Luxury Hoteliers Magazine 4th Quarter 2017 | Page 54

ABaC Restaurant & Hotel • Owl and the Pussycat Hotel in Sri Lanka received the Most Instagrammable award based on its daily posts of an imaginary travel journal that travels into the nonsensical world of Edward Lear • Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal in Paris was awarded Best Hotel Video for a ‘work of art’ featuring Royal Swedish Ballet dancer Casia Vengoecha SLH’s infamous Mystery Inspectors also had their say based on their experiences whilst staying at each and every one of SLH hotels over the last twelve months, with Casas Del XVI in the Dominican Republic coming out top based on a combination of guest reviews, inspection scores and overall quality rating. Also new for this year was an award to recognize a significant newcomer to the SLH family – this year Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay was the outstanding winner. Since opening in June, the hotel has received an unprecedented level of interest, press coverage and reservations. Filip Boyen, CEO of Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ said: “As curators of the very best small, luxury hotel experiences around the world, we are delighted to recognize these exceptional hotels that showcase our independently minded ethos in such a variety of creative, classy and culturally-relevant ways.” 54 ILHA The full list of winners and shortlisted finalists is as follows: hotel of the year Dormy House Hotel (UK) city hotel of the year Refinery New York (USA) shortlisted finalists Flemings London (UK) Ca’Sagredo Hotel (Italy) resort hotel of the year Baros Maldives (Maldives) shortlisted finalists Pangkor Laut Resort (Malaysia) Twinpalms Phuket (Thailand)