RECEPTIONIST OF THE YEAR

For the Competition, a member may nominate up to two candidates, these may be from any hotel meeting the standard of 3½ star of higher.

My personal opinion would be for each hotel to have several ARDENZ members, as this will allow better communication, and will enable ARDENZ to meet its objective of forming a network of Front Office Managers around the country with the focus and commitment of promoting Hotel Front Office as a professional career choice.

The Regional competition is handled at the Regional Level, the top two candidates, the winner and runner-up will then attend the National Competition, the winner of the national competition will (subject to fund raising initiatives, lack of funds may prohibit attendance to the international competition), then go and compete at the International competition (held in a different country each year , 2012 Prague, 2013 Rome).

>> Past New Zealand ROTY winners

Candidate Nomination Forms

(The forms are in Microsoft Word format and best downloaded with a right click and Save As)

Competition Information

Mainland Branch
(Christchurch)29 July

Northern Branch
(Auckland) 12 August

Capital Branch
(Wellington) 19 August

Southern Branch
(Queenstown) 26 August

Central Branch
(Taupo/Rotorua) 9 September

2011 Competition Dates

Judging and Marking Criteria

National Competition will be held in:
Christchurch on Friday 23 September

International Competition (David Campbell Trophy) will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, in January 2012