AHEAD Europe 2025 winners announced

AHEAD Europe, the Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design, has revealed its winners in a ceremony at Evolution, London.

The winning projects showcase some of the most refined and innovative hospitality projects from across the region, announced to an audience of industry experts that included interior designers, hoteliers, architects and industry commentators.

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Bar, Club or Lounge 
The Minerva Bar at Orient Express La Minerva – Rome, Italy 
Barletta Group / Accor / Hugo Toro 

Event Spaces
Fallow House at Estelle Manor – Cotswolds, UK 
C2J / AIME Studios

Guestrooms
Orient Express La Minerva – Rome, Italy 
Barletta Group / Accor / Hugo Toro

Hotel Conversion
Rosewood Amsterdam – Netherlands 
CTF Amsterdam / Rosewood Hotels & Resorts / Kentie Architects / Archer Humphryes / Studio Piet Boon / Studio Sagrada / Piet Oudolf / DPA Lighting Consultants

Hotel Newbuild
Eriro Alpine Hide – Ehrwald, Austria 
Andreas Mader / Amelie & Dominik Posch / Christina & Martin Spielmann / Martin Gruber

Hotel Renovation
Orient Express La Minerva – Rome, Italy 
Barletta Group / Accor / Hugo Toro

Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces
Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino – Navarino Bay, Greece 
Temes / Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group / Tombazis & Associates Architects / K-Studio / Afroditi / Alexander Waterworth Interiors / Coopers Hill / Greenways

Lobby
The Barn at Apfelhotel Torgglerhof – South Tyrol, Italy 
Pichler Family / NOA / Freilich Landschaftsarchitekten

Lodges, Cabins & Tented Camps
Panoramahyttene at Sandhåland Camping – Sandve, Norway 
Holon Arkitektur 

Resort
Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino – Navarino Bay, Greece 
Temes / Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group / Tombazis & Associates Architects / K-Studio / Afroditi / Alexander Waterworth Interiors / Coopers Hill / Greenways

Restaurant 
Pic at Beau-Rivage Palace – Lausanne, Switzerland 
Sandoz Foundation Hotels / Beau-Rivage Hotel / Achille de La Harpe / Jean-Baptiste Bertolini / Tristan Auer 

Spa & Wellness 
Nao at Minos Palace Resort – Crete, Greece 
Bluegr Hotels & Resorts / Gina Mamidak / Dora Giakoumi / Stones & Walls / Greenways

Suite
L’Observatoire at Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, a Belmond Train – Venice, Italy 
Belmond / Atelier JR / Wimberly Interiors 

Sustainability
Fowey Hall Hotel – Cornwall, UK 
Luxury Family Hotels / Blake + Blake Architects / Studio Jill / Richard Sneesby Landscape Architects 

Accessibility
1 Hotel Mayfair – London, UK 
Crosstree Real Estate Partners / 1 Hotels / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris / Studio Moren / GA Group / Dion & Arles 

New Concept
SIRO Boka Place – Tivat, Montenegro
Kerzner International / Adriatic Marinas / Holder Mathias Architects / Atellior / Gillespies / DPA Lighting Consultants

Outstanding Contribution
Experimental 
Olivier Bon / Pierre-Charles Cros / Romée de Goriainoff / Xavier Padovani

Hotel of The Year
Orient Express La Minerva – Rome, Italy 
Barletta Group / Accor / Hugo Toro