Lifetime Achievement Awards
AAHOA Celebrates the Retirement of J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr., With Lifetime Achievement Award
AAHOA | May 9, 2022
ATLANTA, Ga., May 6 – Today, AAHOA celebrates the career of J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr., as he retires as Marriott International Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board. As stated by Marriott International, “he leaves the company after 66 years of unparalleled service and leadership.” During AAHOACON22 last month, Mr. Marriott was presented with the AAHOA Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given to an individual whose contributions and dedication to the hotel industry have spanned their entire career. Individuals are honored with this prestigious award because they raise up not only their own organizations, but everyone ...
HSMAI Honors Dorothy Dowling and Mary Gostelow With Lifetime Achievement Awards
HSMAI | February 9, 2021
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Awards in marketing and public relations. Dorothy Dowling, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, will be recognized with the Albert E. Koehl Award for Hospitality Marketing. Mary Gostelow, publisher of the Gostelow Report, will be honored with the Winthrop W. Grice Award for Public Relations. HSMAI will celebrate Dowling and Gostelow at the virtual Adrian Awards Celebration on March 23, 2021. The HSMAI Lifetime Achievement Awards recogn...
