Boutique Hotel Awards reveals this year’s winners

The winners of the Boutique Hotel Awards 2017 were announced last night at a ceremony held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London. This year’s keynote speech was delivered by Wladimir Klitschko, two-time world heavyweight champion boxer and newly turned boutique hotelier. Other esteemed guest presenters and speakers included Juliet Kinsman, founder of BOUTECO, the only independent authority for eco boutique hotels, Elisabeth Visoanska, founder of VISOANSKA PARIS and Paolo Macchiaroli, founder of My Private Villas. The Boutique Hotel Awards, in its seventh year, is the first and only international awards organisation exclusively dedicated to recognising ‘unique excellence’ among boutique hotels. The winners were selected from over 600 Nominees in over 80 countries. Each entrant was nominated by a member of the Awards Nomination Committee, comprised of 70 leading trailblazing travel experts. The Awards then coordinated hundreds of judge evaluation visits to each shortlisted nominee who documented different aspects of the guest experience covering five categories; dining and entertainment, design, facilities, location and most importantly staff service and overall emotional impact. The 2017 World’s Best Category Winners: World’s Best Boutique Hotel Akademie Street Boutique Hotel, South Africa World’s Best Beach or Coastal Hotel Qualia, Whitsundays, Australia World’s Best City Hotel The Serras Hotel, Barcelona, Spain World’s Best Classic Hotel The Chester Grosvenor, England World’s Best Culinary Hotel Vila Joya, Algarve, Portugal World’s Most Inspired Design Hotel Ca Maria Adele, Venice, Italy World's Best Honeymoon Hideaway Carpe Diem, Santorini, Greece World’s Best New Hotel Kensho, Mykonos, Greece World's Best Relaxation Retreat Castello Di Guarene, Italy World's Most Romantic Hotel Aenaon Villa, Greece World's Most Sustainable Hotel Cottar’s Safari Lodge, Nairobi, Kenya World's Best Wellness Spa Lefay Resort & Spa, Gargnano, Italy World's Best Private Villa Over Yonder Cay, The Bahamas and Coco Prive, Kuda Hithi Island, Maldives