Sydney, Australia – SiteMinder, the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, has today announced the winners of its annual Partner of the Year Awards, recognising the most impactful experts, service providers, apps and tech companies who have powered the accommodation industry in 2022.
This year, SiteMinder has honoured the hospitality industry accelerators, innovators and problem-solvers powering the hotel sector over the last 12 months, as travel recovery hits its next phase of post-pandemic growth globally.
More than 80 nominations were submitted for the 2022 SiteMinder Partner of the Year Awards. Entries for the Excellence category, including the Innovation, Industry Champion and Rising Star awards, were judged by Tina Sanchez Aguas, Head of eCommerce and Digital at Vincci Hotels; Rob Paterson, Founder of Grind Equity; and Leah Rankin, Chief Product Officer at SiteMinder.
“After a truly challenging few years for the hospitality industry, in 2022 we have seen an incredible level of resilience, advocacy and innovation from our industry colleagues who have supported accommodation providers,” Leah Rankin said.
“We are proud to announce SiteMinder’s 2022 Partner of the Year Award winners to recognise those businesses whose unique products and services have contributed to the success of hoteliers globally during this year of travel recovery.”
The 2022 SiteMinder Partner of the Year Awards winner are:
Excellence Awards
Judged by a panel of influential industry leaders
Innovation Partner of the Year: HotelBoost
Industry Champion of the Year: Good to Great Consulting
Rising Star of the Year: Preno
People’s Choice Partner of the Year: MDC (Marketing Distribution Concept)
Performance Awards
The highest achieving stars of SiteMinder’s Partner Program in 2022
PMS Partner of the Year: Hop Software
Expert Partner of the Year: TrevPar
App Partner of the Year: Chekin
For more about our winners, head here.
This year’s awards marks the second anniversary of the SiteMinder Partner Program. With more than 1500 partners, the program is the most extensive global initiative of its kind for hotel advisors, tech start-ups and property management system (PMS) vendors to access critical training and educational resources for a more holistic offering to their hotel clients.
For more information about the SiteMinder Partner Program, head here.