Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Asia 2020 hospitality awards
A Shigeru Ban-designed boutique lodge in Japan and a resort that hides amongst the Malaysian rainforest are among the many tasks to be shortlisted on this yr’s AHEAD Asia awards.
The AHEAD Asia awards honour distinctive hospitality tasks which were launched, opened or reopened on the continent between September 2018 and August 2019.
All submissions have been first sorted into 15 classes, which acknowledge every part from a challenge’s guestrooms to its foyer and public areas.
A shortlist has then been compiled by a judging panel of business specialists. This yr it contains figures resembling founder accomplice of AvroKO, William Harris, managing director of Swire Accommodations, Toby Smith, and curatorial director of BAR Studio, Rowena Hockin.
One of many tasks to be shortlisted is Shishi-Iwa Home, a boutique lodge designed by Pritzker prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban. It is has simply 10 rooms, that are nestled amongst the forested woodlands of Karuizawa in Japan.
One other challenge within the operating is Tokyo’s one-room lodge Trunk Home – it takes over a 70-year-old constructing that after served as dwelling quarters for geishas, and even features a miniature nightclub for company.
Additionally on the shortlist is the Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa, a high-end hideaway in India which lies on the foot of the Himalayas, and The Datai Langkawi, a up to date lodge that is set in opposition to the dense rainforests of Malaysia.
Within the 2019 version of the AHEAD Asia awards, the much-sought-after Resort of the Yr title was in the end awarded to Amanyangyun Shanghai: a visitor property on the outskirts of Shanghai that occupies a few Ming and Qing dynasty-era buildings.
It was created by Kerry Hill Architects, which defined in a Dezeen-produced brief movie that the lodge is designed to be a “dwelling museum” that celebrates Chinese language tradition.
This yr’s winners shall be introduced in a ceremony on the Andaz Singapore lodge on 12 March 2020, tickets for which might be bought on AHEAD’s web site.
Asia is one in every of 4 areas lined by the AHEAD awards, which additionally considers tasks from the Americas, Europe, and the Center East and Africa. Prize-takers from every area will go on to compete in a world biennale, the place worldwide titles might be gained.
See the total shortlist beneath:
Bar, Membership or Lounge
Absinthe at Hôtel de la Coupole, Sapa, Vietnam
Lennon’s at Rosewood Bangkok, Thailand
Manor Membership at Rosewood Hong Kong, China
UNION at The Reverse Home, Beijing, China
Occasion Areas
Grand Ballroom and Junior Ballroom at Rosewood Hong Kong, China
Grand Hyatt Xi’an, China
The Nice Room at Raffles Singapore
The PuXuan Resort & Spa, Beijing, China
Guestrooms
Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi, Shaviyani Atoll
Grand Hyatt Xi’an, China
Rosewood Bangkok, Thailand
Rosewood Hong Kong, China
Resort Conversion
Moss Resort, Hobart, Australia
Six Senses Maxwell, Singapore
Sunyata Resort Meili, Yunnan, China
TRUNK(HOUSE), Tokyo, Japan
Resort Newbuild
ENSO ANGO, Kyoto, Japan
Park Hyatt Shenzhen, China
Rosewood Hong Kong, China
The Thousand Kyoto, Japan
Resort Renovation & Restoration
Grand Hyatt Seoul, South Korea
Hayman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Australia
Raffles Singapore
The Datai Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia
Landscaping & Out of doors Areas
Alila Villas Koh Russey, Bamboo Island, Cambodia
Capella Sanya, China
Six Senses Bhutan
The Chedi Ninghai, China
Foyer & Public Areas
Conrad Hangzhou, China
Grand Hyatt Xi’an, China
Resort Kapok Shenzhen, China
JW Marriott Qufu, China
Lodges, Cabins & Tented Camps
Origin Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia
Shinta Mani Wild, Southern Cardamom Nationwide Park, Cambodia
The Hidden Valley Resort, Yunnan, China
The Lindis, Ahuriri Valley, North Otago, New Zealand
Resort Resort
Mason, Pattaya, Thailand
Shishi-Iwa Home, Karuizawa, Japan
Six Senses Bhutan
Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa, Uttarakhand, Rishikesh, India
Restaurant
Nan Bei at Rosewood Bangkok, Thailand
Terra at Waldorf Astoria Maldives, Ithaafushi Island
The Legacy Home at Rosewood Hong Kong, China
Yi by Jereme Leung at Raffles Singapore
Spa & Wellness
ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa, Japan
Hôtel de la Coupole, Sapa, Vietnam
Joali Maldives, Muravandhoo Island Raa Atoll
Rosewood Bangkok, Thailand
Suite
Grand Harbour Nook Suite at Rosewood Hong Kong, China
Presidential Suite at Grand Hyatt Seoul, South Korea
The Status Resort, Penang, Malaysia
The St. Regis Hong Kong, China
Transport
Fenides Liveboard
Genting Dream
Oracle
Royal Caribbean Spectrum of the Seas