Finalists Announced For 2003 Annual Ih/m&rs Gold Key Awards

An international selection of lodging and restaurant properties have been named finalists for the 23rd Annual IH/M&RS Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. Twenty-one projects from thirteen design firms were selected from more than 150 entries. Award finalists and winners in each of the seven categories will be
recognized during the 88th annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show. (IH/M&RS), at the Gold Key Awards breakfast on November 10, 2003 at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.
The 2003 Gold Key Finalists are:
Restaurants - Seating to 110
 II BY IV Design Associates Inc. (Toronto, Canada) for Holts Cafi (Toronta, Canada)
 HBA (Atlanta, GA) for One & Only Le Touessrou-Safran Restaurant (Trou DEau, Martinique)
 Tonychi and Associates (New York, NY) for Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club (Toronto, Canada)

Restaurants  Seating Over 110
 Tonychi and Associates (New York, NY) for Cafi Zoe (Athens, Greece)
 Yabu Pushelberg (Toronto, Canada) for Bymark Restaurant (Toronto, Canada)
 Yabu Pushelberg (Toronto, Canada) for dos Caminos Restaurant (New York, NY)

Guest Rooms
 Cheryl Rowley Design, Inc. (Beverly Hills, CA) for Hotel Monaco (Washington, DC)
 Duncan & Miller Designs (Dallas, TX) for Hotel ZAZA (Dallas, TX)
 Wilson & Associates (Dallas, TX) for Conrad Bangkok (Bangkok, Thailand)

Suites
 Anderson/Miller Ltd. (Chicago, IL) for Hyatt Regency Chicago (Chicago, IL)
 Duncan & Miller Design (Dallas, TX) for Hotel ZAZA (Dallas, TX)
 Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (Honolulu, HI) for The Pan Pacific Hotel (Singapore)

Lobby/Reception Area
 Cheryl Rowley Design, Inc. (Beverly Hills, CA) for Hotel Monaco (Washington, DC)
 Duncan & Miller Designs (Dallas, TX) for Hotel ZAZA (Dallas, TX)
 Wilson & Associates (Dallas, TX) for Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch (Bachelor Gulch, CO)

Senior Living Facility
 Barry Design Associates (Los Angeles, CA) for Sun City Kashiwa (Kashiwa, Japan)
 Interior Design Associates, Inc. (Nashville, TN) for Mangrove Bay (Jupiter, FL)
 Three Architecture (Dallas, TX) for Edgemere (Dallas, TX)

Resort Spa
 Wilson & Associates (Dallas, TX) for The Villas and Spa at Little Dix Bay (Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands)
 Three Architecture (Dallas, TX) for The Willow Stream Spa at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess (Scottsdale, AZ)
 Henriksen Design Associates, Inc. (Venice, CA) for Kahala Mandarin Oriental Spa Suites (Honolulu, HI)

The 2003 finalists represent the most creative and original designs from around the world, said Christian Falkenberg, show manager. The emerging trends presented by these visionary designers brings excitement to the Gold Key Awards and the industry at large.
Judges for the 2003 Gold Key Awards were Chester Deptula, Surrey Hotel; Tony Fortuna, Lenox Room; Tag Galyean, TAG Studios; Jordan Mozer, Jordan Mozer & Associates, Ltd.; and Andi Pepper, Andi Pepper Interior Designs. Judges considered design creativity, aesthetic value and commercial viability when making their selections.
Finalists will be recognized and Grand Prizes awarded in each of the competitions seven categories during the Gold Key Awards Breakfast, Monday, November 10, 7:30  10:00 a.m., at New York Citys Waldorf=Astoria. In addition, one winner will be announced as Best of Show. This years keynote address will be presented by 1992 Gold Key Award recipient Jeffrey Beers, founder and principal of Jeffrey Beers International (JBI).

Tickets for the Gold Key Awards Breakfast are $75 each, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH) Scholarship Fund. To reserve tickets register online at www.ihmrs.com or send checks, payable to the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, to Gold Key Awards, Public Relations Department, George Little Management, LLC, Ten Bank Street, White Plains, NY 10606-1954. For