2024 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATION FORM
The Hospitality Saskatchewan Tourism Awards recognize and foster excellence in our province’s tourism industry. These industry awards honour people, places, businesses, organizations, and events that go above and beyond to offer superior
tourism experiences to visitors and residents.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Applications will be accepted from all organizations or businesses that support the Saskatchewan tourism industry.
The Tourism Rookie of the Year Award is a special recognition presented to an emerging talent in the tourism industry. This prestigious awards purpose is to celebrate organizations that have made remarkable contributions and achievements in their early stages of a new tourism business, event, or service. The recipient of this award will be an entity that was launched after January 1, 2022
Organizations or businesses may be self‐nominated or nominated by another party.
NOMINATION PROCESS
THE NOMINATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY JULY 12, 2024. Awards will be presented at the annual Gather Again Conference at the Conexus Arts Centre Regina on Tuesday September 24.
Nominations must be completed on this form and submitted prior to the deadline.
Nominations must adhere to the general eligibility criteria and category‐specific criteria. Nominations must be original each year and in each category. Hospitality Saskatchewan reserves the right to re-categorize or reject nominations that do not meet these rules or criteria, or the spirit of the awards program.
Nominees must be advised by the applicant that they are being nominated for a Hospitality Saskatchewan Award.
EVALUATION
Nominations will be reviewed and scored by an Award Selection Committee and will be kept completely confidential.
The Award Selection Committee is an external panel. Committee members who have a conflict of interest remove
themselves from judging the category in question.
The Award Selection Committee will select a maximum of three finalists for each award (excluding the Tourism Builder Award). Finalists will be notified by mail approximately one month prior to the Hospitality Saskatchewan Awards Dinner.
