NEW YORK—The International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show (IHMRS) has announced the winners for the 34th annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. A record number of entries of over 280 international projects were considered by a team of nine prominent judges for these awards, which recognize outstanding hospitality design worldwide for properties completed or renovated from March 1, 2013 to March 1, 2014.
Winners of the Gold Key Awards were revealed at the annual gala on Monday, November 10, 2014 at New York’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The Gold Key Awards were sponsored by Boutique Design and HOTELS magazines. The awards coincided with the 99th annual IHMRS, which was held Saturday, November 8 through Tuesday, November 11, and the 5th annual Boutique Design New York (BDNY) trade fair which was held Sunday, November 9 through Monday, November 10. Both events were held at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
In the Best Eco or Socially Conscious Hotel category, COMMUNE (Los Angeles) was the winner for American Trade Hotel & Hall, Casco Viejo, Panama.
To see the list of the additional winners, click here.
Judges for the 2014 Gold Key Awards were Alan Philips, Chief Marketing Officer, Morgans Hotel Group; Dana Kalczak, Vice President of Design, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts; Danette Opaczewski, Chief Operating Officer, Ian Schrager Co.; John D. McMullen, Senior Vice president of Construction, Highgate Hotels; Lora Spran, Interior Designer, Senior, Walt Disney Imagineering; R. Tyler Morse, CEO and Managing Partner, MCR Development; Ron Kollar, Chief Design Officer, Tishman Hotel & Realty LP; Serena Rakhlin, Vice President, Hotel Development and Acquisitions, Americas, Trump Hotel Collection; and Trisha Wilson, Chairman, Trisha Wilson Global.
