Shortlist introduced for AHEAD MEA 2019 hospitality awards
Dezeen promotion: a concrete grocery retailer transformed right into a boutique lodge and a collection of distant timber-frame cabins on the Namibian coast are among the initiatives shortlisted within the 2019 AHEAD MEA awards.
This version of the AHEAD MEA awards celebrates excellent hospitality initiatives accomplished within the Center East and Africa between January 2018 and February 2019.
Submitted initiatives have been organized into 11 classes, which recognise every part from essentially the most eye-catching spa and wellness areas to the most effective occasion areas and resorts.
The AHEAD MEA 2019 shortlist contains the Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge
The shortlist has been assembled by an skilled panel of architects, inside designers, hoteliers and trade commentators.
Figures this yr embody Leila Abdul Rahim, design director of Hilton Worldwide, Pinar Calimano, director of the 4 Seasons Inns and Resorts, and Nick Acton-Adams, director of design at Meraas/North25.
Anarchitect’s Al Faya Lodge has been shortlist in two classes
The Al Faya Lodge desert retreat and spa, positioned within the metropolis of Sharjah within the United Arab Emirates, has been shortlisted in each the Guestrooms and the Renovation, Restoration & Conversion classes.
Designed by Dubai-based structure studio Anarchitect, the spa retreat beforehand operated as a clinic and grocery retailer, housed inside two single-story stone constructions from the 1960s.
Since deserted, Anarchitect transformed the buildings right into a luxurious, up to date boutique lodge and restaurant, with the addition of a newly constructed saltwater spa constructing to “provide reduction from the depth of the town”.
The Attractive George Resort can be shortlisted in two classes
One other undertaking on the shortlist is the Attractive George Resort in Cape City, South Africa, which has additionally been recognised in two classes – Suite and the Renovation, Restoration & Conversion.
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Designed by City Citizen Structure, with interiors by Tristan Du Plessis, the 20-room, 12-suite lodge blends an “18th-century grandeur” with the “uncooked, industrial edge” of central Cape City.
Shipwreck Lodge in Namibia has additionally been shortlisted
Additionally within the working are a collection of distant lodges by Namibian studio Nina Maritz Architects, which have been impressed by the a whole bunch of shipwrecks strewn alongside the nation’s Skeleton Coast.
Every of the timber cabins has a bed room housed inside a construction designed to evoke damaged items of ships, which is linked to a rest room in a pointed bow-like part.
The Al Manara lodge in Jordan in has additionally been shortlisted
Winners will likely be introduced at a ceremony in Dubai’s Caesars Discussion board on 13 November. Tickets for the occasion might be bought by way of AHEAD’s web site.
The Center East and Africa area is certainly one of 4 areas coated by the AHEAD awards, which additionally appears at initiatives from Asia, Europe, and the America. Champions from every area will go on to contend in a world biennale, the place worldwide titles are up for grabs.
See the complete shortlist beneath:
Bar, Membership or Lounge
Alice & Fifth at Sandton Solar Resort, Johannesburg, South Africa
Peacock Alley at Waldorf Astoria Dubai Worldwide Monetary Centre, UAE
Toro Toro at Grosvenor Home, Dubai, UAE
Wavehouse at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai, UAE
Occasion Areas
Aloft Resort Metropolis Centre Deira, Dubai, UAE
Caesars Discussion board at Caesars Bluewaters Dubai, UAE
Grand Plaza by Mövenpick Media Metropolis, Dubai, UAE
Mandarin Oriental, Doha, Qatar
Guestrooms
Al Faya Lodge & Spa, Sharjah, UAE
One&Solely Nyungwe Home, Rwanda
Studio One Resort, Dubai, UAE
Omaanda, Windhoek East, Namibia
Resort Newbuild
Al Manara, Saraya Aqaba, Jordan
Mandarin Oriental, Doha, Qatar
Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
Studio One Resort, Dubai, UAE
Landscaping & Outside Areas
Caesars Bluewaters Dubai, UAE
4 Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island, Seychelles
Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
W Dubai, The Palm, UAE
Foyer & Public Areas
Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
The Service provider Home, Manama, Bahrain
Zabeel Home by Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Omaanda, Windhoek East, Namibia
Lodges, Cabins & Tented Camps
Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge, Chobe Nationwide Park, Botswana
One&Solely Nyungwe Home, Rwanda
Shipwreck Lodge, Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Omaanda, Windhoek East, Namibia
Renovation, Restoration & Conversion
Al Bait Sharjah, UAE
Al Faya Lodge & Spa, Sharjah, UAE
Attractive George, Cape City, South Africa
Zabeel Home by Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Resort
4 Seasons Resort Tunis, Tunisia
4 Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island, Seychelles
Jumeirah Royal Saray Resort, Seef, Bahrain
Zuri Zanzibar, Tanzania
Restaurant
Indya by Vineet at Le Royal Meridien, Dubai, UAE
Lah Lah at Zabeel Home by Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Netsu at Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
Tasca by José Avillez at Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
Spa & Wellness
4 Seasons Resort Tunis, Tunisia
4 Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island, Seychelles
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
Away Spa at W Dubai, The Palm, UAE
Suite
Attractive George, Cape City, South Africa
Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, UAE
One&Solely Nyungwe Home, Rwanda
Zuri Zanzibar, Tanzania