Islas Secas and Mauna Lani recognized for excellence in Hospitality Experience and Design by 2020 AHEAD Awards.
AHEAD, the Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design, has revealed its winners for its Americas edition via a four-part webcast on the AHEAD website (www.aheadawards.com) and dezeen.com as part of Virtual Design Festival. The AHEAD Awards are dedicated to the relentless pursuit of the exceptional, recognizing design in all its forms, and the guest experiences created in hospitality projects worldwide.
Mauna Lani was awarded best Hotel Renovation and Restoration and Islas Secas was awarded best Reserve & Lodge for Lodges, Cabins & \Tented Camps. Hart Howerton had the honor of having two additional projects, Miraval Austin and Yellowstone Club, make the shortlist this year.
Awards Director Matt Turner commented: “In these challenging times for the travel sector, we were delighted to have this opportunity to recognize the best in hospitality experience and design. The awards provided a timely reminder of all that is great about our industry. We built on the success of our earlier AHEAD Asia webcast by pivoting to digital with an extended program, incorporating
conversations with our judges, acceptance speeches from our winners filmed across the continent, and video content from our sponsors. We were also thrilled to bring this online event to a wider audience thanks to our partnerships with Tophotelprojects and Dezeen’s Virtual Design Festival.”AHEAD Americas celebrates the most ambitious, innovative and bold hotels across the region. See the
full list of winners and online awards ceremony here: https://www.aheadawards.com/americas/2020