P&G Professional™ Announces Winner of Community Hotelier of the Year Award
April 24 2015 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Grand Prize Winner Chooses the Greater
Jacksonville Area USO as Recipient of $10,000 Award
Florida businessman and hotelier Paresh ‘Paz’ Patel was awarded
P&G Professional's "Community Hotelier of the Year Award"
presented in conjunction with the Asian American Hotel Owners
Association (AAHOA). Patel was chosen as the grand prize winner
after submitting an essay detailing his participation with and
support of the Greater Jacksonville USO. The charity will receive a
$10,000 award in Patel's name. Patel was recognized on stage last
night during the 2015 AAHOA Annual Convention and Trade Show awards
presentation at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment
Center.
The Community Hotelier of the Year Award recognizes an AAHOA
member who demonstrates dedication and care for their community and
expresses a desire to make a positive impact in the future with a
$10,000 donation to the winner's charity of choice. Patel has
volunteered for the Greater Jacksonville USO for the last decade,
giving his time, donating room nights from his Jacksonville and
Orange Park Candlewood Suites, Comfort Inn and Days Inn properties,
and assisting with the mission of the organization as a board
member and vice chairperson. As part of a dedicated family of more
than 250 volunteers and staff, Patel's other efforts with the
Jacksonville USO in 2014 included helping the organization serve
8,640 dinners, assist 70,000 visitors at the USO's three local
centers, mail 1,600 care packages to overseas troops, host 24,000
travelers at the USO airport location, and provide arrival services
for fallen service members and their families at the airport.
"As a member of the Jacksonville community, a businessperson and
someone proud of my Indian ethnicity, I individually needed to give
back and assist in every way possible to the young men and women
who risk their lives for the freedom we all enjoy," said Patel. "It
is an honor to receive the P&G Professional Community Hotelier
of the Year Award and I am proud to be able to make this
contribution to the Greater Jacksonville USO to support all the
unsung individuals who volunteer, as well as our brave men and
women in uniform."
Patel lives in Orange Park, Fla. with his wife, Rita, and
daughter, Orisa, and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of
a leading Northeast Florida integrated marketing firm, Client
Focused Media. He also serves on the Clay County Development
Authority, a position appointed by the Florida Governor, and has
previously served on various other local area boards related to
tourism, business and economic development, in addition to his work
as a hotelier.
"The dedication and care displayed by AAHOA members to their
communities shows an extraordinary level of commitment and all of
the 2015 nominees are truly making a positive impact," said Alan
Tomblin, North America Director of Sales, P&G Professional. "We
congratulate Mr. Patel for his work with the Greater Jacksonville
USO, as well as all of the nominees for their outstanding
accomplishments and contributions."
P&G Professional is a proud sponsor of the Community
Hotelier of the Year award and has supported the AAHOA awards for
seven years. For more information on the P&G Professional
Community Hotelier of the Year award, please visit
www.pgpro.com/aahoa.
About the Greater Jacksonville Area USO
Each year, the Greater Jacksonville Area USO touches the lives
of more than 250,000-plus local active-duty military, including
local and state wide Army and Air National Guardsmen and Reserves,
and their immediate families. The Greater Jacksonville Area USO
provides more than $1 million annually of "in-kind" services
through a wide variety of programs as well as numerous events and
entertainment venues throughout the year. The USO is a private,
non-profit organization, not a government agency and programs and
services are made possible by the American people, support of
corporate partners and the dedication of volunteers and staff. To
learn more about the USO, please visit www.jaxuso.org.
About AAHOA
Founded in 1989, AAHOA is the largest hotel owners association
in the world, with over 12,500 small business owner-members. AAHOA
members own more than 20,000 hotels in the United States with a
market value of almost $130 billion and employ nearly 600,000
workers.
About P&G Professional
P&G Professional is the away-from-home division of Procter
& Gamble, serving the foodservice, building cleaning and
maintenance, healthcare, hospitality, food/drug/mass, and
convenience store industries. P&G Professional offers complete
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strengths in market and consumer understanding. P&G
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Citizen Relations for P&G ProfessionalKimberly Cashion,
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