News

2012 Scholarship Program
The Sacramento Hotel Association is pleased to announce its 2012 Scholarship Program. We invite college and university students to apply for the tuition scholarships available to students studying for a career in culinary arts management, lodging management, business management, or other tourism-related field.

SHA Member Hotels and Companies: Please notify your employees who are attending local colleges and universities about the scholarship program. The $1,000 grants are tuition-only scholarships. Each grant is administered by the recipient's educational institution’s Scholarship Office.

The application deadline is March 23, 2012. The scholarships will be awarded at the April 20 SHA Hospitality Gala at the Lions Gate Hotel.

Scholarship application packet

5th Annual Community Service Project
The Hospitality Industry Helping in the Community

On Saturday, September 24, the Sacramento Hotel Association and more than 160 volunteers from 12 member hotels and two vendors offered a day of improvements and donations at the Sacramento Children’s Home, Sacramento Crisis Nursery-South, Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, two city parks and three city libraries. Volunteers also completed a holiday card-making project for the California Marine Families. In addition, we donated disposable diapers and toddler pull-ups to the Sacramento Crisis Nursery-South.

Thanks to everyone’s efforts and participation, our community service project was a tremendous success. We had a dynamic cadre of team leaders and volunteers as well as terrific partner organizations.

2011 Hospitality Gala Award Presentations
SHA honored outstanding hotel employees and an industry supplier at its 19th Annual Hospitality Gala, Friday, April 15, at the Marriott Courtyard Cal Expo.
Photos courtesy of Eye Connoisseur Photography.

Awards were presented to the following outstanding hotel employees as Hospitality Employees of the Year.

The Citizen Hotel - Ryan Seng, Bartender
DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento - Aashna Maharaj, Payroll Clerk/General Cashier
Embassy Suites Sacramento - Darrell Spann, Engineer
Hilton Sacramento Arden West - Elia Valencia, Room Attendant
Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza - Chandra Prasad, Room Attendant
Hyatt Regency Sacramento - Rose Sidhu, Security Agent
Le Rivage Hotel - Alexandra Castorena, Front Office Supervisor
Lions Gate Hotel - Sheena Smith, Sales & Catering Administrative Assistant
Marriott Courtyard & Fairfield Cal Expo - Blanca Hernandez, Breakfast Attendant
Radisson Hotel Sacramento - Amado Abarca, Line Cook, and Xochitl Pelayo, Room Attendant
Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova - Daniel Ramirez, Room Service Server
Sheraton Grand Hotel - Jorge ìDiegoî Orozco, Morgan’s Server, and Alex Palamarchuk, Banquet House Attendant Supervisor

The Association presented its Supplier of the Year Award to Waste Management. Bryan Thomas, Commercial Property Sales Executive, accepted the award on behalf of Waste Management.

SHA also presented a $1,000 scholarship during the Hospitality Gala to Daniel Yang, a student studying culinary arts management at Cosumnes River College.

Thanks to our hosts at the Marriott Courtyard Cal Expo for a marvelous reception and dinner.

A full recap of the Gala and event photos will be published in the June issue of Reader Board.

"FACE TIME. It Matters." is a grassroots industry campaign theme designed to promote the benefits of meeting face-to-face. Major industry associations aligned under the Convention Industry Council (CIC) to promote the benefits of meeting face to face. The campaign was developed in response to one of the most challenging years ever faced by the meeting, convention and exhibition industries. It was based on the findings of a recent national survey of corporate and association meeting planners, plus in-depth personal interviews with the industry's leading executives as well as focus groups consisting of corporate and association executives, business travelers and professional meeting planners. More information at www.facetimematters.org


While virtual meetings and communications have their merits, face-to-face events have certain intrinsic benefits that are unequaled in other forums. According to the research:

• Face-to-face meetings build trust and relationships;
• Education and training delivered during are more effective in a live setting;
  
• Live meetings actually save time and money;
  
• Live meetings result in a more effective exchange of ideas;
  
• Face-to-face meetings provide the human connection that powers business;
  
• Face-to-face meetings create jobs and power the economy.

Members - Web Site Request
Hotels: Send an exterior image/photo of your property to be added to the Web site. Vendors: Send a company logo for inclusion in the Web site.  Send images (photos and logos) to info@sacramentohotelassociation.com

Welcome to the Sacramento Hotel Association

The Sacramento Hotel Association (SHA) is a nonprofit, professional trade organization of lodging properties representing more than 5,000 guestrooms in the greater Sacramento area. Our members represent large convention hotels, all-suite inns and family-owned properties. The association also represents allied businesses and suppliers engaged in the local visitor industry.

The mission of the Sacramento Hotel Association is to provide the environment within which those engaged in the lodging/hospitality industry in the Sacramento region may obtain educational, informational, and networking experiences, to actively advocate the SHA position on issues, and to foster local government and community recognition of the industry as an important segment of the regional economy.

Association members have opportunities to learn about current industry trends and information, understand the importance of the hospitality industry in our community, have a collective voice in local government issues, and interact with a cross section of industry colleagues and community leaders.

Our members also strive to provide high-quality customer service to their guests 365 days a year! Suppliers and vendors are key partners in providing comfortable and memorable experiences for guests in our community. Each year at the Spring Hospitality Gala, industry and community leaders and employees honor local hospitality employers and suppliers.  The evening is a memorable way of recognizing exceptional hotel employees and a key supplier.

The association also maintains close contact with industry organizations such as the California Hotel & Lodging Association, the California Lodging Industry Association, and the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau.

December Reader Board available for download [click here]

Meetings Mean Business

A new comprehensive “Meetings Mean Business” campaign has been launched to ensure that media and policymakers understand the importance of meetings, events and incentive travel and the affect irresponsible grandstanding has on jobs, as well as local economies. Included in the campaign is a new Web site, MeetingsMeanBusiness.com, which is a comprehensive resource with materials for you to use in helping us tell our story. [See press release.]

Roger Dow, President & CEO, United States Travel Industry

Logo
Web site link
Press release