Hospitality Design (HD) magazine is now accepting entries for the 12th annual HD Awards—in both project and product categories. The projects portion of the awards program now includes 20 categories, including Hotel (upscale/luxury, midscale, economy, and lifestyle) Spa, Sustainable Project, Student Project, and Restaurant (both upscale and casual/fast casual). The HD Awards will also honor the most innovative products in the industry in 11 categories, including Casegoods + Furniture, Wallcoverings + Surfaces, and Art + Accessories.
New this year, both project and product submissions will be accepted entirely online. HD will no longer be accepting project entries by mail.
The deadline for entries is Tuesday, March 1st, 2016. Both project and product entries must have debuted between December 1st, 2014 and March 1st, 2016.
Click here to submit your entry.
The winning projects and products, selected by an esteemed jury of industry professionals to be announced soon, will be featured in the June issue of HD magazine and feted at a ceremony in New York on June 8th.
Last year, 560 entries were received in 20 project categories; while more than 340 products were submitted across 10 categories. The 2015 project winners and finalists were selected by jury members Dan Kwan, managing director, Wilson Associates; Katherine Lo, executive director, Langham Hospitality; Lionel Ohayon, founder, ICRAVE; Will Meyer, founder, Meyer Davis Studio; and Larry Traxler, senior vice president, global design, Hilton Worldwide.
Product winners and finalists were selected by Alicia Cannon, principal, AJC Design; Meghann Day, principal, HBA; and Stephanie Goto, founder, STEPHANIEGOTO.