EuroCHRIE 2016
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EuroCHRIE 2016 Award Winners and Nominees

The EuroCHRIE President’s Award

Sponsored by REDGlobal

The EuroCHRIE Presidents Award is the highest individual recognition a member of EuroCHRIE may receive. It is presented to a EuroCHRIE member in recognition of the individual's lifetime contributions and outstanding service both to hospitality and tourism education and the EuroCHRIE Federation.

This year is awarded to:

Professor Marianna Sigala

STR Global “Bridging the Gap” Award 2016

In recognition of significant contributions related to bridging the gap between academia and industry.

This award honours a professional who has worked to build closer cooperation between academia and industry in relation to training, research and development in hospitality and tourism education. The recipient will normally be a EuroCHRIE member

This year is awarded to:

Alain Muller

Institute of Hospitality Education Research Award

The award is given to a superior research publication submitted for the EuroCHRIE annual conference on a topic relevant to the field of hospitality or tourism management.

The nominees were:

  • The Tablet Wine Experience: An Exploration of Restaurant Wine Presentation Techniques
    - Carlos da Silva and Henri Kuokkanen - Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland
  • Wellness Tourism and Service Perception: Finding Space for Indian Spa Resorts
    - Parikshat Singh Manhas and Nikhil Singh Charak - University of Jammu, India
  • Investigating the Impact of Workplace Bullying on Employees’ Morale, Performance and Turnover Intentions in Five-star Egyptian Hotel Operations
    - Ashraf A. Tag-Eldeen - SHR - International Management University Berlin & Alexandria University Hotel Studies Department, Egypt.
    Mona Baraka & Hesham Dar - Alexandria University Hotel Studies Department, Egypt.

This year is awarded to:

The Tablet Wine Experience: An Exploration of Restaurant Wine Presentation Techniques
Carlos da Silva and Henri Kuokkanen - Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland

The EuroCHRIE International Industry Award

The award recognizes an outstanding international industry or organization for demonstrated commitment and service to the to the hospitality and tourism industry.

This year is awarded to:



The EuroCHRIE Regional Industry Award

The award recognizes an outstanding regional organization for demonstrated commitment and service to the to the hospitality and tourism industry.

This year is awarded to:



The EuroCHRIE University Challenge Award

Sponsored by REDGlobal

The award goes to the winner of the EuroCHRIE University Challenge, an international lodging competition run by REDGlobal.

Winner: NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences NHTV Breda Uni


Runners up: University of South Carolina


The EuroCHRIE Best Poster Award

Sponsored by CABI

The award is given to a superior research poster presented at the EuroCHRIE annual conference.

This year is awarded to:

Jeong-Yeol Park & Murat Kizildag (Rosen College, University of Central Florida)

EAHM – Emerald Best PhD Student Paper Award

The award is given to a superior research paper submitted by a PhD student.

This year is awarded to:

Sarah Price (Bournemouth University)