Nominations for the Industry Impact Award may be submitted via this year-round form. If the nomination is approved by CHPA's Board of Directors, it will be added to a running pool of nominees for consideration in the next awards cycle. Nominators will be notified on the status of their nomination. 

This award recognizes a professional in the Corporate Housing and Serviced Accommodation industry for their long-term history of exemplary service and accomplishments to the corporate housing industry. Any CHPA member company employee or retired individual who has formerly been employed with a current CHPA member company in good standing with a minimum of ten years’ industry experience may be considered.

Before submitting, prepare to answer the following questions and review the criteria to support your nomination.

How has this individual remarkably impacted the corporate housing and serviced accommodation industry? How is their impact so influential that the industry would not be what it is today without this person in it?

A nomination may address the following criteria to support the prompt above:

• A description of the individual’s philanthropic or community service engagement.
• Identify the beneficiaries of the individual’s contribution(s) to the industry and explain the long-term effect achieved.
• Summary of the individual’s contributions to the industry, including any moment of outstanding service and/or out of the box action (risk and/or creativity) to achieve results.
• List of companies that the nominee has been employed at, and positions within each company.

Should you have any questions about the awards application or criteria, please email us at info@chpaonline.org or by phone at 317.328.4631.

The following guidelines apply to any and all persons who have agreed to be presenters for CHPA. Exceptions to any of these policies shall be solely at the discretion of CHPA. Agreeing to present a session denotes acceptance of these guidelines.

1. Sessions are scheduled on February 16-18, 2026. Only submit a proposal if speakers are available to present on any of the dates. 
2. Sessions vary in length. You will have the option to specify in your submission.
3. Presenters from CHPA member companies participate as volunteers and as such are not compensated for their participation in CHPA events. If your submission includes a non-member speaker you will be asked to identify the following items: speaking fee, travel requirements and potential sponsorship support.
4. Presenters are expected to meet all deadlines for submission of materials and information related to their sessions, as outlined by CHPA.
5. Presenters will arrive at their speaking engagement a minimum of 15 minutes before the session is scheduled to begin.
6. Presenters are expected to arrive fully prepared for their presentations, with all speaking points, slideshows, and materials compiled and ready.
7. Presenters will secure advance permission from the copyright holder(s) when using copyrighted materials as part of their presentations.
8. CHPA may audio or video record sessions or take photographs during the event. Presenters agree to have their likeness included in any CHPA media for promotional uses after the event.
9. Presenters agree to have the biographical information used at the discretion of CHPA for the purposes of event marketing and promotion.
10. In the event that a presenter needs to cancel, he/she will immediately turn over a copy of his/her materials intended for the event to CHPA so that a replacement presenter may use the materials in preparation of executing the session. In the event of cancellation, the presenter must reimburse CHPA for any expenses the organization has incurred for his/her participation in the event.