HVS has been announced as Management Consultant of the Year at the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) Awards, held at a dinner at London's Hilton Metropole Hotel on Tuesday evening, 1 November 2011.

The awards celebrate the achievers in the European hotel investment community and were voted for by several thousand senior figures in the European hotel industry following a shortlist drawn up by two judging committees.

"The HVS team was delighted to receive this award. It has been an exceptional year for us with a number of high-profile transactions and assignments, and it is a real team effort by all our European offices and divisions," said HVS London managing director Russell Kett.

Chairman of the judging panel Andrew Sangster, editorial director

Over the winter we always try and make some significant inroads into the decoration of the hotel and this year has been no exception.  Before Christmas Peter carried on with our schedule in the bedrooms and now all have been redecorated, ready to start again next winter!

Our main achievement this year since Christmas has been to re-decorate the restaurant.  This is very nearly finished with just the small bay to be completed now.  All the staff are really pleased with how fresh and clean it looks with a much quieter paper.  We are also reviewing the art on the walls again and the key thing will be for us to have much less - just a few stunning pictures will, I think, have much more impact in the room.

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