The AHEAD Europe awards 2017 are now accepting entries. The Awards for Hospitality Experience & Design will be hosted by Sleeper this year, and the winners of the awards will be announced at an event held on Monday 20th November at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. The ahead awards look to celebrate design in all forms as well as guest experience within the hospitality industry.
This year’s event hosts, Sleeper, is an international magazine that focuses on hotel design, development, & architecture. Sleeper has a portfolio which includes a print publication that is distribute around the world as well as websites and events that allow suppliers of design-le products and services to promote their product. It is apt then that they are this year’s hosts of the AHEAD awards in London.
The deadline for entries into this year’s competition is 31st May 2017. The awards were created in order to celebrate hospitality projects across Europe that have achieved the very best in their design and the guest experience created by it. The AHEAD Awards are carried out in four regions; Asia, Americas, Middle East and Africa, and Europe. An awards programme will take place in each of these regions and will collectively lead to a Global Biennale. This global section of the awards will allow the winners of eight regional heats to compete in order to work out a worldwide winner for each category in 2019.
The winners if the awards are decided by a judging panel the is made up of industry experts like Hoteliers, architects, interior designers and industry commentators. The panel of judges will be deciding on the winners of the 16 different categories. Which include: Bar, Club or Lounge; Event spaces; Hotel Renovation & Restoration; Lobby & Public spaces; Spa & Wellness; The Outstanding Contribution Award and AHEAD Europe Hotel of the Year to name a few.
