Boutique Hotel Awards gala dinner 2017_ to be held on Thursday 9th November 2017 at 6:15pm Merchant TaylorsÕ Hall, London

Boutique Hotel Awards The world’s best hoteliers, travel industry influencers and members of press will gather for a night of celebration at the historic Merchant TaylorsÕ Hall, London, to honour the visionaries behind the finest boutique hotels on earth. Through a new initiative to form links between the Awards and the most established and distinguished family offices in London, the event will bring the leading boutique hotels before the eyes of the most influential luxury travellers.

The awards gala dinner also serves to bring together members of The Master Key Society. This new collaborative venture has been established by the Boutique Hotel Awards in order to facilitate exchange visits exclusively in between award winners, past and future. Creating a vibrant community of hoteliers with valuable relationships and worldwide friendships.

ÔDriven by a boundless love for our localities and a parallel passion to communicate, reflect and share, we create unique places and strive to offer memorable, unparalleled experiences. The Master Key Society is a hub, a forum and a fraternity where these special, and passionate creators meet, share ideas, inspire each other, cross-fertilise, refresh their vision and recharge batteries to further their work.Õ

Emmanuel Vordonis, Founding Member of the Master Key Society.

Sponsors: Laurent Perrier, Best Travel Services, Elite Traveller, Avvio and My Private Villas

Information on the company:

The Boutique Hotel Awards is the first and only international awards scheme exclusively dedicated to recognising unique excellence among boutique hotels. The company is entirely independent and special care is taken to send judges to entrant hotels to ensure that both the nominees and winners are of the highest calibre. The Awards, now in its 7th year, honour the people behind these outstanding properties and have enjoyed being featured in publications such as The New York Times, CNN, Daily Mail, SpearÕs Magazine, Elite Traveler and The Sunday Times, following this international event.

Awards host: Christabel Milbanke, SpearÕs Magazine

We are also thrilled to announce one of our wonderful Key-note speakers and we hope you will be as excited as we are..

Fighting his way through in the Awards ring, the one, the only…

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO

Two-times world heavyweight boxing champion & hotel owner.

Previous winners:

  • WorldÕs Best City Hotel -Ê 11 Mirrors, Kiev, Ukraine
  • WorldÕs Best Classic Hotel -ÊHotel Heritage, Bruges, Belgium
  • WorldÕs Best Culinary -ÊVila Joya, Algarve, Portugal
  • Hotel World’s Best Honeymoon -ÊPunta Tragara, Capri, Italy
  • Hideaway WorldÕs Best New Hotel -ÊHotel Gotham, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • World’s Best Relaxation Retreat -ÊThe Chedi Club Tanah Gajah, Bali, Indonesia
  • World’s Most Romantic Hotel -ÊAenaon Villas, Santorini, Greece
  • World’s Best Private Villa -ÊOver Yonder Cay, The Bahamas

Potential angles/headlines:

  • Global hoteliers of the Master Key Society are to congregate in London for the World Boutique Hotel Awards.
  • Master Key Society of boutique hoteliers gather in London for the Boutique Hotel Awards.
  • The best boutique hotels in the world soon to be revealed.
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