The winners of the AHEAD Global awards discuss their projects in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the hotel awards programme at the London prize-giving ceremony.
The winners of the AHEAD Global awards were announced at simultaneous ceremonies at New York's Crosby Street Hotel and the Ham Yard Hotel in London, with a live video feed between the two venues.
Alila Yangshuo was named the Ultimate Winner of the AHEAD Global awards
Alila Yangshuo, a hotel built by Beijing studio Vector Architects in a disused sugar mill in China's mountainous Yangshuo County, was named the Ultimate Winner at the awards ceremony.
The project was celebrated by the judges for its treatment of the heritage of the site.
"Alila Yangshuo shows that brands really can still do it, that heritage can be celebrated, and that designers can really pull off a great guest experience," said Guy Dittrich, editor-at-large of Sleeper Magazine and host of the London ceremony. Alila Yangshuo is a conversion of a disused sugar mill in China's Yangshuo County into a resort hotel
The AHEAD Global awards represent the finale of a programme of eight regional events held over two years in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. The winners of those previous events were pitted against each other to determine the best recently opened hotels.
"What we're looking for with the AHEAD Global awards are projects that create an atmosphere, an experience for the guests that will live in their memory," ...