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Choice Hotels Platinum Designation

Quality Inn & Suites, Sequim

2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

With close to 5,000 Choice hotels across the United States, these 427 Hospitality Award-winning hotels represent the company’s top performing properties, thanks to their consistent and on-going demonstration of exceptional focus and dedication to guest satisfaction.

All Platinum Award-designated properties proudly represent the Top Three Percent of all open hotels within their brand.

Quality Inn & Suites, Sequim has earned this Prestigious award for four consecutive years.

Choice Hotels Woman of the Year

Nancy Schade, Choice Hotel’s International "Woman of the Year"

2010

General Manager of Sequim Quality Inn & Suites, Nancy Schade, received the coveted Choice Hotel’s International "2010 Woman of the Year" award recently while attending the annual Choice Hotel’s convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This award was created to recognize an outstanding woman within the Choice Hotels International community for her contributions to the travel industry. Schade was recognized for her active leadership and mentoring in her community as she serves multiple organizations, including the American Cancer Society, Olympic Medical Cancer Center, American Red Cross, and our US Armed Forces.

"I have always loved serving people, and through the success of Sequim’s Quality Inn, I have been able to extend that service to those in our own community, rather than just the visitors of Sequim," says Schade as she still tries to take in the shock of such an honor.

Choice Hotels Manager of the Year

Nancy Schade, Manager of the Year Region 9

2009

Nancy Schade has been the inspirational leader of the Quality Inn & Suites, Sequim from the time the hotel broke ground in 2005. She has commanded her team with hands-on leadership and an understanding of what her employees need in order to do a great job.

Since the hotel opened in January 2006, Nancy has been at the forefront of building a successful hotel, not just for the owner but as an example of how a hotel needs to run in a smaller community.

APEX Award for Property EXcellence - Innovation

Damian Humphreys, Sales and Marketing Manager

2010

Damian has created and implemented many of the successful ideas that contributed to the hotel's record revenue in 2009. He has driven revenue by developing personal relationships outside the hotel’s geographic market and has onsite relationships with AAA offices covering seven states.

He helped develop a Walk-In Analysis to capture a larger percentage of walk-in traffic, which provided ways to increase business by selling amenities rather than by dropping room rate. To show appreciation to Choice Privileges regular guests, Damian developed a tiered gift system.

His innovative ideas have increased the hotel's annual RevPAR every year since opening.

APEX Award for Property EXcellance - Eco-Excellance

2008, 2009 Bret Wirta

Bret Wirta put the environment first when he built the Quality Inn & Suites, in Sequim. In the building process he factored in three key elements to being environmentally friendly: 1) A "Bio Swale" to capture storm water. 2)Energy-saving lighting. 3) Irrigation water conservation.

2010 Roy Howell

Roy fills the newly created position of Green Manager, tasked with making the Hotel's efforts even greener. He brought in "Clean the World" to recycle our soaps and shampoos, encouraging the community to get involved and expand on the idea and is now targeting a "no waste" breakfast.

APEX Award for Property EXcellance - Service Excellence

Bret Wirta Service Excellence - Support Staff

2010

In a service industry, an owner who serves his employees is a rare find. Bret is a unique owner who encourages his senior management to excel and motivates them to run the hotel in the right way.

During the recession, he trusted his team with new innovative ideas and provided funds to see them through, which resulted in a record revenue year.

APEX Award for Property EXcellance - Service Excellence

Bill Schade Service Excellence - Maintenance

2009

Bill has spent endless hours since the property opened ensuring the hotel is well maintained. During the winter storms recently, Bill on his own initiative chose to clear the snow from the guest vehicles. Several guests commented on his actions, claiming it to be unbelievable service – to Bill, it was just his way of making sure our guests left the hotel with their expectations exceeded.

Bill’s attitude is one of the reasons our hotel is Platinum rated. Owners and managers can operate good, clean hotels – it is employees like Bill Schade that make them great.

Energy Star Conservation

ENERGY STAR® for Superior Energy Efficiency

2008, 2009, 2010

The Quality Inn and Suites, owned by Wirta Hospitality Worldwide has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. This signifies that the building’s energy performance rates in the top 25 percent of facilities nationwide.

Commercial buildings that earn the ENERGY STAR use an average of 40 percent less energy than typical buildings and also release 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The Quality Inn and Suites, Sequim improved its energy performance by managing energy strategically across the entire organization and by making cost-effective construction decisions and improvements to the hotel.