Here is the complete list of finalists for the 2008 Hotel Hero Awards:

• Beyond the Call of Duty
• Rising Star
• Lifetime Achievement - Operations
• Lifetime Achievement - Hotel Executive
• Lifetime Achievement - Department Manager
• Unsung Hero
• Community Spirit
• Innovation

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Hotel Hero Awards Finalists

THE 2008 HOTEL HERO AWARD FINALISTS WERE:

Beyond the Call of Duty

• Larry Bell - Hotel Whitcomb
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Bob Boone - Cathedral Hill Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Kent Cunningham - Cathedral Hill Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Citra Darmawati - Hotel Palomar
  Hotel Hero 2007, Finalist
• James Nelson - Orchard Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Rising Star Award

• Angel Aroche - St. Regis San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Adam Beer - Westin St. Francis
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Constance Desousa - St. Regis San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Chad Merced - Mandarin Oriental
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Heather Powell - JW Marriott
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Unsung Hero Award

• Valentino Low - The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Rene Monje - Hotel Whitcomb
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Celia Schulthss-Lota - The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Gene Sevilla - Hilton San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Yee Lam Yu - Palace Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Lifetime Achievement Award - Hotel Executive

• Yvonne Lembi-Detert - Personality Hotels
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Stefan Muhle - The Orchard Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Anna Mare Presutti - Hotel Nikko, San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Lifetime Achievement Award - Department Manager

• Stanley Liu - The Westin San Francisco Market Street
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Sonia Melendez - Harbor Court Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Karen Rambaud - Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Jerre Riffle - Palace Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Philippe Striffeler - Hotel Nikko San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Lifetime Achievement Award - Operations

• Richard Chan - The Cartwright 
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Albert Flores - Hotel Monaco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Barney Garcia - Omni San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• David Shortz - Hilton San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Tom Sweeney - Sir Francis Drake Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Innovation Award

• Argonaut Hotel 
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Hotel Tomo
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Orchard Garden Hotel
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist

Community Spirit Award

• Handlery Union Square Hotel 
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• Hotel Nikko San Francisco
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist
• San Francisco Marriott
  Hotel Hero 2008, Finalist