12.21.2010

Baby You're a Firework

2 weeks ago, the hotel had it's annual Holiday awards ceremony where, I am so proud to say, I was awarded with the title of Manager of the Year! Aside from the fabulous prize, which I'll detail later, winning MOY has sort of confirmed for me that I'm where I'm supposed to be.
Five years ago, fresh out of college with my Music Business degree, I took a job as a catering assistant hoping to gain event planning experience to take back into the business side of the music industry. As I've moved up in the company and into management, I've learned a lot. But aside from catering, quality assurance, and rooms operations, what I've really started to learn is that I'm pretty good at this. Sure, I've always done the best that I could and thought that I'd been doing a good job, but it really means a lot to know that the directors of the hotel feel the same way. And that all those weekends worked, all those 14-15 hour days, 6 day weeks, and 10 day stretches without a day off, have all been worth it somehow. I'm not where I ever thought I would've been 5 years ago, and there have been plenty of disappointments and bad days along the way, but I feel like I'm in the right place.
And now, onto my reward! An extra week's paid vacation, airfare for 2 to a location of my choosing with a Hyatt, 6 night's Hyatt stay, $700 food and beverage credit, and $500 spending money. 2nd honeymoon, here we come! But where to? Any suggestions??