NEWS Top Shelf NEWH has announced the annual Top ID firms for 2017. Each chapter board is invited to participate in the program that recognizes and promotes the best firms in the industry. The honor is determined with consideration of a firm's design work in the hospitality industry, along with membership and support the firm has shown its NEWH chapter. NEWH provides the list of the design firms from the 18 chapters and for regional groups on a banner that is displayed at all NEWH International events and offered to the chapters to post during their events throughout the year. The list is also on the NEWH website along with project photos from the winning firms. Congratulations to the winning firms! The 2017 winners, by chapter, are: Curioso SOSH Architects AC / Philly SOSH Architects Chicago Curioso Simeone Deary The Gettys Group Bermeyer New England Bermeyer Elkus Manfredi Stantec Dallas Matchline Design Remington Hotels Studio 11 Design 3rd Story Arizona 3rd Story Best Western International FFKR Architects Josh Held Design MGM Resorts Design Directions Las Vegas New York MGM Resorts Novus Architecture Tandem Josh Held Design Kalashian Gensler Atlanta Carver & Associates Design Directions DesignOne Studio DLR Group Los Angeles Founding Chapter Gensler KNA Design Vargas Design 4 www.newh.org North Central Cuningham Group DLR Group ESG Architecture Winners continued on page 6http://www.newh.org