EH Award for 2012 Hotel of the Year

The EH Award will consist of a shortlist of winner from the other categories and will be presented as the final award of the evening.

Overall EH Award for Hotel of the Year
The EH Award will consist of a shortlist of winner from the other categories and will be presented as the final award of the evening

Green Hotel of the Year
The Green Hotel Award recognises a hotel that maximises environmental operations within the hotel and efficient and innovative use of energy consumption. Projects can be either new build or refurbishments.

New Build of the Year
New Build of the Year recognises new projects that highlight innovative structural design solutions in projects. Projects are new build only.

Refurbishment of the Year
Refurbishments of the year is to highlight the best new concept of an existing hotel. The award encompasses interior design, building use and creative use of space to highlight change for the hotel in use and brand. This award will look at refurbishments opened for guests only from January 2010 – May 2012.

International Hotel of Year
This award is open to all countries outside Europe (including Turkey). We are seeking the innovative design, interior and exterior and setting trends for the hotel community across the world.

Best Hotel Suite
This award is open to all countries outside Europe. We are looking at Interior design & use of space within the Suite. This also includes the technology used within the Suite. Open to guests from January 2010 – May 2012.

Interior Design Innovation of the Year
This award focuses on interior design for either a new build hotel or refurbishment project completed and opened for guests only from January 2010 – May 2012.

Hotel Technology Innovation of the Year
The Technology Innovation will look at the hotel that have implement technology to make the hotel more appealing to the guest, elevated the brand and defined the modernisation front and back office of the hotel. This award will look at installations completed only from January 2010 – May 2012. This award can also recognise the supplier to which the hotel had contracted.

Hotelier of the Year
A personal award. This award will honour a GM and MD who stands out among their peers making a difference to the hotel in reputation, service and new business. This is a self-nominating category.

Hotel Spa of the Year
The hotel spa award recognises the best use of interior space and spa installation. How the spa has had an impact of the reputation and brand of the hotel and how individual it is. This award will include projects that have been completed and opened to guest from January 2010 – May 2012. This award can also recognise the supplier to which the hotel had contracted.

Best Hotel Restaurant
Nominations for this category must be for restaurants which are run in conjunction with the hotel.  

Hotel Service of the Year (Best for service)
The Hotel Service Award will reward the hotel that presents impeccable service and guest retention and satisfaction to a hotel. Service is a major element to a hotels success and this EH Award will reward the hotel’s reputation and staff.

Lifetime Achievement in the Hotel Community
This is a new award that recognises a person for service to the Hotel Community and their body of work. This award will be award by the judges of the EH Awards and announced before the awards in HMI Magazine.

Closing date for entries is 29th July 2012