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The winners of the 2017 annual ‘Inspirational Leader Professionals of the Year Awards’ – for Hospitality Finance, Revenue Management and IT – were announced at the HOSPACE2017 Gala Awards Dinner by HOSPA on 2 November.
Presentations of engraved crystal trophies were made to each of the award recipients at the Royal Lancaster London by the chairs of the HOSPA finance, revenue management and IT committees – David Nicolson, Ally Northfield and David Derbyshire respectively.
They were assisted by the sponsors of each award: Stuart Collins, partner of BDO London; Warren Mandelbaum, sales director EMEA of IDeaS; and Andrew Evans, chief executive of Opendoor by Keystep Solutions.
Also taking part in the ceremony were guest speaker: former England and Harlequins rugby union captain Nick Easter. He was joined by the host of HOSPACE2017, Pride of Britain chief executive Peter Hancock.
The winners were:
- 2017 HOSPA Inspirational Leader Professional of the Year for Hospitality Finance, sponsored by BDO: Cesco Righetti, director of finance, The Bulgari Hotel, London
- 2017 HOSPA Inspirational Leader Professional of the Year for Hospitality Revenue Management, sponsored by IDeaS: Anaël Peu, director of revenue management, Kew Green Hotels
- 2017 HOSPA Inspirational Leader Professional of the Year for Hospitality IT, sponsored by Opendoor by Keystep Solutions: Barry Thomas, area director of information technology, Rosewood London
