Shortlist revealed for AHEAD Americas 2019 hospitality awards

Dezeen promotion: a luxurious retreat tucked away within the Mexican jungle and a warehouse-turned-hotel in New Orleans are among the many tasks to be shortlisted on this 12 months’s AHEAD Americas awards.

The 2019 version of the AHEAD Americas awards celebrates design-focused lodges accomplished in North and South America between November 2017 – December 2018.

Submitted tasks have been organized into 13 classes, which acknowledge all the pieces from one of the best resort resort to essentially the most placing visitor rooms.

The Eliza Jane resort, which sits inside an outdated warehouse, is on the shortlist

A shortlist has been compiled by an knowledgeable panel of architects, inside designers, hoteliers and business commentators. Figures this 12 months contains Aliya Khan, vp of design methods at Marriott Worldwide, Jou-yie Chou, inventive director of Studio Tack, and Johnathan Garrison, managing associate at Yabu Pushelberg.

“In addition to tasks which are aesthetically spectacular, the judges shall be searching for proof that successful designs have additionally met the wants of consumer and prospects alike,” defined the AHEAD group.

The Los Angeles boutique resort, Gold Diggers, can also be on the listing

One of many tasks to look on the shortlist is The Eliza Jane resort in New Orleans, which occupies seven historic warehouses south of town’s French Quarter. At its centre is a 185 square-metre courtyard, dotted with leafy vegetation and mismatch furnishings.

AvroKO’s interiors for Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa appear like “a fictitious Wes Anderson movie”

One other venture to be shortlisted is Gold Digger in Los Angeles. Host to simply 11 rooms, the boutique resort boasts its personal recording studio and sound stage.

Additionally within the operating is Chablé Maroma, an opulent retreat nestled amongst the dense foliage of Mexico’s Maya jungle, and the Rosewood Baha Mar, which sprawls throughout a white-sand seashore in The Bahamas.

Dense jungle surrounds resort Chablé Maroma, one other venture on the shortlist

The Calistoga Motor Lodge & Spa designed by AvroKO was introduced as Resort of the 12 months within the 2018 version of the AHEAD Americas awards.

Decked out in retro colors and furnishings from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the lodge was praised by judges for being “extraordinarily inventive whereas exhibiting nice restraint”.

The Rosewood Baha Mar in The Bahamas can also be within the operating

Winners shall be introduced at a ceremony within the OMA-designed Faena Discussion board in Miami on Tuesday 18 June, tickets for which will be bought on the AHEAD web site.

The Americas is one in all 4 areas lined by the AHEAD awards, which additionally seems to be at tasks from Asia, Europe, and the Center East and Africa. Champions from every area will go on to contend in a worldwide biennale, the place worldwide titles are up for grabs.

See the complete shortlist under:

Bar, Membership or Lounge

P6 at The LINE Austin, Austin, USA
The Boot Room at Yellowstone Membership, Large Sky, USA
The Fleur Room at Moxy Chelsea, New York, USA
Topside at Resort Revival, Baltimore, USA

Occasion Areas

Gold Diggers, Los Angeles, USA
Perry Lane Resort, a Luxurious Assortment Resort, Savannah, USA
The LINE Austin, Austin, USA
W Panama, Panama

Guestrooms

Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Gold Diggers, Los Angeles, USA
Resort Alessandra, Houston, USA
The Hoxton, Williamsburg, New York, USA

Resort Conversion

Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Resort Peter & Paul, Detroit, USA
The Eliza Jane, New Orleans, USA
The Siren Resort, Detroit, USA

Resort Newbuild

CitizenM New York Bowery Resort, USA
Resort Alessandra, Houston, USA
Moxy Chelsea, New York, USA
Solaz Los Cabos, San José del Cabo, Mexico

Resort Renovation & Restoration

Eaton DC, Washington DC, USA
Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Natural Farm, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, USA
The LINE Austin, Austin, USA
Troutbeck, Amenia, USA

Landscaping & Outside Areas

Belmond Cap Juluca, Anguilla, Caribbean
Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas
Solaz Los Cabos, San José del Cabo, Mexico
Vidanta Los Cabos, San José del Cabo, Mexico

Foyer & Public Areas

Casa Madrona Resort & Spa, Sausalito, USA
Perry Lane Resort, a Luxurious Assortment Resort, Savannah, USA
Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas
The Maven Resort at Dairy Block, Denver, USA

Resort Resort

Belmond Cap Juluca, Anguilla, Caribbean
Chablé Maroma, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Headlands Coastal Lodge & Spa, Pacific Metropolis, USA
Park MGM, Las Vegas, USA

Restaurant

Dean’s One Trick Pony at The LINE Austin, Austin, USA
Louix Louis at The St. Regis Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Pérgula at Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The NoMad Restaurant at Park MGM, Las Vegas, USA

Spa & Wellness

Laja Spa at Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Sense Spa at Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas
The Phoenician Spa at The Phoenician, Scottsdale, USA
Wellness Centre at Eaton DC, Washington DC, USA

Suite

Gold Diggers, Los Angeles, USA
Hutton Suite at Hutton Resort, Nashville, USA
Fantasy Tower Presidential Themed Suites at Palms, Las Vegas, USA
The Tower at St. Jane, Chicago, USA

Transport

Superstar Edge
Crystal Symphony
Seabourn Ovation
Symphony of the Seas