WORLD BOUTIQUE HOTEL AWARDS By The Luxury Channel World’s Best Boutique Hotel – Royal Mansour in Marrakech, Morocco The winners and runners-up of the World Boutique Hotel Awards 2015 were announced at a glittering awards ceremony held at the Montcalm Hotel in London. The ceremony brought together an array of boutique hotel owners, travel press and travel industry influencers from all four corners of the world, who came together to share in their passion for creating unique travel experiences. This year’s keynote speech was delivered by Robin Sheppard, chairman of Bespoke Hotels, and other esteemed guest presenters and speakers at the event included Paolo Macchiaroli, founder of My Private Villas, Hilary Lancaster from Fusion Interiors Group and Boutique Hotel News, James Fisher from Globe Trotter luxury luggage and Rosalind Milani Gallieni of RMG PR & Events. Royal Mansour, Marrakech, Morocco The event also saw the launch of Master Key Society, which embarks on a new collaborative venture to create valuable relationships exclusively amongst the Winners of the WBHA, by facilitating hotel exchange visits between them, to share know-how and experience. The 2015 Best In Region and World’s Best Category Winners are listed below, all of whom delivered unique excellence: World’s Best Boutique Hotel Royal Mansour, Marrakech, Morocco Best In Region Winners Africa’s Best Boutique Hotel – Royal Mansour, Marrakech, Morocco The Americas’ Best Boutique Hotel – Villa Sand Club, St Barts, French West Indies South East Asia’s Best Boutique Hotel – Awarta Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Asia’s Best Boutique Hotel – Suryagarh, Jaisalmer, India Australasia’s Best Boutique Hotel – Spicers Peak Lodge, Australia Europe’s Best Boutique Hotel – Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal, Paris, France Villa Sand Club, St Barts World’s Best Winners World’s Best Beach Boutique Hotel – Drake Bay Getaway Resort, Costa Rica World’s Best City Boutique Hotel – Library Hotel, New York, USA World’s Best Classic Boutique Hotel – Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India World’s Best Culinary Boutique Hotel – The Capital Hotel, London, UK World’s Best Design Boutique Hotel – Only You Hotel & Lounge Madrid, Spain World’s Best Honeymoon Boutique Hotel – Pondoro Game Lodge, South Africa World’s Best New Boutique Hotel – The Norman, Tel Aviv, Israel World’s Best Relaxation Retreat – Saffire Freycinet, Tasmania, Australia World’s Best Romantic Boutique Hotel – Ca Maria Adele, Venice, Italy World’s Best Sustainable Boutique Hotel – El Nido Pangulasian Island, Philippines World’s Best Spa Hotel Gaia Retreat & Spa, Australia World’s Best Private Villa – Coco Privé, Maldives Coco Privé, Maldives For further information about the Awards, go to www.boutiquehotelawards.com .