Dezeen promotion: hotels in North and South America recognised by this year's AHEAD awards include a converted bank in Los Angeles, a beachfront resort in Nicaragua, and a renovated motor lodge in California.
AHEAD's annual awards programme celebrates outstanding hotel architecture and interiors projects around the globe, divided up into four regions: Americas, Asia,  Europe, and the Middle East and Africa.
Calistoga Motor Lodge & Spa in California took three prizes at the 2018 AHEAD Americas awards
The entries are first judged by an independent panel of leading hospitality architects, designers, owners, operators, developers and commentators.
Announced at a ceremony in Miami this month, the Americas awards were given to the top designs for hospitality, including dining experience and overall design. New York City's MADE Hotel was awarded for best guestroom design
The big winner was the Calistoga Motor Lodge & Spa in Napa Valley by AvroKO, with branding by Brand Bureau, which won the AHEAD Americas Hotel of the Year. The renovated motel also topped three categories: Hotel Restoration and Renovation, Spa and Wellness, and Visual Identity of the Year.
Dezeen recently interviewed AHEAD judge Markus Schreyer, who noted the growing trend for motel revivalism.
Overflowing with plants, Le Sirenuse at Four Seasons Hotel The Surf Club in Miami was awarded in the Restaurant category
The Meson Nadi Boutique Hotel in Tola, Nicaragua, was recognised in two categories. I...