Hospitality Management Awards and Recognitions

Awards and Recognition
At Morrissey Hospitality Companies, we don't build just brands, we build award winners. That is what we are hired to do. Awards translate to profits and consistent winners bring record profits, and that is our goal.  But these awards don't belong to us, they belong to you and so do the profits.  Day in and day out, our management team is committed to winning at all levels for each and every property and for you the owner.

Hotel Management
Morrissey Hospitality Companies built The Saint Paul Hotel into a Four-Star property.  It wins that award consistently, along with a host of others, including AAA's Four-Diamond award. The Saint Paul Hotel is acclaimed by our loyal guests and critics, an example being named Conde Nast Magazine's Gold List year in and year out, recognizing The Saint Paul Hotel with the best hotels in the world.  It is proud to have been featured by Good Morning America, National Geographic, The New York Times, USA Today, Bon Appetit, and many others.  Perhaps the most telling is that of its biggest customer, 3M, which presented The Saint Paul Hotel with its 3M Supplier Excellence Award. Click here to read all our awards and recognitions for The Saint Paul Hotel.

When Morrissey Hospitality Companies opened The Hotel Minneapolis - a Doubletree on August 1, 2008, it immediately received recognition in the media and, most importantly, by its guests.  Doubletree honored the hotel with its Best Conversion Award in 2008.

Restaurant Management
Morrissey Hospitality Companies-managed free-standing restaurant concepts rank among the best of the best, garnering awards from the likes of Minnesota Monthly, Twin Cities Business Monthly, the Zagat Survey, Gourmet Magazine, Wine Spectator, Diners' Choice, CitySearch, Minnesota Meetings and Events, and Nation's Restaurant News. MHC's restaurants, The St. Paul Grill, Pazzaluna Urban Italian Restaurant and Bar, and Tria Restaurant and Bar were voted into the Twin Cities Top 5 by the readers of Minneapolis/St. Paul magazine.  Menu items from The St. Paul Grill made the cover of Where magazine, Tria and The St. Paul Grill were included in the “Top Ten Dishes of the Year”, and Pazzaluna’s Executive Chef was named one of the Ten Best in the Twin Cities.  Click here to read all our awards and recognitions for The St. Paul Grill, Pazzaluna Urban Italian Restaurant and Bar, and  Tria Restaurant and Bar.

RJ's American Grill, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, was immediately recognized by The St. Cloud Times as the Best New Restaurant and continues to receive critical acclaim.  Click here to read all of our awards and recognitions for RJ's American Grill.

Sport/Entertainment Food and Beverage Management
The MHC Culinary Group is recognized as the leader in providing restaurant-quality food catering services in sports, entertainment and convention facilities. By serving in the Midwest's best Sports & Entertainment venues, convention centers, event centers and destination restaurants, the Morrissey Hospitality Companies Culinary Group serves our guests with incomparable quality through innovation, not experimentation, and by fulfilling dreams through a commitment to quality.

Authentic Hospitality
Morrissey Hospitality Companies hires the best people to manage your property. More than 1,200 of them look after MHC managed properties and these people are award winners too. Morrissey Hospitality Companies requires its leadership to be part and parcel of their communities. They are board members for the Chambers of Commerce and the Visitor and Convention Bureaus. They join the task forces and lead the committees.  They belong to clubs and societies and have undergraduate and graduate degrees. They volunteer and embrace the needs of the communities where they work. From Master Gardeners to active members of the local theatre, each MHC employee is unique.  All are committed.

"Managed by Morrissey Hospitality Companies says integrity, extraordinary customer experience, quality...a cut above the rest."
- Cyndi Lesher, Retired President and CEO of Xcel Energy