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UMF Corporation Calls for Nominations for Fourth Annual National Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award
UMF Corporation | October 6, 2022
Northbrook, Ill. – Oct. 6, 2022 – Nominations are open for the fourth annual 2022 National Guest Room Attendant (GRA) Excellence Award, sponsored by UMF Corporation. The award recognizes the invaluable contributions of GRAs – hotel housekeepers – who ensure safe guest and employee environments in hotels and lodges across the country. In an industry that is still feeling the pandemic’s aftershocks, the GRA Excellence Award acknowledges the housekeeping heroes who have shown up day after day to clean and disinfect guest rooms and common areas. Nominations are open through Dec. 31, 2022. “Hotels transformed their business mode...
UMF Corporation Names Mabel Castro as National Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award Recipient
UMF Corporation | May 27, 2022
Northbrook, Ill. – May 27, 2022 – UMF Corporation today announced that Mabel Castro, guest room attendant (GRA) at the Chicago Marriott Downtown, has earned the company’s third annual Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award. UMF established the GRA Excellence Award in 2020 to acknowledge the crucial role GRAs play in ensuring hotel guest safety, satisfaction, and loyalty in the COVID-19 era. “In the more than 15 years that Mabel has worked for Marriott, she has been recognized countless times by our guests for going above and beyond,” said Chicago Marriott Downtown Director of Services Victoria DeSantis. “She consistently exc...
UMF Corporation Calls for Nominations for Third Annual National Guest Room Attendant Excellence Award
UMF Corporation | March 16, 2022
Northbrook, IL – March 16, 2022 – Nominations are open for the third annual 2021 Guest Room Attendant (GRA) Excellence Award, sponsored by UMF Corporation. The award recognizes the invaluable contributions of GRAs, who ensure a safe guest and employee environment in hotels and lodges across the country. During another trying year that included new variants and near-constant industry disruptions, GRAs bravely served as the first line of defense in cleaning and disinfecting guest rooms and common areas in hotels. Nominations are open through April 30, 2022. “Hospitality, already hyper-focused on cleanliness, has transform...
