European Hotel Design Winners Announced

Hospes Palacio de los Patos is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 11/21/2006

From November 7-8, the hospitality industry gathered in London’s Old Billingsgate Market for contract interiors event Sleep 06. Attendees—including hoteliers, analysts, developers, architects, and designers—eagerly anticipated the results of the ninth annual European Hotel Design Awards.

Awards were bestowed in nine categories. This year, the prestigious Hotel Design of the Year Award went to Hospes Palacio de los Patos, in Granada, Spain. The reconstructed 19th-century town palace also earned the Best Hotel Architecture award, in the conversion of an existing building category. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Hospes Palacio is part of the Design Hotels Group, which earned a grand total of five awards in the 2006 awards program.

Also notable is this year’s Judges Discretionary Award, which went to Mary Fox Linton, principal of interior design firm Fox Linton Associates.

A complete list of winners is below.
 
Best Hotel Architecture
(Newbuild)
Loisum Hotel Wine & Spa Resort - Zell am See

Best Hotel Architecture
(Restoration/Refurbishment)
Hotel Schloss Fuschl - Salzburg

Best Hotel Architecture
(Conversion of existing building)
Hospes Palacio de los Patos - Granada

Best Hotel Design
(Bar & Restaurant Interiors)
Duomo - Rimini

Best Hotel Design
(Bedroom & Bathroom Interiors)
Portrait Suites - Rome

Best Hotel Design
(Lobby/Public Area Interiors)
Duomo - Rimini

Best Hotel Design
(Spa, Health & Leisure Interiors)
The G - Galway

The Judges Discretionary Award
Mary Fox Linton

2006 Hotel Design of the Year Award
Hospes Palacio de los Patos - Granada, Spain