Save the Date!
The 6th Annual Pinellas ROSE Awards
August 28, 2025
The Sandpearl Resort
Stay tuned for nomination information and ticket details!
Congratulations to our 2024 ROSE Award recipients!
(Left to Right: Sean St. Leger, The Feinstein Group / The Black Pearl; Evelyn Aquirre, Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach; Denis Phillips, ABC Action News; Patrick Barrett, Tradewinds Island Resorts; Hasan Mashkoor, Clear Sky Club Haus; Not Pictured: Lauren Reese, St. Petersburg Distillery)
ROSE (Recognition of Service Excellence) Awards recognizes the very best front line and service individuals (excluding managers) who exemplify the following characteristics: Dependable, Passionate, Serves as a role model to peers and is committed to customer service.
ROSE Award Categories
ROSE Award nominees include, but are not limited to the following categories:
- Hotels: Front desk, housekeeping, valet, bellmen, administrative assistant, security, maintenance, engineers
- Restaurants: Chef, cook, kitchen staff, hostesses, bartenders servers
- Retail: Clerks and stock keepers
- Transportation: Drivers
*This list of categories is not all inclusive. Nominees from other categories may also be submitted.
ROSE Award Requirements
- Individual must be a line employee (no management or supervisor positions)
- Open to all hospitality businesses in Pinellas county
- Nominations are open to all hospitality business (do not have to be an FRLA member) and may be submitted by employees and immediate supervisors who know of worthy candidates.
- Individual must work at place of business for at least 90 days from the nomination deadline
- Individual should exemplify the following characteristics: dependable, passionate, serves as role model to peers, and committed to customer.