Castell Award
Hotel Industry Foundation Recognizes Leslie D. Hale With Castell Award
The AHLA Foundation | July 7, 2022
WASHINGTON (July 7, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLAF) announced today that Leslie D. Hale – president and chief executive officer of RLJ Lodging Trust and vice chair of the AHLA Board of Directors – is the recipient of the third annual Castell Award honoring a female trailblazer in the hospitality investment arena. To be presented at the Lodging Conference on September 20, the annual Castell Award spotlights female trailblazers, who are paving the way for more women to rise to the top of their fields. From setting and executing the strategic vision for RLJ Lodging Trust – leading the execution of RLJ’s in...
The Castell Project Presents 2021 Castell Award to Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality
THE CASTELL PROJECT | September 28, 2021
ATLANTA, GA — September 28, 2021 — Officials of Castell Project, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the careers of women professionals in the hospitality industry, today named Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality Gilda Perez-Alvarado, as the recipient of its second annual Castell Award honoring a woman leader in the hospitality investment arena. The award was presented to Perez-Alvarado at the 2021 Lodging Conference held in Phoenix, Ariz., where she received a piece by artist Brad McCollum personally designed to evoke her heritage, her role as a trailblazer and her leadership as a c...