This document provides information from the 2011 Alliance Awards Gala, recognizing employee and hotel performance from the past year. It lists the quarterly employees and department heads for 14 hotels. It also recognizes various individuals with awards for achievements like highest revenue, community involvement, sales, and associate/manager of the year. In conclusion, it thanks all Alliance staff for their hard work in making 2011 a successful year despite economic challenges.

1. 2011 Alliance Awards Gala

3. P&L Review

5. #1 Holiday Inn Express
New Philadelphia
Quarterly Employees
Q2—Renee Olsen
Q3—Lisa Milinix
Q4—Cindy Derrick
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Debb Miller
Q2—Brent Cavanaugh
Q3—Carolyn Woodring
Q4—Brent Cavanaugh

6. #2 Best Western
New Philadelphia
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Joyce Polen
Q2—Karen Leishman
Q3—Rene Miller
Q4—Peggy Keaton
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Barb McConnell
Q2—Joyce Polen
Q3—Barb McConnell
Q4—Joyce Polen

7. #3 Holiday Inn & Suites
Mansfield
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Ruthie Ceren
Q2—Ernest Wise
Q3—Ashley Barber
Q4—Esther Miller
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Chris Knapton
Q2—Chris Knapton
Q3—Joshua Davis
Q4—Jessica Stursa

8. #4 Hampton Inn & Suites
MBH
Associate
Q4—Kathy Starkey
Night Manager
Q4—Joe Smith

9. #5 Best Western
Brook Park
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Mark Stiglitz
Q2—Darlene Sampson
Q3—Jamie Gambrel
Q4—Sandra Sampson

10. #6 Hampton Inn
Kent
Quarterly Employees
Q2—Brittany Christmas
Q3—Lucinda Miller
Q4—Brittany Christmas
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Tomas Malave, Q1 AHI Dept Head
Q2—Tomas Malave
Q3—Tomas Malave
Q4—Ann Spilker

11. #7 Microtel
Canton
Quarterly Employees
Q2—Donna Worstall (not pictured)
Q3—Kayla Snyder
Q4—Jennifer Thornsley
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Charles Worstall
Q3—Greg Lamp
Q4—Felicia Castenada

12. #8 Knights Inn
Canton
Quarterly Employees
Q3—Ellie Neace
Q4—Mary Kotnick
Quarterly Department Head
Q4—Jeff Hawkins

13. #11 Best Western Plus
Polaris
Quarterly Employees
Q4—Tofig ―Tom‖ Malikov

14. #17 Red Roof Inn
A BIG Thank You to:
Ketan Desai & Staff

15. #27 Hampton Inn
Akron
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Sara Starling
Q2—Marcy Garth
Q3—Alice Dooer
Q4—Melissa Stotts
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Marie Calvert
Q2—Alex Dixon
Q3—Marie Calvert
Q4—Bob Mangano

16. #27 Comfort Inn
Mentor
Coming soon!
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Donna Penny
Q2—Jackie Martin
Q3—June Crookshanks
Q4—Cathy Nash
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Liz Nemecek
Q2—Bob Anderson
Q3—Liz Nemecek
Q4—Donna Penny

17. #28 Holiday Inn
Worthington
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Todd Fasone, Q1 AHI Associate
Q2—Dan Pike
Q3—Michelle Ferri
Q4—Maribel Salazar
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Chief Eyouel Mamo
Q2—Chef Tim Morrison,
Q2 AHI Dept Head
Q3—Chief Eyouel Mamo
Q4—Chef Tim Morrison

18. #29 Springhill & Suites
Dayton
Quarterly Employees
Q1—Anthony Taste
Q2—Wanda Poteet
Q3—Terri Loomis
Q4—Doris Bedzyk
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Pam Byrd
Q3—Annamarie Moore,
Q3 AHI Dept Head
Q4—Rueben Clements

19. #30 Fairfield Inn & Suites
Quarterly Employees
Q2—Shirley Tubbs
Q3—Colleen Coandle
Q4—James Heasley
Quarterly Department Head
Q2—Diane Coandle
Q4—Lilly DeHoyos
RIP Rachel

20. #31 Holiday Inn Express
Akron
Quarterly Employees
Q2—Kellianne Tucker
Q3—Barb Fogle
Q4—Mike B.
Quarterly Department Head
Q1—Dave Weinke
Q2—Melissa Morris

21. #33 Holiday Inn Express
Polaris
Quarterly Employees
Q4—Megan Vitullo
Quarterly Department Head
Q4—Alan Miller

22. #101 Travelodge
Willoughby
Jerry Noggy
Eugene Sopher

23. #102 Comfort Inn
Fairlawn
Under New Management
Louis Bober

24. Alliance Hospitality Welcomes:
Our Guest of Honor:
Ellen Bryan – 2011 Miss Ohio

26. 2011 Alliance King of the Gala
Rick Dinan
2011 Alliance Queen of the Gala
Pam Ritley

27. Associates of the Quarters
Todd Fasone Wanda Poteet Debb Miller Kathy Starkey
Q1 Associate Q2 Associate Q3 Associate Q4 Associate
of the Quarter of the Quarter of the Quarter of the Quarter

28. Department Head of the Quarters
Tomas Chef Tim Annamarie Brent
Malave Morrison Moore Cavanaugh
Q1 Dept Head Q2 Dept Head Q3 Dept Head Q4 Associate
of the Quarter of the Quarter of the Quarter of the Quarter

29. Salesperson of the Quarters
Melissa Latvala Lynsey Elmo
Q1 Winner Q3-Q4 Winner

30. GM’s of the Quarter
Pam Ritley Amit Patel Rachel Miskell Teresa Campbell
Q1All Alliance Q2 All Q3 All Alliance Q4 All Alliance
GM Alliance GM GM GM
President,
SEC Comm

31. Highest NOI Over Budget
Winner
Teresa Campbell

32. Most Improved Performance
Renée Smith

33. Greatest Community Involvement
Mansfield

34. Highest Top Line over Budget
Holiday Inn Express Best Western
New Philadelphia New Philadelphia

35. Top Chef 2011
Chef Tim Morrison

36. The Golden Plunger
Tomas Malave

37. “Squeaky Clean Award”
Barb McConnell

38. “Rise & Shine Award”
Wanda Poteet

39. Best Jib Jab Dance Moves

40. The
Best Daily Email
2011

41. The
Last but not
Least Award

42. The Million
Dollar Baby
Award

43. The
CLUB
Award

44. The Pound the Pavement Award
John Renner

45. “Beyond the Call” Award
Diane Coandle

46. “Revenue Rock Star Award”
Betsy
Kinnear

47. The Pillar Award 2011
Vijay Phatak

48. Corporate Support Staff
Member of the Year 2011
Devendra Acharya

49. Associate of the Year 2011
Kellianne Tucker

50. Department Head of the Year 2011
Eyouel Mamo

51. Sales Person of the Year 2011
Lynsey Elmo

52. AGM of the Year 2011
Liz Nemecek

53. Alliance General Manager
of the Year 2011
Teresa Campbell

54. THANK YOU
The entire Alliance Staff would like to
THANK YOU for an Amazing Year in 2011.
With all of our new faces, challenges,
triumphs, and economic distresses, YOU
made 2011 another great year in Alliance
History. We can all be proud of the fact,
while others were still in recovery, we are
still growing, thanks to all of your hard work
and dedication!