13th November 2015, London, UK – On the 12th November we celebrated the 6th edition of the European Hospitality Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel. We have highlighted and rewarded quality, expertise, innovation and class during this show. The night brought together some of the most iconic hotels and hoteliers from Europe. Our head judge, Derek Wood, took the stage and announced the winners from our outstanding shortlist and awarded this year's top prizes.

It was an extremely tough decision that our judges had to make when selecting this year’s winners but we are delighted reveal the full list of our 2015 winners from each category.

Winners of 2015 European Hospitality Awards

Green Hotel of the year Amathus Beach Hotel

Opening of the year (New Build) Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard

Opening of the Year (Renovation or Conversion) The Red Carnation Hotel Collection – The Ashford Castle

This category has a special commendation award – Awarded by the judges Four Seasons Buenos Aires

Best Boutique Hotel Grace Santorini

Best Hotel Suite Rosewood Hotels & Resorts – Garden House Suite

Best use of Technology Hotel NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding

Hotelier of the year Ian Edwards – The Celtic Manor Resort

Hotel Spa of the year Le Bristol Paris – Spa Le Bristol by La Prairie

Innovation in Service of the year The Kensington Hotel

Best Hotel Restaurant The Chester Grosvenor – Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor

Best Hotel Bar 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin – Monkey bar

This year's Overall Winner of the year The Kensington Hotel

We would like to congratulate the shortlisted nominees and thank all participants for their submissions. We hope you enjoyed a fabulous evening that highlighted the esteem of the European Hospitality Awards. The pictures from the EHA will be on our website from next week, please check: www.arena-international.com/eha for the last updates.

The European Hospitality Awards likes to thank our judges: Ted Teng, Hans Koch, Jane Sunley, Rolf Schmidt, Ann Corrigan, Mark Wynne Smith, Michael Levie, Emmanuel Clave, Barry Thomas, Mark Bruce and Derek Wood. We also want to highlight the great collaboration with sponsors: Erdinger, Geo Spa, AEI Communications, Tink Labs, Ecolab, Kuehne + Nagel, Robert Welch, Quadriga, Simon Jersey, Exclusive Cakes 4 U, Waterworks and Dornbracht.

For further information on the European Hospitality Awards, please contact Keley van der Velde 0207 936 6656 or email [email protected]