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AHEAD travelled the world once again last year, touching down in Dubai, New York and London to celebrate the best of hospitality experience and design, as well as the triumphant return of in-person events. And in early 2022, the community gathered online to watch the AHEAD Global 2021 virtual ceremony, sponsored by RH Contract and split into four 30-minute broadcasts hosted by Sleeper’s Editor-at-Large Guy Dittrich. Marking the culmination of four regional heats, winners from the Middle East and Africa, Asia, Americas and Europe competed head-to-head across 15 categories, with each entry discussed and deliberated by a 64-strong panel of judges that included regional chairs Isabel Pintado, Senior Vice President of Design and Innovation at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts; Troy Hickox, Head of Hotels &
Lifestyle Development for Galaxy Entertainment Group; Christopher Webb, Vice President of Architecture & Design at Hilton Worldwide; and Aliya Khan, Vice President of Design, Lifestyle Brands at Marriott International. Judging took place over Zoom with the panel of owners, operators, architects and designers asked to assess each project on its commercial viability, creative excellence and ability to provide a memorable guest experience – this time on a global scale. The resulting champions encompass all that is great about hospitality, from big to small, branded to independent, and urban to bucolic. The four-part ceremony is available to watch online in full, where you can view winning presentations and hear the regional chairs discuss standout trends among the triumphant projects.
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