Hospitality Design (HD) celebrated three wins and two honorable mention nods at Folio: magazine’s 2020 Eddie and Ozzie Awards, the premier awards program for the publishing industry for both editorial excellence (Eddies) and outstanding creative design (Ozzies).
“It is such an honor to receive recognition form the Folio: Awards for both editorial and design achievements, especially for two issues produced at the beginning of the COVID-19 shutdown,” says Stacy Shoemaker Rauen, HD editor in chief and senior vice president, Design Group at Emerald. “I am always proud of our team, but I was especially proud of how they adapted to working in the new reality and how they showcased what was happening within the industry. Hospitality has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and we truly wanted to celebrate and further connect an industry we all love.”
For the Full Issue prize in the B2B, Architecture & Design category, HD won for its May 2020 Celebrating the Industry issue; the March/April Wellness issue also received an honorable mention in the same category. The Business Sense section of HD‘s June 2020 Hotel issue, which focused on COVID-19’s impact on the cruise, restaurant, and hotel industries, was named the winner of the B2B, Architecture & Design Eddie category for Single Article. The December 2019 Trends Issue was cited as an honorable mention for in the B2B Overall category of Series of Articles for its 2020 Vision section.
HD also received an Ozzie for the debut Marketplace Fall 2019 issue in the category of Supplemental, Annual, or One Shot, in the category of B2B.