News for the Hospitality Executive |
Englewood, Colo. – March 4, 2011
– Today, Destination Hotels & Resorts is launching its
inaugural Kids Healthy Recipe Contest in support of National Nutrition
Month.
The contest encourages consumers to submit their favorite healthy
recipe that
children enjoy eating. The winning recipe will be featured on the
company’s
Kids Café healthy menu selections for a year, and the chef who
submits the top
entry also wins a trip for a family of four to any full-service
Destination
Hotels & Resorts property. “As a parent and as an executive in a
company that serves
thousands of meals each day, I realized that Destination Hotels &
Resorts
has a special opportunity and responsibility to take a leadership role
in
educating parents and kids about healthy menu selections, which
combined with
exercise can make a positive contribution to overall wellness” said
Mark
Hickey, senior vice president of hotel operations for Destination
Hotels &
Resorts, as well as the creative force behind the company’s Kids
Café program. The father of two young daughters, Hickey
was inspired to
tackle healthy eating from personal family experience and focused on,
one hotel
at a time. His vision became a reality when the company launched its
Kids Café
healthy menu selections last summer at Destination’s annual Food and
Beverage
Conference, attended by the company’s executive chefs and food and
beverage
directors. The menu selections were created in an “Iron Chef” event by
executive chefs from the company’s more than 30 restaurants. These menu
items
were judged by six children who rated the selections from 1 (Gross) to
4
(Delicious). Menu favorites that are offered through Kids Café
include Melon Fries with
Strawberry Ketchup, Build Your Own Fruit Taco, Fruit Shots, Watermelon
Fizz and
Squidword Breaded Fish Sticks. Kids also will be a part of
the judging process for the Destination Kids
Healthy Recipe Contest. To enter, visit www.destinationhotels.com/recipe-contest
and submit a healthy recipe that kids enjoy eating – this can be a
recipe for
breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack or healthy beverage. Consumers are
encouraged
to “like” various recipes that catch their eye. The top three recipes
with the
most “likes” will be prepared and tasted by a group of Destination
Hotels &
Resorts food and beverage professionals along with a children’s panel
of
judges. The winning recipe will be featured on the
Destination Kids
Café menu for a year. And, the person who submits the winning
recipe will win a
three-night stay for four people at any full services hotel or resort
in the
Destination collection. The grand prize also includes airfare for a
family of
four, as well as a specially prepared multi-course dinner at the hotel,
featuring their Kids Café winning menu item prepared by the
property’s
executive chef. A Destination Hotels & Resorts executive chef also
will
arrange to make an appearance in the classroom of the winner’s children
to give
a healthy eating and cooking presentation. Second and third place winners will have
their recipe posted
on the Destination Hotels & Resorts Web site under the Kids
Café section
for a year. For more information or to view complete
contest rules,
please visit www.destinationhotels.com/recipe-contest. National Nutrition Month is a nutrition
education and
information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic
Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of making
informed choices and developing sound eating and physical activity
habits. Destination
Hotels & Resorts is rated as the fourth
largest independent hospitality management company in the United States
with
more than 35 luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers.
The
company has developed a variety of initiatives to better serve its
communities,
stakeholders and customers including Destination Earth, an
environmental
sustainability program, and the Destination Delivers guest loyalty
program,
which provides personalized travel offers to members. Destination
operates
properties in key metropolitan areas and resort markets including
Washington,
D.C., Denver, San Diego, Santa Fe, Aspen, Palm Springs, Houston and
Lake Tahoe.
Destination is a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based investment,
development and
management firm Lowe Enterprises. For more information on the
properties
in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.destinationhotels.com
or to join Destination Delivers, visit www.destinationdelivers.com. For high resolution, downloadable pictures of properties in
the
Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.leonardo.com/destination. |
Contact:
Kristin Yantis |
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