International Restaurant & Hotel Awards™

June 30, 2009
Submit your restaurant or hotel for consideration in the 2009-2010 IRHAS --> Go

November 21st, 2008
The 2007-2008 IRHAS gala ceremony was a night to remember --> Go

November 4th , 2008
IRHA Announces the 2007-2008 Recipients of the Conceptual Design Awards Presented by ARTRAVEL Magazine --> Go

In the tradition of the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, the International Restaurant & Hotel Awards are the world's most prestigious awards recognizing the best value, moderate and luxury travel establishments in the industry.

2007-2008 IRHA HONOREES

Lifetime Achievement Héctor Ceballos-Lascuráin	Achievement in Wine Robert Mondavi
Achievement in Design Philippe Starck	Visionary Award Costas Christ
Achievement in Travel Michael Palin	Achievement in Food & Dining Carlo Petrini of Slow Food
Spotlight On New Orleans
Humanitarian Award The Cvitanovich Family & Drago’s Seafood Restaurant IRHA will honor all Humanitarian Award nominees Chef Paul Prudhomme, Cat Cora & Chefs for Humanity, Best Western for a Better World & Emeril Lagasse

2007-2008 SUPPORTING RECIPIENTS

Travel & Dining
Publication of the Year
Arthur Frommer's
Budget Travel

Marketing Campaign
of the Year
Travelocity
The Roaming Gnome

Traveler's Vote Awards

Move mouse over each award to view the 2008 Nominees

Best of Travel & Dining in TV "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" *Top Chef Season 3* BRAVO Host: Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi Producer/s: Frances Berwick, Andy Cohen, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, Dave Serwatka *James Martin's Brittany* UKTV Food Host: James Martin *The Amazing Race Season 12* CBS Host: Phil Keoghan Producer/s: Bertram van Munster *Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations* TRAVEL CHANNEL USA Host: Anthony Bourdain Producer/s: Myleeta Aga, Christopher Collins, Rennik Soholt, Lydia Tenaglia	Best of Travel & Dining on the RADIO "Around The World" KZSB AM 1290 Santa Barbara *The Food Programme* Station: BBC Radio 4 (United Kingdom) *Around The World* Station: KZSB AM 1290 Santa Barbara, CA (United States) *The Travel Show with Arthur Frommer* Station: WOR 710 HD New York (United States) *Chef's Challenge* Station: 702 ABC Sydney (Australia)	Best of Travel & Dining in FILM Ratatouille (2007) *The Darjeeling Limited (2007)* Fox Searchlight Pictures Director/s: Wes Anderson *Ratatouille (2007)* Disney/Pixar Animation Studio Director/s: Brad Bird Co-director : Jan Pinkava *Into the Wild (2007)* Paramount Pictures Director/s: Sean Penn *The Last Stop for Paul (2006)* Neil Mandt Production Director/s: Neil Mandt
Best of Travel & Dining on the WEB worldreviewer.com http://chow.com/ http://worldreviewer.com/ http://kiwicollection.com/ http://travelistic.com/	Travel Editor/s of the Year Travel & Leisure Magazine Nancy Novogrod *Wallpaper Magazine* Publisher: Neil Sumner Editor/s: Sara Henrichs *Vogue Entertaining + Travel - Australia Magazine* Publisher: News Magazines Pty Ltd. Editor/s: Trudi Jenkins & Sarah Nicholson *Travel & Leisure Magazine* Publisher: American Express Publishing Corporation Editor/s: Nancy Novogrod *Let's Go Travel Guides* Publisher: Let's Go Publications, Inc. Editor/s: **Let's Go Travel Guides' Editing Team**	Food & Dining Editor/s of the Year New York Magazine Rob Patronite & Robin Raisfeld *Cucina & Vini Magazine* Publisher: Gianfilippo Coletta Editor/s: Francesco D'Agostino, Alessandra Marzolini *www.Eater.com* Publisher: Curbed Network Editor/s: Ben Leventhal & Lockhart Steele *Cool Restaurants Guides* Publisher: Hendrik teNeues Editor/s: Cool Restaurants Editing Team *New York Magazine* Publisher: New York Media Holdings, LLC Editor/s: Rob Patronite, Robin Raisfeld