WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Historic Hotels Worldwide® is pleased to announce the nominee finalists for the 2022 Historic Hotels Worldwide® Awards of Excellence. The Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence recognize and celebrate the world’s finest historic hotels and hoteliers, through categories of excellence such as Historic Hotels of Worldwide Best Historic Resort, Historic Hotels Worldwide Sustainability Champion, and Historic Hotels Worldwide Legendary Family Historic Hoteliers of the Year.
The 2022 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence Ceremony and Gala will take place at Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Autograph Collection in Point Clear, Alabama, USA, on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 7 pm. The award winners will be announced in front of an audience of owners, general managers, senior decision-makers, and guests representing many of the finest historic hotels from around the world. The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Autograph Collection (1847) has been known as The Queen of Southern Resorts for 175 years and is set on 550 acres next to Mobile Bay.
Nominee finalists are selected from nominations received from historic hotels, preservation supporters, prior award recipients, community leaders, and leadership from Historic Hotels Worldwide. As an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Hotels Worldwide provides the recognition to travelers, civic leaders, and the global cultural, heritage, and historic travel market that member hotels are among the finest historic hotels from around the world. The Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence program recognizes the pinnacle of this distinct group of nominees in a range of categories.
From more than 350 nominations received, the awards committee evaluated and after careful consideration selected the following 2022 Historic Hotels Worldwide Awards of Excellence nominee finalists:
Historic Hotels Worldwide New Member of the Year
- Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly (16th century) Chailly-sur-Armancon, France
- The Great House Antigua (1670) Saint Peter, Antigua and Barbuda
- As Janelas Verdes (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal
- Heritage Avenida Liberdade (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal
- Solar do Castelo (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal
- Hotel España (1859) Barcelona, Spain
- Hotel Savoia & Jolanda (19th century) Venice, Italy
- Hotel Belmont Vancouver MGallery (1911) Vancouver, Canada
- Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo – Panama City (1917) Panama City, Panama
- Garden Hotel Suzhou (1930s) Suzhou, China
- Hotel Britania Art Deco (1944) Lisbon, Portugal
- Hotel Lisboa Plaza (1954) Lisbon, Portugal
Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Social Media of a Historic Hotel
- Dromoland Castle Hotel (1014) County Clare, Ireland
- San Clemente Palace Kempinski (1131) Venice, Italy
- Hotel Maximilian’s (1495) Augsburg, Germany
- The Great House Antigua (1670) Saint Peter, Antigua and Barbuda
- Pulitzer Amsterdam (17th century) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hilton Molino Stucky Venice (1884) Venice, Italy
- Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, A Fairmont Managed Hotel (1885) Hamilton, Bermuda
- The Savoy London (1889) London, England, United Kingdom
- Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (1899) Charlevoix, Canada
- Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian (1903) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Fairmont Empress (1908) Victoria, Canada
- Hotel New Grand (1927) Yokohama, Japan
- Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (1939) Vancouver, Canada
Historic Hotels Worldwide Sustainability Champion
- Dromoland Castle Hotel (1014) County Clare, Ireland
- San Clemente Palace Kempinski (1131) Venice, Italy
- Hotel Maximilian’s (1495) Augsburg, Germany
- Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam (1578) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Chablé Resort & Spa (1650) Chocholá, Mexico
- Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin (1885) Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
- Raffles Singapore (1887) Singapore, Singapore
- Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (1899) Charlevoix, Canada
- Fairmont Empress (1908) Victoria, Canada
- Villa Copenhagen (1912) Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello (1930) Montebello, Canada
- Lysebu (1946) Oslo, Norway
Historic Hotels Worldwide Legendary Family Historic Hoteliers of the Year
- The Larroque family at Hotel Hacienda de Abajo (1493) Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- The Strand family at Fru Haugans Hotel (1794) Mosjoen, Norway
- The Hauser family at Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern (1845) Lucerne, Switzerland
- The Kohler family at Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa (1852) St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
- The Noorlander family at Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin (1885) Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
- The Baverez family at Hotel Regina Louvre (1900) Paris, France
- The Dietrich family at Hotel Waldhaus Sils (1908) Sils Maria, Switzerland
- The De Santis family at Grand Hotel Tremezzo (1910) Tremezzo, Italy
Historic Hotels Worldwide Best City Center Historic Hotel
- San Clemente Palace Kempinski (1131) Venice, Italy
- Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam (1578) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Bernini Palace Hotel (16th century) Florence, Italy
- Pulitzer Amsterdam (17th century) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- The Galata Istanbul Hotel MGallery (1720) Istanbul, Turkey
- The Mozart Prague (1770) Prague, Czech Republic
- Alfiz Hotel (18th century) Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
- Solar do Castelo (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal
- Hotel España (1859) Barcelona, Spain
- Raffles Singapore (1887) Singapore, Singapore
- Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan (1899) Aswan, Egypt
- Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian (1903) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- The Waldorf Hilton, London (1908) London, England, United Kingdom
- Sommerro (1917) Oslo, Norway
- Hotel New Grand (1927) Yokohama, Japan
- Hôtel Molitor Paris MGallery (1929) Paris, France
- Alvear Palace Hotel (1932) Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (1939) Vancouver, Canada
- Hotel Britania Art Deco (1944) Lisbon, Portugal
- The Murray Hong Kong (1969) Hong Kong, China
Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Resort
- Dromoland Castle Hotel (1014) County Clare, Ireland
- San Clemente Palace Kempinski (1131) Venice, Italy
- Kilkea Castle (1180) Castledermot, Ireland
- Erinvale Estate Hotel and Spa (1666) Somerset West, South Africa
- The K Club (1832) Straffan, Ireland
- Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa (1852) St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin (1885) Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
- Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (1899) Charlevoix, Canada
- Fairmont Empress (1908) Victoria, Canada
- Grand Hotel Tremezzo (1910) Tremezzo, Italy
Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Europe
- Dromoland Castle Hotel (1014) County Clare, Ireland
- Hôtel de la Cité Carcassonne MGallery (11th century) Carcassonne, France
- San Clemente Palace Kempinski (1131) Venice, Italy
- Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam (1578) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- DOM Hotel (17th century) Rome, Italy
- Pulitzer Amsterdam (17th century) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden (1713) Dresden, Germany
- The Mozart Prague (1770) Prague, Czech Republic
- Solar do Castelo (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal
- The K Club, (1832) Straffan, Ireland
- Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa (1852) St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Great Southern Killarney (1854) Killarney, Ireland
- Raffles Europejski Warsaw (1857) Warsaw, Poland
- Hilton Molino Stucky Venice (1884) Venice, Italy
- Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin (1885) Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
- Hotel Moskva (1908) Belgrade, Serbia
- Sommerro (1917) Oslo, Norway
- Rosewood London (1914) London, England, United Kingdom
- Hotel Britania Art Deco (1944) Lisbon, Portugal
Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Asia/Pacific
- Raffles Singapore (1887) Singapore, Singapore
- Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (1901) Hanoi, Vietnam
- The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore (1904) Singapore, Singapore
- Beijing Hotel NUO (1917) Beijing, China
- The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (1924) Singapore, Singapore
- Hotel New Grand (1927) Yokohama, Japan
- Garden Hotel Suzhou (1930s) Suzhou, China
- The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai (1933) Shanghai, China
- Sofitel Legend People’s Grand Hotel Xian (1953) Xian, China
- The Murray Hong Kong (1969) Hong Kong, China
Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in the Americas
- Quinta Real Oaxaca (1579) Oaxaca, Mexico
- The Great House Antigua (1670) Saint Peter, Antigua and Barbuda
- Alfiz Hotel (18th century) Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
- Quinta Real Zacatecas (1866) Zacatecas, Mexico
- Fairmont Banff Springs (1888) Banff, Alberta, Canada
- Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (1899) Charlevoix, Canada
- Fairmont Empress (1908) Victoria, Canada
- Alvear Palace Hotel (1932) Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (1939) Vancouver, Canada
“It is an honor to congratulate all the 2022 Historic Hotels Worldwide Awards of Excellence Nominee Finalists,” said Lawrence Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide. “The nominee finalists exemplify the finest historic hotels and hoteliers from around the world. The historic hotels nominated include historic inns, boutique hotels, lifestyle hotels, and legendary resorts. They represent small towns and large cities as well as UNESCO World Heritage sites. We applaud the dedication and passion of the thousands of individuals working at these iconic and legendary historic hotels that keep the stories alive from the past and make staying or celebrating special occasions at these historic hotels memorable experiences.”
Tickets for The 2022 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence Ceremony and Gala are available. The 2022 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence Ceremony and Gala will take place at the Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa in Point Clear, Alabama on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 7 pm. Ceremony and Gala Tickets are $500. To register for the ceremony and gala, please contact Matt Coletti, MColetti@historichotels.org. Discounted hotel rooms are available for attendees.
About Historic Hotels Worldwide®
Historic Hotels Worldwide® is a prestigious and distinctive collection of historic treasures, including luxury historic hotels built in former castles, chateaus, palaces, academies, haciendas, villas, monasteries, and other historic lodging spanning ten centuries. Historic Hotels Worldwide represents the finest and most distinctive global collection of more than 320 historic hotels in more than 46 countries. Hotels inducted into Historic Hotels Worldwide are authentic historic treasures, demonstrate historic preservation, and celebrate historic significance. Eligibility for induction into Historic Hotels Worldwide is limited to those distinctive historic hotels that adhere to the following criteria: minimum age for the building is 75 years or older; historically relevant as a significant location within a historic district, historically significant landmark, place of a historic event, former home of a famous person, or historic city center; hotel celebrates its history by showcasing memorabilia, artwork, photography, and other examples of its historic significance; recognized by national preservation or heritage buildings organization or located within UNESCO World Heritage Site; and presently used as historic hotel. For more information, please visit HistoricHotelsWorldwide.com.
