Celebrating OTO’s Excellent Hotels and Exceptional People

April 1, 2024 | Awards

Across our company, we share a passion for hospitality, an enthusiasm for excellence, and thus we flourish. Our recent series of FLOURISH Leadership Conferences culminated with a celebration of the people and the properties that achieved the highest levels of success in 2023:

Excellent Hotels 

• Hotel of the Year: Hyatt Place National Harbor  
• Opening Hotel of the Year: AC Hotel Naples 5th Avenue  
• Transition Hotel of the Year: Beal House Fort Walton Beachfront
• Hotel Service Champion: Lumina on Wrightsville Beach, a Holiday Inn Resort
• Outstanding Community Care Award: Hilton Garden Inn Cocoa Beach  
• Most Improved Hotel: Hampton Inn & Suites LAX/El Segundo  

Exceptional People

• Director of Sales of the Year: Shelton Blue, Hyatt Place National Harbor
• General Manager of the Year: Anthony Mattern, Hampton Inn Camarillo
• Real Estate Director of the Year: Robert Cooley, Real Estate Manager
• Development Team of the Year: Cypress Johnson and Kit McMurry (Project: AC Hotel Naples)  
• Home Office Outstanding Contributor: Sarah Deaton, Creative Services Manager  
• Corry Oakes Leadership Award: Dennis Parker, Senior Regional Director of Operations  

Guiding Principles Exemplars

• Partnership: Madison Wickowski, Talent Acquisition Business Partner
• Integrity: Sue Dancy, Corporate Controller
• Humility: Bryan Stallard, Corporate Director of Revenue Management
• Principled Entrepreneurship: Tomiko Burroughs, Task Force Director of Sales Support
• Initiative: Amy Holleman, Area Director of Sales, Florida Keys
• Fulfillment: Crystal Arthur-Santos, General Manager, Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor City

WATCH THE FLOURISH AWARDS VIDEO: