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Symbols of the team effort required to achieve the highest
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WHI is consistently recognized by its major franchise partners for hospitality excellence.
Marriott has presented WHI with seven consecutive Partnership Circle Awards, its highest honor for owners and franchisee excellence. WHI has received more than 40 prestigious Marriott awards from operational excellence, to guest satisfaction, food and beverage excellence, event management, and sales management leadership.
Hilton International, InterContinental Hotels Group, Carlson Hotels and Choice Hotels International have also recognized WHI for hospitality excellence. The following list indicates some of the key awards WHI has received.

Marriott International Franchise Awards
- Spirit to Serve Our Guests, Austin Marriott North - 2007
- Leadership Excellence, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Food & Beverage Excellence, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Sales Leadership, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Spirit to Serve Our Guests, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Customer Excellence, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Problem Experienced, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Problem Resolution, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2007
- Overall Satisfaction Best in Class, Cincinnati Marriott North - 2007
- Greatest Resolution in Problem Experience, Cincinnati Marriott North - 2007
- Elite Recognition Excellence, Clearwater Sand Key - 2007
- Food and Beverage Excellence, Cincinnati Marriott North - 2007
- Spirit to Serve our Guests, Cleveland Marriott - 2007
- Leadership Excellence, Janet Rhodes - 2007
- Sales Leadership, Janet Rhodes - 2007
- Sales Leadership, Jason Kreul - 2007
- Partnership Circle Award, Winegardner & Hammons,
Inc., 1997-2000, 2002-2007
- Overall Satisfaction Award, Winegardner &
Hammons, Inc., 1999-2001, 2003-2006
- Service Excellence Award, Winegardner & Hammons, Inc.,
2006
- Best Customer Service Award, Winegardner
& Hammons, Inc., 2000
- Guest Focus Award, Winegardner & Hammons,
Inc., 1998-1999, 2001
- Hotel of the Year Award, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2005
- Hotel of the Year Award, Chicago Marriott
Northwest 2004
- Hotel of the Year Award, Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2003
- General Manager of the Year, Pittsburgh Marriott North 2006
- General Manager of the Year, Columbus Marriott Northwest
2003
- General Manager of the Year, Cincinnati Marriott
Northeast 1999
- General Manager - Leadership Excellence Award, Austin Marriott North 2002
- General Manager - Leadership Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Marriott North 2005, 2006
- General Manager - Leadership Excellence Award,
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott South - 2004, 2006
- General Manager - Leadership Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott 2004, 2006
- General Manager - Leadership Excellence Award, Pittsburgh
Marriott North 2004
- General Manager - Spirit to Serve our Guests, Pittsburgh Marriott North- 2006
- General Manager - Spirit to Serve our Guests, Columbus Marriott Northwest - 2006
- General Manager - Spirit to Serve our Guests, Columbus Airport Marriott- 2006
- General Manager - Service & Relationship, Austin Marriott
North 2004
- General Manager - Service & Relationship, Cincinnati
Marriott North 2004
- General Manager - Service & Relationship, Columbus
Marriott Northwest 2004
- General Manager - Service & Relationship, Pittsburgh
Marriott Northwest 2004
- General Manager - Sales Leadership Award, Pittsburgh Marriott North- 2006
- General Manager - Sales Leadership Award, Cincinnati Airport Marriott - 2006
- General Manager - Sales Leadership Award, Cincinnati Marriott
North 2004, 2005
- General Manager - Sales Leadership Award,
Austin Marriott North 2002
- General Manager - Marriott Culture Award,
Columbus Marriott Northwest 2002
- General Manager - Mustang Award, Clearwater
Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key - 2004
- General Manager - Mustang Award, Cincinnati Marriott
Northeast 2002
- Best Cleanliness Award, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott
2000
- Best Customer Service Award, Cincinnati Marriott
Northeast 1998
- Best New Opening, Columbus Marriott Northwest
1998
- Best New Opening, Cincinnati Airport Marriott
1999
- Best New Opening, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
Marriott South 2000
- Best New Opening, Cincinnati Marriott North
2000
- Best New Opening, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2003
- Best New Opening, Cleveland Marriott East 2006
- Best Product Award, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott
South 2000
- Extraordinary Guest Satisfaction Award, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott 2000-2001
- Extraordinary Guest Satisfaction Award, Cincinnati
Marriott North 2000-2001
- Extraordinary Guest Satisfaction Award, Cincinnati
Marriott Northeast 2000-2001
- Extraordinary Meeting Planner Survey Results,
Cincinnati Airport Marriott 2000-2001
- Extraordinary Market Share Performance, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott 2001
- Extraordinary Market Share Performance, Columbus
Marriott Northwest 2000-2001
- Customer Excellence - Problem Experienced, Pittsburgh Marriott North - 2006
- Customer Excellence - Problem Experienced, Columbus Airport Marriott- 2006
- Customer Excellence - Problem Experienced, Columbus Marriott
Northwest- 2005, 2006
- Customer Excellence - Problem Experienced, Pittsburgh
Marriott North- 2005
- Customer Excellence - Problem Resolution, Cincinnati Marriott North- 2006
- Customer Excellence - Problem Resolution, Pittsburgh Marriott
North- 2005
- Customer Excellence - Overall Satisfaction, Pittsburgh Marriott North- 2006
- Customer Excellence - Overall Satisfaction, Columbus Marriott Northwest- 2006
- Customer Excellence - Overall Satisfaction, Pittsburgh
Marriott North- 2005
- Food & Beverage Excellence, Columbus Marriott Northwest 2006
- Food & Beverage Excellence, Cincinnati Marriott Northeast
2005
- Food & Beverage Excellence, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2005, 2006
- Food & Beverage Excellence, Cincinnati Marriott North
2003
- Market Excellence, Pittsburgh Marriott North- 2006
- Market Excellence, Cincinnati Airport Marriott - 2006
- Service & Relationship Excellence, Columbus Airport
Marriott- 2005
- Service & Relationship Excellence, Pittsburgh Marriott
North- 2005
- Hotel Operational Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Marriott Northeast 1998
- Most Improved Guest Satisfaction, Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2000-2001
- Most Improved Meeting Planners Survey Results, Columbus
Marriott Northwest 2000-2001
- Outstanding Meeting Planner Survey Results,
Columbus Marriott Northwest 2001
- Outstanding Guest Satisfaction, Columbus
Marriott Northwest 2000-2001
- Sales and Marketing Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Marriott Northeast 1998
- Regional - First Time General Manager - Cincinnati Marriott Northeast - 2006
- Regional - First Time General Manager - Chicago Marriott Northwest- 2006
- Regional Sales Leadership, Cincinnati Marriott North 2006
- Regional Sales Leadership, Columbus Marriott Northwest
2003
- Regional Sales Leadership, Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2005
- Regional Marriott Sales Team of the Year Award,
Cincinnati Marriott North 2004
- Regional Sales Leader of the Year Award,
Cincinnati Marriott North 2004
- Regional Market Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Marriott Northeast 2002
- Regional Market Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott 2002, 2004, 2005
- Regional Market Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Marriott North 2002
- Regional Market Most Improved Award, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott 2002
- Regional Market Most Improved Award, Chicago Marriott
Northwest 2004
- Regional Best Sales and Event Planning, Hartford/Windsor
Airport Marriott 2004
- Regional Best Event Management Team of the Year, Cincinnati Airport Marriott 2006
- Regional Best Event Management Team of the Year, Hartford/Windsor Airport
Marriott 2004
- Regional Southeast Sales Team of the Year, Birmingham
Marriott - 2004
- Regional Customer Excellence - Elite Recognition, Clearwater
Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key- 2005
- Regional Customer Excellence - Elite Recognition, Austin
Marriott North - 2004
- Regional Customer Excellence - Greatest Resolution, Austin
Marriott North - 2004
- Regional Customer Excellence - Greatest Resolution, Columbus
Marriott Northwest- 2004
- Regional Customer Excellence - Overall, Columbus Marriott
Northwest- 2004
- Regional Customer Excellence Award, Columbus
Marriott Northwest 2002
- Regional Customer Excellence Award, Cincinnati
Marriott North 2003
- Regional Customer Excellence - Special Recognition, Columbus
Marriott Northwest- 2005
- Regional Customer Excellence - Special Recognition, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott - 2005
- Regional Leadership Excellence- Special Recognition, Cincinnati
Airport Marriott - 2005
- Regional Service & Relationship- Special Recognition,
Columbus Marriott Northwest- 2005
- Regional Financial Excellence, Chicago Marriott Northwest
- 2004
- Regional Food & Beverage Excellence, Cincinnati Marriott North, 2006
- Regional ESS Excellence, Columbus Marriott Northwest 2006
- Regional ESS Excellence, Columbus Airport Marriott 2006
- Regional ESS Excellence, Cincinnati Airport Marriott 2006
- Regional ESS Special Recognition, Columbus Marriott Northwest
2005
- Regional ESS Special Recognition, Cincinnati Marriott
North 2005
- Regional ESS Best Overall Billing Satisfaction, Pittsburgh
Marriott North 2005
- Regional AOS Most Engaged Associated, Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2006
- Regional AOS Most Engaged Associated, Cincinnati Marriott North, 2006
- Regional Overall GSS, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2005
- Regional Overall Service, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2005
- Regional Problem Experienced, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2005
- Regional In-Room Dining, Pittsburgh Marriott North
2005
- Regional Extraordinary Meeting Planner Survey Results,
Cincinnati Marriott Northeast 2000-2001
- Regional Extraordinary Meeting Planner Survey Results,
Cincinnati Marriott Northeast 2000-2001

Embassy Suites Franchise Awards
- Total Quality Score (TQS)-Top 10% Award, Embassy
Suites Lexington, 2004
- Customer Really Matters (CRM) Scorecard Award, Embassy
Suites Lexington, 2004
- #1 Ranked Embassy in US based on Total Quality Score
(TQS), Embassy Suites Lexington, 2002
- Highest REVPAR Increase in US, Embassy Suites
Lexington, 2000

DoubleTree Guest Suites Franchise Awards
- Pride of Excellence Award, DoubleTree Guest
Suites-Cincinnati, 2001, 2005

Holiday Inn Franchise Awards
- Torchbearer Award for Excellence, Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport - 1994-2000 (Seven Consecutive Torchbearer Awards), 2003, 2007
Among a group of three hotels that have won that many consecutive Torchbearers. Among a group of 13 hotels total that have won that many consecutive awards.
- Torchbearer Award for Excellence, Holiday Inn Somerset - 2003
- General Manager of the Year, Holiday Inn Somerset- 2003
- Torchbearer Award, Holiday Inn Riverfront - 1997
- Quality Excellence Award, Holiday Inn Cincinnati
Airport - 1993, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
- Quality Excellence Award, Holiday Inn Dayton
Fairborn - 1999-2002, 2005, 2006
- Quality Excellence Award, Holiday Inn Somerset - 2000,2002
- Quality Excellence Award, Holiday Inn Cincinnati-Riverfront - 2000, 2003
- Quality Excellence Award, Holiday Inn Eastgate
- 1994-1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005

Choice Hotels Franchise Awards
- Hotel of the Year, Quality Suites San Luis Obispo, 2002

Radisson Franchise Awards
- Pinnacle Award, Radisson Hotel Columbus Airport- 2000
- President's Award, Radisson Hotel Columbus Airport & Conference Center - 1991-2001
- President's Award, Radisson Suite Inn Palm Beach Airport - 1999
- President's Award, Radisson Hotel Lansing - 1998, 2001
- President's Award, Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin - 1998
- President's Award, Radisson Suite Resort on Sand Key- 2001
- Advocate's Award, Radisson Hotel Lansing - 2000
- Advocate's Award, Radisson Hotel Columbus Airport & Conference Center - 2000
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