OMA Tourism Awards Nominations

Who in your organization has gone above and beyond to offer the best customer service in the business? It’s your turn to celebrate their hard work and honor them for their outstanding contribution to tourism. Make your nominations by Friday, April 6th.

For questions on submitting nominations, please contact OMATourismAwards@gmail.com.

Here are the eight award categories:

Hotels

Outstanding Service in Hotel Operations: Includes housekeeping, laundry, room attendant & maintenance staff

Outstanding Guest Services - Hotel: Includes front desk, transportation, reservations, bell/porter, concierge, telephone operator & gift shop staff

Restaurants/Catering

Best Front of the House: Includes servers, bartenders, cashiers & hosts

Best Heart of the House: Includes chefs, line cooks, salad prep, dishwashers, bussers & other kitchen staff

Attractions

Outstanding Service in Attraction Operations: Includes custodial, grounds keeping, maintenance & other operations staff

Outstanding Guest Services - Attraction: Includes admission, gift shop, docent, administrative support & other guest services staff

Retail Outlets

Outstanding Customer Service – Retail: Includes retail sales staff and store managers from locally owned and national chain locations.

Volunteers

Outstanding Volunteer: Includes volunteers serving in a variety of capacities

Nominations deadline: Friday, April 6, 2018 (by midnight)

Eligibility requirements: Nominees must be employed at a hotel, restaurant, caterer, attraction or retail shop in Douglas, Pottawattamie or Sarpy Counties for at least one year prior to the awards ceremony (May 9, 2018).

Judging: One finalist will be chosen from each of the three counties, with a winner selected by a committee of hospitality peers from the three finalists in each category. The nomination must explain how the nominee is:

Customer service minded
Self-motivated
A team player
A strong communicator
Ethical
Loyal
A promoter of the Omaha metro area

Please fill out the form below to submit your nomination:

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OMA Tourism Awards Nominations

Who in your organization has gone above and beyond to offer the best customer service in the business? It’s your turn to celebrate their hard work and honor them for their outstanding contribution to tourism. Make your nominations by Friday, April 6th.

For questions on submitting nominations, please contact OMATourismAwards@gmail.com.

Here are the eight award categories:

Hotels

Restaurants/Catering

Attractions

Retail Outlets

Volunteers

Nominations deadline: Friday, April 6, 2018 (by midnight)

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