BREAKING NEWS: European Hotel Design Awards shortlist announced

New London hotels such as the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, W Hotel Leicester Square and Corinthia feature on the list, as well as established properties such as The Savoy, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park and the Four Seasons Park Lane. Elsewhere in Europe, shortlisted projects include The Dylan in Amsterdam, Palacio de Tepa, Madrid and Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom, Austria.
 
THE 2011 SHORTLIST:
 
ARCHITECTURE OF THE YEAR CATEGORIES:
 
CONVERSION AND/OR EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING HOTEL BUILDING Sponsored by Purcell Miller Tritton
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London, England – entered by RHWL Architects
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands – entered by Sofitel hotel
The Montpellier Chapter, Cheltenham, England – entered by Make
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane, London, England – entered by ReardonSmith Architects
The Savoy, London, England - entered by ReardonSmith Architects
 
CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING NON-HOTEL BUILDING TO HOTEL USE:
Coworth Park, Berkshire , England– entered by EPR Architects Limited
Ballyfin Hotel, County Laois, Ireland – entered by Purcell Miller Tritton LLP
Hotel Indigo, Glasgow, Scotland – entered by Ica Architects
NH Palacio de Tepa, Madrid, Spain – entered by NH Hoteles
Donnafugata Golf Resort & SPA, Sicily, Italy - entered by NH Hoteles
 
NEWBUILD:
Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria,  – entered by Praterstrasse Eins Hotelbetriebs GmbH
Hotel Verta, London , England– entered by AEON Architects
W London Leicester Square, London, England  – entered by Jestico + Whiles
Mint Hotel Tower of London, London, England – entered by Bennetts Associates Architects
Puro Hotel, Wrocław, Poland – entered by Blacksheep
 
INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE YEAR CATEGORIES:
 
LOBBY & PUBLIC AREAS: Sponsored by Mivan
Corinthia Hotel London, London, England– entered by GA Design International Ltd
St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, London, England– entered by GA Design International Ltd
25hours Hotel Wien, Vienna, Austria – entered by Dreimeta
Coworth Park, Berkshire, England – entered by Fox Linton Associates
The Savoy, London, England – entered by Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.
 
CAFÉ, BAR OR ALL DAY DINING:
W London - W lounge/W lounge bar/Wyld bar, London, England – entered by concrete architectural associates
Corinthia Hotel, London, England – entered by GA Design International Ltd
St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel , London, England– entered by GA Design International Ltd
Grand Cafe Pearl, Hilton the Hague, The Netherlands – entered by Hilton Worldwide
The Zetter Townhouse, London, England – entered by The Zetter Group
 
RESTAURANT:
W London - spice market, London, England – entered by Concrete Architectural Associates
Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf , Dusseldorf, Germany– entered by FG stijl
DINNER by Heston Blumenthal at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, England – entered by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Massimo Restaurant & Oyster Bar at the Corinthia Hotel, London, England – entered by Gabrielle Shaw Comms
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane, London, England– entered by Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.
 
BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS: Sponsored by Twyford Bathrooms
The Dylan, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Loxura rooms & suites – entered by FG stijl
Hotel Le Parc Renaissance Trocadero, Paris, France - entered by OCRE BLEU by Agence Nuel
Corinthia Hotel, London, England– entered by GA Design International Ltd
St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, London, England – entered by GA Design International Ltd
The Oitavos, Cascais, Portugal– entered by Quinta da Marinha Palace Hotel
 
SUITE:
Mandarin Oriental London, Royal Suite , London, England– entered by RPW Interior Design Consultants Limited
W London - spa suite/wow suite/ewow suite, London, England – entered by concrete architectural associates
St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel , London, England– entered by GA Design International Ltd
Corinthia Hotel London Riverview Suite, London, England – entered by GA Design International Ltd
The Savoy, London, England – entered by Pierre-Yves Rochon, Inc.
 
SPA, HEALTH & LEISURE FACILITIES:
ESPA at the Istanbul EDITION, Istanbul, Turkey – entered by HBA London
Corinthia Hotel, London, England – entered by GA Design International Ltd
The Spa at Coworth Park, Berkshire, England – entered by Fox Linton Associates
Spa at Four Seasons Hotel, London, England – entered by Eric Parry Architects
Vidago Palace, Portugal, Spain  – entered by GLA Hotels
 
FUTURE DESIGN AWARDS:
 
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD:
Coworth Park Estate SPA, Berkshire, England – entered by Purcell Miller Tritton LLP
Mint Hotel Tower of London, London, England – entered by Bennetts Associates Architects
Hotel Amstelkwartier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands – entered by Arup
 
TOMORROW’S HOTEL: Sponsored by ARUP
Segenhoe Farmhouse– entered by Zonesleep
Red Radiant Ceiling / Red Radiant Ceiling and Beam: innovative guestroom cooling system – entered by Red Engineering Design
The Subterranean Hotel – entered by ReardonSmith Architects
·         New hotel on Silk Road – entered by Studio Rossi Cattaneo
Hotel Amstelkwartier – entered by Arup


The high-level judging panel including Chair of the judges Simon Ford of InterContinental Hotels Group, Jeremy Blake of Purcell Miller Tritton, Gregoir Chikaher of Arup and Celia Geyer of Hilton Worldwide had the difficult task of considering the countless entries and after much deliberation have revealed the following list of nominations.
 
The prestigious awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday 22nd November at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London where the winners will be announced during an evening of networking, socialising and rewarding excellence in hotel design.
 
To book your place at the event, please visit www.thesleepevent.com or contact the awards team on +44 (0)207 234 8739.