Flowers & Fancies: Congratulations to the Tremont Plaza for winning the first runner up award for America's Best Restroom!!
Congratulations to the Tremont Plaza for winning the first runner up award for America's Best Restroom!!
Tremont Plaza Hotel to Receive First Runner-Up Award for
America’s Best Restroom
Presentation Set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Inside Famed Restroom
For more information, contact:
David Brandt
ABR Survey Editor
757-456-5212
Cell: 757-404-2032
david@rubincommunications.
For Immediate Release
August 28, 2009
Cincinnati, Oh. – For the first time in contest history, Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS), a leading provider of restroom hygiene products and services, will present a First Runner-Up America’s Best Restroom Award to the Tremont Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, September 1 at 10:30 a.m.
“Typically, we only present an award to the first place winner, but we felt the Tremont Plaza Hotel deserved special consideration,” says Cintas Senior Marketing Manager Keith Hartman. “The restroom itself is incredible, plus the whole city of Baltimore has embraced this contest. Nearly all of the TV and radio stations, newspapers, web sites and blogs covered the story, leading to exceptional voter turnout.”
The 2009 contest attracted nominations from a wide cross-section of businesses, including restaurants, hotels and several theatres. Ten finalists were selected based on exceptional hygiene, style and open access to the public.
“This contest is meant to be fun, but there’s also an important message, which is that restroom hygiene matters - for good health and good business," said Cintas Senior Marketing Manager Keith Hartman.
Tens of thousands of votes were cast at the program’s web site, which produced the following results:
Business Location Restroom Feature
First Place: The Shoji Tabuchi Theatre
Branson, Missouri Marble fireplaces, hand-carved mahogany pool table, antiques, lion’s head sinks, leather chairs, stained glass and chandeliers.
First Runner-Up: The Tremont Plaza Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland Extensive use of imported marble, grand columns, chandeliers and hand carved woodwork.
Third: Radio City Music Hall
New York, New York Designed in the early 1930’s, restroom and lounges feature classic tile work, art deco furnishings and unique materials, such as cork-covered walls.
Fourth: Zeffirino Ristorante – Venetian Resort, Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Custom-made mosaic tile artwork, Carra marble floors, Venetian plaster, Murano Glass chandeliers and washbasins, limestone water fountain and private restroom suites.
Fifth: The Drake Hotel
Chicago, Illinois Palm Tree murals, private suites, in-stall makeup tables, elegant sconces and an array of chandeliers.
Among the remaining finalists, those placing in sixth through tenth place are as follows: Macy’s – Union Square in San Francisco, California; The Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida; NOVA 535 in St. Petersburg, Florida; The Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan and Canlis Restaurant in Seattle, Washington.
The Cintas Corporation created the Best Restroom Award in 2001 to honor businesses across the country that maintain exceptional hygiene, with style, in their public restrooms. Previous winners have included restrooms at Notre Dame University; The Grand Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi; Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the Fort Smith, Arkansas Airport; Wendell’s Restaurant in Westerville, Ohio; Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio and, in 2008, The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
For more information about the Cintas Best Restroom Award VIII and the ten finalists, contact the Survey Editor, David Brandt, at 757-404-2032.
About Cintas Corporation
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types, predominantly in the United States and Canada. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services for approximately 800,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Fortune Magazine has consistently listed Cintas as a "Most Admired Company" in its annual survey for the past nine consecutive years.
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America’s Best Restroom
Presentation Set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Inside Famed Restroom
For more information, contact:
David Brandt
ABR Survey Editor
757-456-5212
Cell: 757-404-2032
david@rubincommunications.
For Immediate Release
August 28, 2009
Cincinnati, Oh. – For the first time in contest history, Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS), a leading provider of restroom hygiene products and services, will present a First Runner-Up America’s Best Restroom Award to the Tremont Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, September 1 at 10:30 a.m.
“Typically, we only present an award to the first place winner, but we felt the Tremont Plaza Hotel deserved special consideration,” says Cintas Senior Marketing Manager Keith Hartman. “The restroom itself is incredible, plus the whole city of Baltimore has embraced this contest. Nearly all of the TV and radio stations, newspapers, web sites and blogs covered the story, leading to exceptional voter turnout.”
The 2009 contest attracted nominations from a wide cross-section of businesses, including restaurants, hotels and several theatres. Ten finalists were selected based on exceptional hygiene, style and open access to the public.
“This contest is meant to be fun, but there’s also an important message, which is that restroom hygiene matters - for good health and good business," said Cintas Senior Marketing Manager Keith Hartman.
Tens of thousands of votes were cast at the program’s web site, which produced the following results:
Business Location Restroom Feature
First Place: The Shoji Tabuchi Theatre
Branson, Missouri Marble fireplaces, hand-carved mahogany pool table, antiques, lion’s head sinks, leather chairs, stained glass and chandeliers.
First Runner-Up: The Tremont Plaza Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland Extensive use of imported marble, grand columns, chandeliers and hand carved woodwork.
Third: Radio City Music Hall
New York, New York Designed in the early 1930’s, restroom and lounges feature classic tile work, art deco furnishings and unique materials, such as cork-covered walls.
Fourth: Zeffirino Ristorante – Venetian Resort, Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Custom-made mosaic tile artwork, Carra marble floors, Venetian plaster, Murano Glass chandeliers and washbasins, limestone water fountain and private restroom suites.
Fifth: The Drake Hotel
Chicago, Illinois Palm Tree murals, private suites, in-stall makeup tables, elegant sconces and an array of chandeliers.
Among the remaining finalists, those placing in sixth through tenth place are as follows: Macy’s – Union Square in San Francisco, California; The Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida; NOVA 535 in St. Petersburg, Florida; The Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan and Canlis Restaurant in Seattle, Washington.
The Cintas Corporation created the Best Restroom Award in 2001 to honor businesses across the country that maintain exceptional hygiene, with style, in their public restrooms. Previous winners have included restrooms at Notre Dame University; The Grand Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi; Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the Fort Smith, Arkansas Airport; Wendell’s Restaurant in Westerville, Ohio; Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio and, in 2008, The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
For more information about the Cintas Best Restroom Award VIII and the ten finalists, contact the Survey Editor, David Brandt, at 757-404-2032.
About Cintas Corporation
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types, predominantly in the United States and Canada. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services for approximately 800,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Fortune Magazine has consistently listed Cintas as a "Most Admired Company" in its annual survey for the past nine consecutive years.
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