WASHINGTON
The Historic Hotels of America 2013 Annual Awards recipients were recently announced at The Pfister Hotel (1893) in Milwaukee, Wis. Honors were given in multiple categories ranging from Hotelier of the Year and Hotel Historian of the Year to Sustainability Champion and Best Historic Restaurant in Conjunction with a Historic Hotel.
The Historic Hotels of America Hotel of the Year Award is the highest honor awarded, and The Best Historic Hotel awards are given to historic hotels demonstrating the highest contribution to furthering the celebration of history and demonstrating leadership and innovation in one of four categories ranging from under 75 to 400 guest rooms.
The following Historic Hotels of America hotels and hoteliers were honored with these prestigious awards:
Historic Hotels of America New Member of the Year
• The Jefferson, Washington, D.C. (1923) Washington, D.C.
Historic Hotelier of the Year
• Dennis Costello, Historic Hotel Bethlehem (1922) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Best Small Historic Inn/Hotel (Under 75 Guest Rooms)
• The Wort Hotel (1941) Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Best Historic Hotel (75-200 Guest Rooms)
• Gettysburg Hotel, Est. 1797 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Best Historic Hotel (200-400 Guest Rooms)
• Ojai Valley Inn & Spa (1923) Ojai, California
Best Historic Hotel (Over 400 Guest Rooms)
• Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa (1847) Point Clear, Alabama
Best City Center Historic Hotel
• The Willard InterContinental (1850) Washington, D.C.
Best Historic Resort
• French Lick Resort (1845) French Lick, Indiana
Hotel Historian of the Year
• Bob Tagatz, Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan
Legendary Family Historic Hoteliers of the Year
• The Morrissey Family, The Saint Paul Hotel (1910) St. Paul, Minnesota
Best Historic Restaurant in Conjunction with a Historic Hotel
•Plume at The Jefferson, Washington, D.C., (1923) Washington, D.C.
Best Social Media of a Historic Hotel
• The Stanley (1909) Estes Park, Colorado
Historic Hotels of America Sustainability Champion
• Timberline Lodge (1938) Timberline, Oregon
Historic Hotels of America Ambassador of the Year (Quarter Century Service)
• George Moore, The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa (1852) Mobile, Alabama
Historic Hotels of America Heritage Award
• The Marcus Family, The Pfister Hotel (1893) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Historic Hotels of America Community Leadership Award
• The Lenox (1900) Boston, Massachusetts
Historic Hotels of America Lifetime Achievement Award
• Thierry Roch, Former Executive Director, Historic Hotels of America
The hotels were nominated by fellow members, past award recipients, and honorees. Award winners were chosen by the Historic Hotels of America selection committee.
As the Official Program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Hotels of America provides the reminder to travelers, civic leaders, and the global cultural, heritage, and historic travel market that the member hotels are among the finest historic hotels across America.
