World’s most romantic hotels and resorts recognised at Venice awards ceremony.
Celebrating the world’s most outstanding hotels and venues in the romance travel space, the inaugural Love Travel Awards took place at Westin Europa and Regina in Venice tonight as part of the first Amour travel trade show, dedicated exclusively to romance travel.
Witnessed by over 230 industry professionals during a lavish, black-tie ceremony, twenty hotels, resorts and hotel brands received a 2017 Love Travel Award in a variety of categories. These included ‘Best Wedding Hotel’, ‘Most Romantic City Hotel’, ‘Most Romantic Resort Hotel’ and ‘Most Romantic Hotel Brand’, subdivided by location.
Peter Gould, Chairman of Amour and the Love Travel Awards said: “The Love Travel Awards were devised to recognise extraordinary hotels around the world that exist to make people’s dreams come true, and that mantra really sums up this year’s list of winners. It was an honour to present the first ever Love Travel Awards, and everyone nominated should be immensely proud of their achievement.”
The winners of the 2017 Love Travel Awards are:
Best Wedding Hotel – Asia Pacific
Winner: Conrad Koh Samui
Best Wedding Hotel – Indian Ocean
Winner: Velaa Private Island
Best Wedding Hotel – Europe
Winner: Ca’Sagredo
Best Wedding Hotel – Middle East & Africa
Winner: Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa
Best Wedding Hotel – North America
Winner: Calistoga Ranch, an Aubergene Resort
Best Wedding Hotel – South America
Winner: Belmond Copacabana Palace
Best Wedding Hotel – Caribbean
Winner: COMO Parrot Cay
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – Asia/Pacific
Winner: Hanging Gardens of Bali
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – Indian Ocean
Winner: Soneva Fushi
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – Middle East & Africa
Winner: Chalkley Treehouse
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – Europe
Winner: Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – North America
Winner: Post Ranch Inn
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – South America
Winner: Alto Atacama Desert Lodge & Spa
Most Romantic Resort Hotel – Caribbean
Winner: Jade Mountain
Most Romantic City Hotel – Asia/Pacific
Winner: Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai
Most Romantic City Hotel – Europe
Winner: Hotel Alfonso XIII, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Most Romantic City Hotel – Middle East & Africa
Winner: La Mamounia
Most Romantic City Hotel – North America
Winner: The Setai
Most Romantic City Hotel – South America
Winner: Faena Hotel Beunos Aires
Most Romantic Hotel Brand
Winner: Small Luxury Hotels of the World
The Love Travel Awards were voted for by a global audience of romance travel professionals. The trade show hosting the awards, Amour, was created by Worldwide Events as a dedicated event to connect romance travel specialists and destination wedding planners with the world’s most extraordinary romantic experience providers from 12-15 February 2017.
See what happened on the night on Twitter at #LoveTravelAwards, or for more information go to www.lovetravelawards.com
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About Love Travel Awards
The Love Travel Awards are the first trade awards to recognise the most romantic hotels and venues in the world, as voted for by international travel professionals.
The inaugural Love Travel Awards ceremony was hosted at Westin Europa and Regina in Venice, Italy on 13 February 2017, during Amour.
Awards include: Best Wedding Hotel, Most Romantic City Hotel, Most Romantic Resort Hotel, and Most Romantic Hotel Brand, with each category split by region.
The lavish black-tie ceremony brought together over 230 individuals from the romance travel sector, such as private travel designers, concierge specialists, destination wedding planners and representatives from the most romantic properties on earth.
For more information visit: www.lovetravelawards.com
About Amour
Taking place from 12-15 February 2017 in Venice, Amour is a new trade event bringing together innovative romance travel specialists and destination wedding planners to meet and connect with the most awe-inspiring, romantic properties in the world.
Over the course of three days, Amour will provide 100 romantic hotels, resorts and wedding venues with the opportunity to meet 1-2-1 with 40 selected romance travel buyers, chosen in advance.
Attendees include 100 Global buyers, consisting of destination wedding planners, honeymoon specialists and romance travel specialists, including private travel designers, high-end travel agencies, lifestyle management specialists, concierge companies and tour operators. Alongside this will be 100 Global suppliers: Hotels, resorts and venues with a romance travel offering (wedding facilities, honeymoon experiences, etc.) plus tourist boards and DMCs. Confirmed suppliers include: Soneva Fushi (Maldives), Toscana Resort Castelfalfi, Armani Dubai, Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, The Mulia Bali, Pine Cliffs Resort (Algarve), and Hotel Ranga (Iceland).
Amour is run by Worldwide Events, which operates the industry-leading events; M&I Forums and PRIVATE Luxury Forums.
For more information, visit www.amourforum.com/ or follow Amour on Facebook (www.facebook.com/amourforums), Twitter (@amourforums) or Instagram (@amourforums)
