Chanler at Cliff Walk, Spiced Pear nominated for excellence awards

THE CHANLER at Cliff Walk and The Spiced Pear at The Chanler have been nominated for 2016 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence from Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide. / COURTESY THE CHANLER AT CLIFF WALK
NEWPORT EXPERIENCED a 15.8 percent increase in collections of the 1 percent hotel tax in August (the Chanler at Cliff Walk is pictured), part of a strong year-over-year trend that was largely driven by the state's extension of the tax to include online hosting platforms, such as Airbnb, and home rentals. / COURTESY THE CHANLER AT CLIFF WALK

NEWPORT – The Chanler at Cliff Walk and The Spiced Pear at The Chanler have been nominated for 2016 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence from Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide.
The awards, which will be announced during a ceremony and gala Nov. 3 in Hawaii, recognize and celebrate the finest historic hotels and hoteliers across the nation and around the world.
The Chanler at Cliff Walk has been nominated in the best small historic inn/hotel category, which includes five other hotels around the country, including Concord’s Colonial Inn in Concord, Mass.
The Spiced Pear was nominated in the category of best historic restaurant in conjunction with a historic hotel. In addition, Linda Shoe, at The Hotel Viking was nominated in the ambassador of the year (quarter century service) category.
Nominees were announced in 17 categories. More than 200 nominations were submitted.
“The nominee finalists exemplify the finest historic hotels and their hoteliers in the United States of America and from around the world,” Lawrence Horwitz, executive director, Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide, said in a statement.
Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide are programs of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that recognize and celebrate historic hotels.

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