Dezeen promotion: a nine-suite boutique hotel housed within a 158-year-old aristocratic palazzo and a disused wine factory-turned-luxury resort are some of the projects to be shortlisted in the 2019 AHEAD Europe awards.
This year's edition of the AHEAD Europe awards celebrates outstanding hospitality projects completed in the region between June 2018 and May 2019.
All projects have been organised into 15 categories, which recognise everything from event spaces and hotel conversions to lodges, cabins and tented camps.
The shortlist has been compiled by an expert panel of architects, interior designers, hoteliers and industry commentators.
This includes Javier Hortal, director of technical services at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Geraldine Dohogne, architectural and interior design director at Zannier Hotels, and Patricia Holler, senior interior design director at Marriott International.
One of the shortlisted projects is the Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, which takes over an abandoned 1920s wine factory. Its pared-back guest suites are set inside the building's former storage tanks and look directly out over a stretch of sand on Greece's Peloponnese coast.
Another project on the shortlist is Mollie's Motel and Diner. The roadside hotel in Oxfordshire, England has been designed with unexpectedly luxurious bedrooms and communal areas dressed with plush furnishings.
Also in the running is Palazzo Daniele, a nine-suite hotel that occupies a 158-year-old aristocratic home in Puglia, Italy.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony in London's Battersea Evolution on 18 November, tickets for which can be purchased via AHEAD's website.
First-place projects will then go on to compete head-to-head in a global biennale against winners from the other three regions covered by the AHEAD awards: the Americas, Asia and the Middle East and Africa (MEA). China's Alila Yangshuo hotel – which is set inside a 1960s sugar mill – was named as the Ultimate Winner in the 2018 awards.
See the full shortlist below:
Bar, Club or Lounge
Fritz & Felix at Brenners Park Hotel, Baden Baden, Germany
Juliet Rose at Hilton Munich City, Germany
Rockwell at The Trafalgar St James Hotel, London, England
Salon Sacher at Hotel Sacher Wien, Vienna, Austria
Soho House Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Event Spaces
Andermatt Concert Hall at Radisson Blu Hotel Reussen, Andermatt, Switzerland
Aquam Bibe at Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin, Bristol, England
Cinema Paradiso at PURO Łódź, Poland
Scandic Kødbyen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vintry & Mercer, London, England
Guestrooms
1477 Reichhalter Eat & Sleep, Lana, Italy
Little Beach House Barcelona, Spain
Palazzo Daniele, Gagliano del Capo, Italy
PURO Warsaw Centrum, Poland
The Stratford Hotel, London, England
Hotel Conversion
Amerikalinjen, Oslo, Norway
Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden, Palma, Mallorca
Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, Kourouta, Greece
Hotel Herman K, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Langley, Iver, England
Hotel Newbuild
Gloriette Guesthouse, Oberbozen/Soprabolzano, Italy
Mollie's Motel & Diner, Buckland, England
PURO Kraków Kazimierz, Poland
PURO Łódź, Poland
The Hide Hotel, Flims, Switzerland
Hotel Renovation & Restoration
25hours Hotel Terminus Nord, Paris, France
Heckfield Place, Hampshire, England
Hotel Norge, Bergen, Norway
Palazzo Daniele, Gagliano del Capo, Italy
Whitworth Locke, Manchester, England
Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces
Brenners Park Hotel, Germany, Baden Baden
Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden, Palma, Mallorca
Radisson Collection Hotel, Tsinandali Estate, Georgia
Sir Victor Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
The Magnolia Hotel, Quinta do Lago, Portugal
Lobby & Public Spaces
Belmond Cadogan Hotel, London, England
Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden, Palma, Mallorca
Grand Park Hotel Rovinj, Croatia
PURO Warsaw Centrum, Poland
Sir Victor Hotel, Barcelona, Spain
Lodges, Cabins & Tented Camps
Hop Pickers' Huts at The Pig at The Bridge Place, Canterbury, England
LumiPod, Lyon, France
Manshausen 2.0, Mannshausen, Norway
Nolla Cabins, Vallisaari Island, Helsinki, Finland
Piglet's Cabins at Soho Farmhouse, Chipping Norton, England
Resort Hotel
Caravia Beach Hotel, Kos, Greece
Olea All Suite Hotel, Tsilivi, Greece
The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland, Grindavik
Radisson Collection Hotel, Tsinandali Estate, Georgia
The Arula Chalets, Lech am Arlberg, Austria
Restaurant
Cecconi's at Soho House Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Magari at PURO Warsaw Centrum, Poland
NENI at 25hours Hotel Terminus Nord, Paris, France
Provisioners at The Dixon Hotel, London, England
ZELA at ME London Hotel, England
Spa & Wellness
Euphoria Spa in Euphoria Retreat, Mystras, Greece
Gloriette at Gloriette Guesthouse, Oberbozen/Soprabolzano, Italy
Mohr Life Resort, Lermoos, Tirol, Austria
Pure Seven Spa at 7Pines Resort Ibiza, Spain
The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland, Grindavik
Suite
Arctic Scene Executive Suite at ArcticTree House Hotel, Rovaniemi, Finland
Belmond La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca
Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, Kourouta, Greece
Gatehouses at Das Kranzbach, Krün, Germany
Suites at The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, England
Transport
AmaMagna
Fingal
Le Champlain
SAGA Spirit of Discovery
Viking Orion
Visual Identity
Amerikalinjen, Oslo, Norway
HUP, Mierlo, The Netherlands
NinetyNine Hotel Heidelberg, Germany
The Dixon Hotel, London, England
The Magnolia Hotel, Quinta do Lago, Portugal