Press Releases - 2008
Joie de Vivre Announces “Your California” Photo Contest Winners
San Francisco, October 7, 2008 - Joie de Vivre Hospitality, with travel
partner Southwest Airlines, announces the winners of its first-ever "Your California" Photo
Contest. More than two thousand photographs
from amateur and professional photographers were uploaded to "California
Connect" - Joie de Vivre's online community. The amateur and professional winners
submitting the most captivating shots celebrating their California
are Laurel Vollmert, Anthony Deak, Jessie Soto, Peter Lyons, and Rebecca Novotny
(www.jdvhotels.com/photocontest).
Joie de Vivre's "Your California" Photo
Contest was designed to encourage people to get creative and express in a
single photo what California
means to them. The contest also
introduced people to Joie de Vivre's online community, California Connect (http://www.jdvhotels.com), which allows locals
and travelers to meet others, share information and California-centric experiences
year-round.
Laurel Vollmert, of Scottsdale, Arizona,
won the "People's Choice Grand Prize" by popular vote in the amateur photographer
category for her photo of her daughter leaning against a colorful mural in Balmy
Alley in San Francisco's Mission District. Vollmert will receive a year of free
hotel stays at Joie de Vivre's collection of California
boutique hotels, a choice of any Joy of Life Club reward at the 2,500 level,
and six tickets from Southwest Airlines for travel within California. Her winning photo is featured on
Joie de Vivre's website. Anthony Deak
and Jessie Soto each took two runner's up in the people's choice categories and
will enjoy two nights at Joie de Vivre hotels and two tickets on Southwest
flights within California.
In the professional photographer category,
Peter Lyons, of Lyons Imaging in San Francisco,
won for his photograph of a pirate ship sailing in the San Francisco Bay.
Lyons successful shot, "The Privateer," was taken
in August when the Tall Ships came to San
Francisco. He
wins a $500 gift certificate to his favorite California camera shop, two tickets on Southwest
Airlines, and a two-night stay at the Joie de Vivre hotel of his choice.
Winning in the Joie de Vivre's Staff Pick
category is Rebecca Novotny. Novotny, of
Seaside, California,
receives two nights at Joie de Vivre hotels and two tickets on Southwest Airlines
flights within California. Her image, titled "Beauty of the Coast," was
well received for its serene and gorgeous expression of California's
Big Sur coastline.
Joie de Vivre and Southwest Airlines'
employees also participated and awarded prizes selected by popular vote
respectively to Nancy Tawfik of Joie de Vivre's Venice Beach location and John
Bahu of Southwest in San Diego.
About
Joie de Vivre
Based in San Francisco, Joie de Vivre is a creative
collection of lifestyle businesses. As California's largest
boutique hotel collection, Joie de Vivre encompasses other hospitality
businesses such as restaurants and spas.
Celebrating over 20 years of creating joy, Joie de Vivre is expanding
its California presence in Sacramento,
Huntington Beach, Sunnyvale
and Santa Cruz.
For more information, visit http://www.jdvhotels.com.
Partnering in
the contest, Southwest Airlines celebrates
100 nonstop daily departures within California.
Contact: Lori Lincoln
415.773.1067
llincoln@jdvhospitality.com
Alexis Evans
415.248.5951
aevans@jdvhospitality.com
