all Finalists will be recognized at the Gold Key Awards Breakfast, Monday, November 13, 8:30a.m.-10:00a.m., at The Waldorf=Astoria. The breakfast will be sponsored once again this year by AvoraÔ FR and will feature Keynote speaker David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group.

Tickets for the 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 Aaron Healey at George Little Management, Inc., Ten Bank Street, White Plains, NY 10606-1954. For more information, call (914) 421-3288.

Grand Prize Winners� and Finalists� projects will be displayed at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during the IH/M&RS. Projects will be featured in the Gold Key Gallery, which is sponsored by the NEWH and located in the Hospitality Showcase on Level One of the Javits Center.

The 85th annual IH/M&RS, November 11-14, 2000, at New York City�s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, is sponsored by the American Hotel & Motel Association; the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association, Inc.; and the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc.

2000 IH/M&RS Details:

IH/M&RS To Feature Wide Range of Seminars and Events Targeting Lodging and Culinary Industries	IH/M&RS To Feature Wide Range of Seminars and Events Targeting Lodging and Culinary Industries
IH/M&RS Climbs in Ranking Among Top 200 Trade Shows in U.S.	IH/M&RS Expands Hospitality Design Offerings in 2000
2000 IH/M&RS Largest in 85-Year History	IH/M&RS President's Panel Features Lodging Leaders
IH/M&RS Demonstration Kitchen Adds New Features in 2000	Restaurant Futurists Conference Debuts at IH/M&RS in 2000

The 85th annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IH/M&RS)

November 11 - 14, 2000

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York City

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 & Motel Association and is managed by George Little
Management, Inc. (GLM).

Attendee information: GLM�s Registration Services
Department at (914) 421-3206. Additional information may be obtained by visiting the IH/M&RS web site at
http://www.ihmrs.com

Exhibitor information:

Christian Falkenberg, show manager
GLM Ten Bank Street
White Plains, NY 10606-1954.
Telephone (914) 421-3296.
FAX (914) 948-6180.
E-mail: [email protected]

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