Lori Stohs, Gallup Engagement Manager, with Kent Bruggeman, Senior Vice President,  Operations and Human Resources for Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. The hotel management company was awarded the 2008 Gallup Great Workplace Award.

Winegardner & Hammons, Inc., a leading hotel management company celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has been awarded the 2008 Gallup Great Workplace Award.  The Gallup Great Workplace Award recognizes the best-performing workforces in the world. Applicants' results are compared across a workplace research database composed of millions of work teams in more than 100 countries. A panel of workplace experts assesses the applicants' results to select the winners. Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. is celebrating its 50th year as a leading full-service hotel management company with a reputation for progressive and successful hospitality management.  The Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. portfolio includes resorts, all-suite, full service and conference center hotels throughout many diverse markets across the United States and is affiliated with most major hotel brands. "I'm extremely proud of this outstanding recognition, for it proves once again that our associates remain the company's most important assets and they strengthen the very fiber of our workplace 24 hours a day," said Kent Bruggeman, Senior Vice President, Operations and Human Resources, Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. Brugman is pictured above, with the Gallup Great Workplace Award, and Lori Stohs - Gallup Engagement Manager.