Historic Hotels Worldwide® is pleased to announce the Nominee Finalists for the 2025 Historic Hotels Worldwide Annual Awards of Excellence. Historic Hotels Worldwide is a prestigious program for celebrating the world’s finest historic inns, hotels, and resorts in more than 48 countries.

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The Fullerton Hotel Sydney (1874) Sydney, Australia. Credit: Historic Hotels Worldwide and The Fullerton Hotel Sydney.

Through the Historic Hotels Worldwide Annual Awards of Excellence, Historic Hotels Worldwide honors and celebrates the most exemplary historic hotels, hoteliers, and leadership practices with awards including Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Resort, Historic Hotels Worldwide Sustainability Champion, and Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Hotel by region. Nominee Finalists demonstrate innovative leadership, stewardship, and contributions to furthering the recognition, preservation, and celebration of these preeminent historic hotels and their histories.

The 2025 Historic Hotels Annual Awards of Excellence Nominee Finalists were selected from nominations received from historic hotels, preservation supporters, prior award recipients, community leaders, and leadership from Historic Hotels Worldwide. Led by preservationists, historians, and hospitality veterans, Historic Hotels Worldwide affirms to travelers, civic leaders, and the global cultural, heritage, and historic travel market that member hotels are among the finest historic hotels from around the world. The Historic Hotels Annual Awards of Excellence recognizes the pinnacle of this distinct group of nominees in a range of categories.

This year’s award winners will be announced on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the 2025 Historic Hotels Annual Awards of Excellence Ceremony & Gala, in front of an audience of owners, general managers, senior decision-makers, and guests representing many of the finest historic hotels from around the world. The much-anticipated event will take place at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel (1924) in Seattle, Washington, USA. Opening in 1924 and listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, this luxury historic hotel is situated near Pike Place Market and Seattle landmarks like the Seattle Art Museum and the Seattle Great Wheel on the waterfront. The hotel is the destination for the 2025 Historic Hotels Annual Conference, held this year on October 28-31, and the awards gala will be the event’s grand finale.

From more than 200 nominations received, the Historic Hotels Worldwide awards committee evaluated and, after careful consideration, selected the following 2025 Historic Hotels Worldwide Annual Awards of Excellence Nominee Finalists:

Historic Hotels Worldwide New Member of the Year

Castello Dal Pozzo Resort Lago Maggiore (1000s) Oleggio Castello, Italy

Hotel Convent de la Missió (17th century) Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Riad El Amine Fès (19th century) Fès, Morocco

Flemings Mayfair (1851) London, England, United Kingdom

Hotel Château Gütsch (1859) Lucerne, Switzerland

Britannia Hotel (1870) Trondheim, Norway

The Fullerton Hotel Sydney (1874) Sydney, Australia

Hotel Magnolia (1929) Santiago, Chile

El Fuerte Marbella (1954) Marbella, Spain

Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Social Media of a Historic Hotel

Dromoland Castle (1014) Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland

Domus Renier Boutique Hotel (1608) Chania, Greece

Hotel Maximilian’s (1722) Augsburg, Germany

Kviknes Hotel (1752) Balestrand, Norway

Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac (1892) Québec City, Québec, Canada

Mystery Hotel Budapest (1896) Budapest, Hungary

Grand Hotel Tremezzo (1910) Tremezzina, Italy

Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo – Panama City (1917) Panama City, Panama

Fairmont Peace Hotel (1929) Shanghai, China

The Murray Hong Kong (1969) Hong Kong, China

Historic Hotels Worldwide Sustainability Champion

Nermo Hotell & Apartments (1442) Øyer, Norway

Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam (1578) Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hotel Maximilian’s (1722) Augsburg, Germany

Gregans Castle Hotel (1750) Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland

Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa (1852) St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac (1892) Québec City, Québec, Canada

Haaheim Gaard (1907) Uggdal, Norway

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (1922) Jasper, Alberta, Canada

Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor (1932) Siem Reap, Cambodia

Half Moon (1954) Montego Bay, Jamaica

Historic Hotels Worldwide Best City Center Historic Hotel

Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam (1578) Amsterdam, Netherlands

DOM Hotel (17th century) Rome, Italy

Heritage Avenida Liberdade (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal

Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor (1886) Luxor, Egypt

Hotel Regina Louvre (1900) Paris, France

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (1901) Hanoi, Vietnam

The Caledonian Edinburgh (1903) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Raffles London at The OWO (1906) London, England, United Kingdom

Villa Copenhagen (1912) Copenhagen, Denmark

Fera Palace Hotel (1934) Salvador, Brazil

Historic Hotels Worldwide Best Historic Resort

Castlemartyr Resort (1210) Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Hotel Hacienda de Abajo (1493) Tazacorte, Spain

Carton House, a Fairmont Managed Hotel (1739) Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Losby Gods (1744) Finstadjordet, Norway

Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski St. Moritz (1864) St. Moritz, Switzerland

Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin (1885) Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands

Grand Hotel des Sablettes Plage, Curio Collection by Hilton (1888) La Seyne-sur-Mer, France

Haaheim Gaard (1907) Uggdal, Norway

Grand Hotel Tremezzo (1910) Tremezzina, Italy

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (1922) Jasper, Alberta, Canada

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Europe

Domus Renier Boutique Hotel (1608) Chania, Greece

Walaker Hotell (1640) Solvorn, Norway

Solar do Castelo (18th century) Lisbon, Portugal

Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden (1713) Dresden, Germany

Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin (1885) Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands

Hilton Paris Opera (1889) Paris, France

The Savoy London (1889) London, England, United Kingdom

Mystery Hotel Budapest (1896) Budapest, Hungary

Hotel Waldhaus Sils (1908) Sils Maria, Switzerland

Villa Copenhagen (1912) Copenhagen, Denmark

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Asia/Pacific

Alsisar Haveli (1892) Jaipur, India

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (1901) Hanoi, Vietnam

The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore (1904) Singapore

Beijing Hotel NUO (1917) Beijing, China

The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (1924) Singapore

Hotel New Grand (1927) Yokohama, Japan

Fairmont Peace Hotel (1929) Shanghai, China

Raffles Hotel Le Royal (1929) Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor (1932) Siem Reap, Cambodia

The Murray Hong Kong (1969) Hong Kong, China

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in the Americas

Hacienda Jurica by Brisas (16th century) Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

Chablé Resort & Spa (1650) Chocholá , Yucatán, Mexico

Hacienda San Antonio Millet (1667) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Patios de Cafayate (1740) Cafayate, Argentina

Hamilton Princess & Beach Club - A Fairmont Managed Hotel (1885) Hamilton, Bermuda

Fairmont Banff Springs (1888) Banff, Alberta, Canada

Omni King Edward (1903) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fairmont Empress (1908) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo - Panama City (1917) Panama City, Panama

Fera Palace Hotel (1934) Salvador, Brazil

“It is an honor to congratulate all of the 2025 Historic Hotels Worldwide Annual Awards of Excellence Nominee Finalists,” said Lawrence Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Historic Hotels Worldwide and Historic Hotels of America. “The Nominee Finalists exemplify the finest historic hotels and hoteliers in the world. The historic hotels nominated include historic inns, boutique hotels, lifestyle hotels, and legendary resorts. These historic hotels represent small towns and large cities, as well as national historic districts. We applaud the dedication and passion of the thousands of individuals working at these iconic and legendary historic hotels that keep the stories from the past alive. They make staying or celebrating special occasions at these historic hotels memorable experiences for guests.”

Historic Hotels Worldwide’s sister program, Historic Hotels of America®, also announced its Nominee Finalists for the 2025 Historic Hotels of America Annual Awards of Excellence this week. See the news about those Nominee Finalists here.

To learn more and register for the 2025 Historic Hotels Annual Conference, click here.

About Historic Hotels Worldwide®

Historic Hotels Worldwide® is a prestigious and distinctive collection of historic treasures, including luxury historic hotels built in former castles, chateaus, palaces, academies, haciendas, villas, monasteries, and other historic lodging spanning ten centuries. Historic Hotels Worldwide represents the finest and most distinctive global collection of more than 320 historic hotels in 49 countries. Hotels inducted into Historic Hotels Worldwide are authentic historic treasures, demonstrate historic preservation, and celebrate historic significance. Eligibility for induction into Historic Hotels Worldwide is limited to those distinctive historic hotels that adhere to the following criteria: minimum age for the building is 75 years or older; historically relevant as a significant location within a historic district, historically significant landmark, place of a historic event, former home of a famous person, or historic city center; hotel celebrates its history by showcasing memorabilia, artwork, photography, and other examples of its historic significance; recognized by national preservation or heritage buildings organization or located within UNESCO World Heritage Site; and presently used as a historic hotel. For more information, please visit HistoricHotelsWorldwide.com.

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