Bernard Chênevert wins the Best of the Best Award for General Manager of the year within the InterContinental hotel chain 
MONTREAL, November 7, 2011 – On Wednesday, October 26, 2011, the Best of the Best Awards were given during the 2011 InterContinental Hotels Group Americas Investors & Leadership Conference held in Las Vegas. Award winners were honoured during a reception at the lavish LAVO restaurant, located in the luxurious Palazzo, for the outstanding and unique service they demonstrated to their property and their guests throughout the year. The General Manager’s evaluation was based on the hotels’ operating performance, the guest satisfaction index, as well as, the community involvement and personal aptitudes of the individual. «I am very excited and honoured to receive this recognition in the presence of my peers, and I wish to share it with all my team members! » announced Bernard Chênevert, who was awarded the Best of the Best General Manager of the year. With great dynamism and for more than three years, Mr. Chênevert has held this position at the InterContinental Montreal, whose owners are the proud Swedish group Pandox Hotels.
This award highlights the exceptional performance of the hotel on the Montreal market over the last few years. In 2010, the quality of the hotel was recognized during the 25th edition of the Grands Prix du tourisme québecois when the InterContinental Montreal received the prestigious Ulysses Award for for the best hotel in Montreal (2010/2011). Recently, the distinguished British publication Condé Nast included the InterContinental Montreal in the Top 40s across Canada. Also, this recognition underlines the implication of Mr. Bernard Chênevert with Centre Philou, 24h Tremblant, Fondation Gérard-Delage, as well as his constant support to the hotel community through the Fondation québécoise de la relève en tourisme and as a member of the Tourisme Montreal Board and VP of the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal. Finally, this prize recognizes the vision, the creativity and the leadership of Bernard Chênervert within the largest hotel group in the world.
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About InterContinental Hotels Group
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global company operating seven hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®. IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty program with almost 60 million members worldwide. IHG is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms and franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,400 hotels and more than 656,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories, and has more than 1,100 hotels in its development pipeline.
About Pandox Hotels
Pandox Hotels is one of Europe’s leading hotel property companies, with a portfolio including 120 hotels, a total of 24,800 rooms as well as eleven owned operations. Pandox’s business model is based on active and committed ownership with operational strategies adapted to each hotel’s situation. The hotels are located internationally, in markets such as London, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Brussels and Montreal, as well as stable cities with a high proportion of domestic demand such as Bremen, Antwerp, Gothenburg and Swedish regional and university cities. Pandox has a unique network within the hotel market and works together with many of the major brand names, (including Hilton, InterContinental, Hyatt, Scandic, Crowne Plaza, Radisson BLU, Holiday Inn, Clarion, Quality, Elite, First) or through independent distribution channels.
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Monica Orr
Director of Sales and Marketing | InterContinental Montréal
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