The unsung heroes of Long Beach\u2019s hotels, restaurants, tour companies and more, who take care of the visitors and residents alike spending time and a dime in this seaside city, will have a chance to be recognized during the first-ever Long Beach Hospitality Alliance (LBHA) Awards.<\/p>\n
Set to take place at the Hotel Maya on September 27, the LBHA will be accepting nominations for 13 special recognition categories via the link here<\/a>. Nominations will close on July 31.<\/p>\n \u201cThose who work in our city\u2019s hospitality industry are eligible to nominate someone in one of the 13 special recognition categories,\u201d Pam Ryan, co-founder of LBHA and general manager at the Renaissance Long Beach in downtown, said in a statement. \u201cThese awards are meant to be merit-based with nominees selected by their supervisors and peers.\u201d <\/p>\n Categories include:<\/p>\n Following the conclusion of the nomination process, a panel of five judges will review nominees and select the winners, which will be announced at the awards ceremony in September. The top winners in each category will be informed by August 28. <\/p>\n A consortium of local leaders working in the industry, LBHA was formed last year with the mission to advocate, educate and celebrate Long Beach\u2019s community of hospitality workers. The inaugural LBHA awards will further shine a spotlight on the personalities going above and beyond to make Long Beach a great place to stay.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Long Beach workforce I know have given their hearts to their work and their customers,\u201d Fifth District Councilwoman Stacy Mungo, who is an advocate for new job opportunities, said in a statement. \u201cThat hometown commitment is an important part of what makes us great, and I\u2019m looking forward to recognizing the best of our very best.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cOur city\u2019s hotels, restaurants and special events are a significant part of what make Long Beach such a great destination,\u201d Ryan said in a statement. \u201cThe Hospitality Awards were conceived to recognize those working at these venues that help to make the Long Beach experience so memorable.\u201d <\/p>\n The LBHA Awards will begin with a cocktail reception, silent auction and entertainment provided by local favorites, Queen Califia, followed by a celebration and dinner. Proceeds from a silent auction will benefit Long Beach\u2019s Mental Health Association.<\/p>\n For more information on filling out a nomination form, as well as sponsorship opportunities, call Elizabeth Borsting Public Relations, Inc. at (562) 856-9292 or email elizabeth@borstingrpr.com.<\/a> Learn more about the LBHA via the website here<\/a> or by emailing lbhospalliance@gmail.com.<\/a> <\/p>\n Hotel Maya is located at 700 Queensway Drive.<\/em><\/p>\n {FG_GEOMAP [33.7567328,-118.19871239999998] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The unsung heroes of Long Beach\u2019s hotels, restaurants, tour companies and more, who take care of the visitors and residents alike spending time and a dime in this seaside city, will have a chance to be recognized during the first-ever Long Beach Hospitality Alliance (LBHA) Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[670],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-long-beach-hospitality-alliance","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6524,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions\/6524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n