1. Best Server, Free Standing restaurant not operated by a Casino
   Candidates from a la carte full service food restaurants, including bar service staff.
2. Best Server, Fine Dining Casino Restaurant
   Candidates from al la carte full service, including bar server staff.
3. Best Server, Casual Dining Casino Restaurant
   Candidates from food outlets or room service, including bar server staff.
4. Best Server, Resort Hotel Restaurant
   Candidates from a la carte full service food outlets or room service in resort hotels, including bar server staff.
5. Best Server, Banquet/Catering
   Candidates serving banquet meal functions in casinos, resort hotels, free-standing restaurants, or off-premise catering.
6. Best Food and Beverage Support
   Food service personnel including dishwashers, bus persons, bar porters and banquet set-up who assist wait staff in casinos, resort hotels or free-standing restaurants.
7. Best Bartender
   Candidates from taverns, casinos, resort hotels, free-standing restaurants or off-premise catering.
8. Best Host/Hostess
   Seaters and greeters from casinos, resort hotels or free-standing restaurants.
9. Best Visitor Information Service Personnel (Thomas G. Henning Award)
   Candidates from guest contact positions at Atlantic City/County attractions, parks, recreation facilities or guest relations and information desks.
10. Best Retail Sales Associate
    Candidates from retail stores directly serving the customer.
11. Best Valet*
    Candidates in valet positions at restaurant, resort hotels or casinos.
12. Best Door Person*
    Candidates in door positions at restaurant, resort hotels or casinos.
13. Best Bell Person*
    Candidates in bell positions at restaurant, resort hotels or casinos.
14. Best Driver
    Limousine drivers, bus drivers, shuttle drivers, taxi drivers, jitney drivers and van drivers.
15. Best Room Attendant/Housekeeper
    Candidates who clean guest rooms in casino hotels or resort hotels.
16. Best Food Production Personnel
    Candidates from free-standing restaurants, casino hotels or resort hotels that directly cook, maintain food safety standards and support kitchen food production personnel (line cooks, pastry cooks, pantry workers), or food attendants who service complimentary food/beverage operations at limited-service properties.
17. Best Concierge/Guest Services
    Candidates in concierge and concierge-related positions.
18. Best “Heart of the House” Personnel
    Candidates from casinos, resort hotels or free-standing restaurants who directly support front-line customer contact personnel. Positions include administrative personnel, hotel PBX operators, wardrobe and laundry personnel.
19. Best Reservationist*
    Candidates from direct contact positions within a casino or resort hotel; i.e., front desk and reservations personnel.
20. Best Public Safety/Private Sector
    Candidates from security positions, including emergency medical technicians, within a casino or resort hotel who directly interface with guests.
21. Best Casino Games Personnel
    Includes dealers, poker, racebook and keno.
22. Best Casino Support Personnel
    Includes slot attendants, slot technicians, slot cashiers, pit clerk, casino/cage cashiers, casino credit clerks and hard/soft count attendants.
23. Best Public Area Personnel
    Candidates from resort hotels and casinos including EVS attendants, public area cleaners, housemen and facilities/ maintenance/grounds keeping personnel.
24. Best Cashier
    Candidates from restaurants, resort hotels, casino hotels, attractions and transportation authorities, includes hotel cashiers, food and beverage cashiers, parking cashiers, valet cashiers and toll collectors.
25. Best Cocktail Server
    Candidates include servers from the casino floor and showroom.
26. Best Spa Personnel*
    Candidates include spa concierge, spa receptionist, attendants and pool attendants.

*New Award Category