Press Releases - 2008
California Lodging Industry Association Awards Its Highest Hospitality Honors to Joie de Vivre
Both Awards to Recognize
the CEO and Hotelier
San Francisco, September 15, 2008 - For its upcoming awards ceremony
this month, California Lodging Industry Association (CLIA) recently announced
it will recognize Joie de Vivre and its CEO and founder, Chip
Conley with its 2008 Outstanding Lodging Property and
Chairman's Awards, respectively.
The company and its CEO are thrilled with
the announcement. "It is such an honor
for our crazy, creative company to be given CLIA's Chairman's Award and to, at
the same time, win the Outstanding Lodging Property Award," says Chip Conley. "I hope that Joie de Vivre has
been an innovative role model for those in our industry as we've grown to
become the California's
largest independent hotelier. We appreciate all the support we've had
along the way from the team at CLIA and from our colleagues throughout California's lodging
industry."
The annual Excellence in Lodging &
Hospitality Awards honor lodging property owners of CLIA member properties and
those involved in making travel experiences a delightful one. Properties and/or owners receive awards in
four different categories. Specifically
speaking, awards are given for Outstanding Lodging Property/Owner, Chairman's
Award, Outstanding Lodging Staff and Public Official of the Year. In unprecedented fashion, CLIA will, for the
first time, give their two most prominent awards (Outstanding Lodging Property
and Chairman's) to the same company. The
2008 Outstanding Lodging Property Award celebrates Joie de Vivre's
insurmountable successes in community service efforts, design vision, employee
relations/staff development, sales and marketing and visitor/guest relations. Along with this award, Joie de Vivre's CEO
and founder, Chip Conley, will also
be given the Chairman's Award at the ceremony.
CLIA is honoring Chip's unparalleled vision and innovation, his
commitment to sharing his knowledge and insight with the industry and for the
success he has achieved with Joie de Vivre, as its founder.
The "Evening of Excellence" Gala Dinner and
Awards Ceremony will take place at the Hilton San Jose on Tuesday, September 16th,
2008. During that time, Laurenne
Douglas, CLIA Board Chair will present Chip Conley
with the Chairman's Award and Rick Lawrance, CLIA President and CEO will
present Joie de Vivre with the Outstanding Lodging Property/Owner Award.
For more information about the Gala Dinner
and Awards Ceremony, please visit www.clia.org or call 916.925.2915.
About
CLIA
The California Lodging Industry Association
is the largest state association serving independent lodging owners. Based in Sacramento,
the organization provides legislative, education, marketing, and
profit-oriented programs for the unique needs of California's lodging owners and their
management teams.
About
Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Based in San Francisco, Joie de
Vivre is a creative collection of lifestyle businesses. As California's
largest boutique hotelier, Joie de Vivre encompasses other hospitality
businesses such as restaurants and spas.
Celebrating 21 years of creating dreams, Joie de Vivre is expanding its California presence in Sacramento,
Huntington Beach, Sunnyvale,
Santa Cruz and
beyond.
