Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence. The Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence recognize and celebrate the finest historic hotels and hoteliers from across the United States of America and from around the world.
From more than 260 nominations received, the Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence nominations committee evaluated and, after careful consideration, selected the following 2021 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence Winners:
Historic Hotels of America New Member of the Year
This award is presented to a new member hotel that best demonstrates immediate engagement, activation, and passionate support of Historic Hotels of America.
Historic Hotels of America Best Social Media of a Historic Hotel
This award is presented to a hotel that actively engages consumers by sharing the best of its history through social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with interesting facts, photos, and contests.
Historic Hotels of America Sustainability Champion
This award is presented to a hotel that best implements and practices innovative green initiatives and programs, demonstrating historic preservation is the ultimate green.
Historic Hotels of America Best Small Historic Inn/Hotel (Under 75 Guestrooms)
This award is presented to a hotel under 75 guestrooms that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Best Historic Hotel (76-200 Guestrooms)
This award is presented to a hotel with 76-200 guestrooms that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Best Historic Hotel (201-400 Guestrooms)
This award is presented to a hotel with 201-400 guestrooms that best celebrate its history in the guest experience and provide exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Best Historic Hotel (Over 400 Guestrooms)
This award is presented to a hotel over 400 guestrooms that best celebrate its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Best City Center Historic Hotel
This award is presented to a hotel located in a city center that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Best Historic Resort
This award is presented to a historic resort that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Hotel Historian of the Year
This award is presented to a hotel historian who best demonstrates a passion for preserving, displaying, and interpreting the history of his or her hotel, a true ambassador of the past.
Historic Hotels of America Best Historic Restaurant in Conjunction with a Historic Hotel
This award is presented to a restaurant that is part of a historic hotel that offers the finest cuisine, historic atmosphere, and exceptional customer service.
Historic Hotels of America Ambassador of the Year (Celebrating 20+ Years of Service)
This award is presented to an individual who has dedicated his or her career to a historic hotel for at least twenty years and has shown exemplary hospitality and service to the hotel and its guests.
Historic Hotels of America Legendary Family Historic Hoteliers of the Year
This award is presented to a multi-generational family ownership entity or management company which has served as an exemplary role model in the operation of the historic hotels entrusted to its stewardship, as well as a demonstrated legacy of commitment to preservation, and active participation in Historic Hotels of America.
Historic Hotels of America Steward of History and Historic Preservation
This award is presented to a leader whose passion has helped to preserve a historic hotel and whose dedication to historic preservation will ensure that future generations of travellers can experience its history.
Historic Hotels of America Historic Hotelier of the Year
This award is presented to the recipient demonstrating the highest contribution to furthering the celebration of history at historic hotels as well as leadership and innovation.
Historic Hotels of America Lifetime Achievement Award
This award is presented to individuals whose lifelong passion has resulted in the preservation and celebration of the history and stories of a legendary historic hotel.
Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Hotel in Europe
This award is presented to a historic hotel in Europe that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Hotel in Asia/Pacific
This award is presented to a hotel in Asia/Pacific that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Hotel in the Americas
This award is presented to a hotel in the Americas that best celebrates its history in the guest experience and provides exceptional customer hospitality and service.
Historic Hotels of America Historian of the Year
This award is presented to an individual for making a unique contribution in the research and presentation of history, and whose work has encouraged a wide, if not provocative, discussion and greater understanding of the history of our nation.
Historic Hotels of America Legacy of Innovation and Inspiration Award
This award recognizes the extensive accomplishments of an individual in pioneering innovative concepts for achieving uncommon success, for being a thought leader on exceptional service, a legend and inspiring leader in the hotel world, and whose teachings and vision have reshaped the concepts of service and hospitality across industries.
“It is an honour to congratulate all the 2021 Historic Hotels Annual Awards of Excellence winners,” said Lawrence Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide. “The winners are the finest historic hotels and hoteliers from the across the United States of America and from around the world. The winners were selected from iconic historic hotels nominated including small historic inns, boutique historic hotels, lifestyle historic hotels, and legendary historic resorts. They represent small towns to large cities to UNESCO World Heritage destinations. We applaud the dedication and passion of the thousands of individuals working at these iconic and legendary hotels that keep the stories alive from the past and make staying or celebrating special occasions at these historic hotels memorable experiences. The hotels on this list represent the very best spirit of perseverance and preservation of Historic Hotels. Through the many decades, if not centuries, these buildings have seen, it is the care of their staff, owners, and operators and the support of travellers that allow their stories to continue.”