Awards & Recognitions

European Hotel Manager of the Year

EHMA

PURSUING EXCELLENCE

Alessio Lazazzera is the "European Hotel Manager of the Year 2024"

The prestigious award was presented to him during the recent EHMA Annual General
Assembly held at the Excelsior Venice Lido Hotel, which celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Association.

Alessio Lazazzera, General Manager of the iconic Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort, is this year’s winner of the prestigious “European Hotel Manager of the Year” Award that EHMA – European Hotel Managers Association – confers every year to the active member who has achieved exceptional management results during the previous year and throughout his/her career. The award was presented to him during the gala evening in the magnificent Sala degli Stucchi of the Hotel Excelsior on the occasion of the EHMA Annual General Assembly held in Venice from 12 to 14 April 2024. The Jury rewarded his ability to combine managerial innovation with an admirable vocation for the valorization of territorial and human resources. Competing with Alessio Lazazzera for the award was Ivica Max Krizmanić, General Director of the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel (Croatia).

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Congratulations Alessio!

EHMA

AWARD

European Hotel Manager of the Year

Previous editions winners:

Dagmar Woodward
1990

Inter-Continental Paris, France

Maurice Urech
1990

Hotel Villa Principe Leopoldo, Lugano, Switzerland

Hans R. Fritz
1990

Rome Cavalieri Hilton, Italy

Gianni Van Daalen
1990

Hotel Adlon, Berlin, Germany

Francisco Alcaraz
1990

Gran Hotel Bahia del Duque, Tenerife, Spain

Giuliano Corsi
1990

Hotel Danieli, Venice, Italy

Emanuel Berger
1990

Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa, Interlaken, Switzerland

Jean-Louis Leimbacher
1990

Hotel du Palais, Biarritz, France

Kurt Dohnal
2000

The Kessler Collection Europe, Vienna, Austria

Paul van Wijk
2000

Dolce Hotels and Resorts, Brussels, Belgium

Thomas Noll
2000

Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg, Russia

Francesco Brunetti
2000

The Westin Palace, Milan, Italy

Mario Ferraro
2000

Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice, Italy

Hans Gerst
2000

Raphael Hotelgesellschaft GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

François Delahaye
2000

Hotel Plaza Athénée, Paris, France

Panos Almyrantis
2000

Daios Cove Luxury Resort & Villas, Crete, Greece

Pierre Ferchaud
2000

Hotel Metropole Montecarlo, Monaco

Alessandro Cabella
2000

Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Italy

Hans J. Kauschke
2000

Steigenberger Grandhotel Handelshof, Leipzig, Germany

Patrick Recasens
2000

Pullman Timi Ama Sardegna, Italy

Dominique Nicolas Godat
2000

Hotel Metropol Moscow, Russia

Pawel Lewtak
2000

Polonia Palace Hotel, Polonia

Guilherme Augusto Costa
2000

Four Seasons Hotel
The Ritz, Lisbon

Emmy Stoel
2000

Sofitel Legend The Grand
Amsterdam

Alessio Lazazzera
2000

Hotel Excelsior
Venice Lido Resort

The Winner is...
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