JW Marriott Pune Wins Alice S. Award for Community Service

By Simar Singh

JWMarriottPuneUSEJW MARRIOTT'S Pune property-was conferred the Alice S. Award for Community Service at its annual Marriott companywide celebration. The award comes at the helm of an array of philanthropic and CSR related activities that have been pursued by the JW Marriott Pune for years.
’Marriott has globally recognized our team’s generosity and spirit of giving, to make a difference to the society. We help children with HIV/AIDS feel loved again. We protect Pune’s lush parks and gardens and also provide opportunities for local youth’, said Mielle Batliwala (see picture, second from right), the Director of Human Resources at JW Marriott Pune.
Named after Alice Sheets Marriott, philanthropist and wife to the founder of the Marriott group, the award was created in 1992 to ’honour the Marriott legacy’ through the recognition and felicitation of an affiliated property, business unit or corporate department as well as their associates for excellence in corporate citizenship.
Quoting Alice Marriott’s philosophy-’by generously giving our time, energy and resources, we enrich the lives of others’, Batliwala said that the award celebrated the team that best exemplified this spirit.
Other awards given at the event included the company’s highest honour, the J. Willard Marriott Award of Excellence, which was given eight supervisor or peer nominated associates for their outstanding job performance and, the JW Marriott Jr. Diversity Excellence Award of which the Vienna Marriott Hotel was the recipient for promoting diversity and creating an inclusive atmosphere at their property.
Speaking at the occasion in recognition of the contributions made by of the group’s employees worldwide, Global Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, David Rodriguez, said, ’We know our associates across the globe keep Marriott’s deep-rooted culture and core values thriving. Our 2015 honourees work hard every day to make our guests feel welcome and we are so proud of everything they have accomplished both inside our hotels and in the communities they serve.’

Simar Singh is interning with BW Hotelier.


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