AND THE WINNER IS...

16 April 2000

The Crystal Holidays staff awards for France and Switzerland were decided this weekend:

BEST FiRST YEAR REP: Angus Baillie  (MOTTARET)

EXCELLENCE IN A DIFFICULT CHALET:  Richard Vail (MOTTARET)

BEST RESORT OVERALL: ALPE D’HUEZ 

MOST FLEXIBLE CHALET CHEF : Charlie Booth (ALPE D’HUEZ) 

BEST CLUB HOTEL REPRESENTATIVES: Ali Evely and Dave Harris (Vallee Blanche. ALPE D’HUEZ)

FOR TOTAL PERSEVERANCE: Lisa Dodd (Hermitage, ALPE D’HUEZ)

BEST BAR EMPLOYEE: Eli Steadman (crowded House and Roadhouse bars, ALPE D’HUEZ)

GOING THAT LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO PLEASE THE GUESTS:  Sarah Paterson and Alex Williams (MERIBEL)

BEST FIRST YEAR NANNY: Cheryl Cullen (MERIBEL)

BEST MAINTENANCE MAN: Graham Beasant (MERIBEL)

BEST CHALET EPH: Lynette Clarke (COURCHEVEL)                

GOOD ALL ROUNDERS: Tanya Crook and Grant Ferguson (COURCHEVEL) 

BEST TRANSFER NANNIES: Julie Barran and Lisa Rumbold (COURCHEVEL)

FOR CONSISTENT RESULTS: New Solarium, COURCHEVEL

BEST NEWCOMER - MAINTENANCE: Chris Reiley (COURCHEVEL)

BEST SINGLE REP: Will Saunt (FLAINE)

MOST IMPROVED RESORT THIS YEAR: VAL D’ISERE    

MOST POSITIVE AND MOTIVATED CHALET REP: Danny Hackett (VAL D’ISERE)

CHALET REPS OF THE YEAR, AND MOST COMPLIMENT LETTERS: Paul Green and Helen Smith (TIGNES)

BEST HOTEL IN FRANCE: Curling, TIGNES

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE: Anne Donkin (LA PLAGNE)

MOST FLEXIBLE AND CHEERFUL CHALET REP: Nina Rimes (LA PLAGNE)

MOST IMPROVED MAINTENANCE MAN: Rob Kelly (LA PLAGNE)

BEST SWISS RESORT: VERBIER

BEST RESORT TEAM: SAAS FEE

NANNY TEAM TO GENERATE MOST MONEY: Katherine Last, Ann-marie Brown, Lizzie Jefferies, Adele Corsie, Naomi Hulme, Jayne Haysler, Suzanne Cooke and Sarah Morley (LES DEUX ALPES)

BEST EFFORT UNDER DURESS: Hotel Tessa (LES DEUX ALPES)

BEST TEAM EFFORT: Lance Walker and Cally Short (LES DEUX ALPES)

INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE: Penelope Chelmnick and Carmel Boland (LES DEUX ALPES)

 

…LATE… BREAKING… NEWS ..JUST…IN……HOLD….THE …PRESS

The results are in and it was widely felt that it was impossible to decipher between the two who was the bigger plum, so it is a tie, both Giles Hawke and his friend Keith Mitchell are the joint winners.