UK: The winners of the third annual Serviced Apartment Awards celebrated in London last night, at a gala dinner presentation at the Grange Hotel Tower Bridge.
More than 300 international guests attended the black-tie ceremony to see the winners of the 16 awards pick up their prizes. The awards were judged by an independent panel consisting of travel buyers, journalists, architects, designers and service providers, and attracted more than 300 entries from around the world.
Two categories – Rising Star and Industry Inspiration – were voted for by Serviced Apartment News readers via an online poll.
Piers Brown, CEO of International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, said: “It was a wonderful occasion, and very encouraging to see some exciting new companies winning alongside the more established players. Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted entries.”
Click here to read the Serviced Apartment Awards judges’ report and here to see video highlights of the event.
The shortlisted entries and winners were:
Best marketing or branding campaign
Shortlisted: Jannah Hotels & resorts
Winner: Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore
Best use of social media
Shortlisted:
Dream Apartments
Fountain Court Apartments
Shortletsmalta
Winner: Yays Concierged Boutique Apartments – Unlock the Neighbourhood
Best interior design
Shortlisted:
Hotel TWENTYEIGHT, Amsterdam
Marriott Residence Inn, London Bridge
Q&A residential Hotel by Furnished Quarters
Winner: Stradonia Serviced Apartments, Krakow
Best architecture/external design
Shortlisted: Stradonia Serviced Apartments, Krakow
Highly commended: The Yays Crane Apartment, Amsterdam
Winner: Soulmade Hotel & Co-Living, Munich
Best use of technology
Shortlisted: BridgeStreet.com
Knowcross at Cheval Residences
Maxxton
Winner: Allora by Avvio
Best service provider
Shortlisted:
Businesswise Solutions
ReloQuest
YourWelcome
Winner: Guest Ready
Best short-term rental platform/operator
Shortlisted:
Homelike
Hostmaker
ServicedApartments.nl
Winner: Lavanda
Best Operator 1 to 50 units
Shortlisted:
Ashville Polska
Rafael Kaiser Premium Apartments
Winner: Roam
Best operator 51 to 200 units
Shortlisted:
CityStay
Dream Apartments
Yays Concierged Boutique Apartments
Winner: Urban Stay
Best operator 201+ units
Shortlisted:
CitySuites
Oakwood Worldwide
SACO The Serviced Apartment Company
Winner: Staycity Aparthotels
Best property 1 to 20 units
Shortlisted: COMO Metropolitan London
Winner: Craven House Serviced Apartments, London
Best property 21 to 70 units
Shortlisted:
Cheval Thorney Court, London
Hotel TWENTYEIGHT, Amsterdam
Stradonia Serviced Apartments, Krakow
Winner: Executive Residency by Best Western, Nairobi
Best property 71+ units
Shortlisted:
AKA University City, Philadelphia
Staycity York Paragon Street
Zoku Amsterdam
Winner: Staybridge Suites Liverpool
Buyer of the year
Shortlisted: Andy King, Improbable
Winner: Jan Jacobsen, AIG
Rising Star
Shortlisted:
Jenny Dreiling, Urban Stay
Richard Jodeika, Hyde Park Residences
Roy Liang, Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore
Francesca Musotto, Cheval Residences
Winner: Yolanda Blomjous, Short Stay Group and Yays
Industry Inspiration
Shortlisted:
Guus Bakker, Frasers Hospitality
Paul Constantinou, Quest Apartment Hotels
Anja Graf, Vision Apartments
Tom Walsh, Staycity Aparthotels
Winner: John Wagner, Cycas Hospitality
