![From left: Retha Duffy-Riege, Comfort Suites General Manager Ken Riege, Tristan Kumar, Pratrixia Kumar and Yogash Kumar, owners of the Comfort Suites. The 2018 Top HAT awards event was held at the Santa Ana Star Casino and Hotel in Bernalillo. Photo Credit: Courtesy](/images/resized/images/news/2016/192_dec07/21_100_100.jpg)
Comfort Suites makes finalist in two categories; wins Top HAT award
The turnout for the 2018 New Mexico Top Hospitality and Tourism Awards, held Nov. 8 at the Santa Ana Star Casino and Hotel in Bernalillo, was “amazing” this year, Kenneth Riege, general manager of the Comfort Suites in Gallup, told the Sun Dec. 5.
The annual event is held in honor of the best in the state’s hospitality and tourism industry.
This year, Comfort Suites at 3940 E. Hwy 66 was a finalist in two categories — its lobby museum in the Best Attraction category, and the hotel itself in the Limited Service Hotel of the Year category.
The latter “category was split last year,” Reige said. “It...