The Sky Design Awards 2025 is now accepting submissions from visionary designers worldwide. This prestigious event aims to honour's exceptional design talent while fostering meaningful connections in the Business-to-Business (B2B) realm, bridging creativity with opportunity.

The awards provide shortlisted designers unique access to investors and industry leaders, creating pathways for transformative projects and lasting collaborations. The Sky Design Awards celebrates groundbreaking achievements that contribute to a better, more sustainable future, covering areas from architecture and interior design to industrial design and visual graphics.

Sky Design Awards Introduces New Categories to Celebrate Excellence in Hospitality Design The Sky Design Awards, known for honouring innovative and inspiring design achievements, is excited to introduce new award categories dedicated to recognizing exceptional contributions in hospitality design.

These categories aim to highlight the most creative, sustainable, and forward-thinking projects shaping hospitality's future. The awards will celebrate spaces and experiences that redefine guest expectations worldwide. New Award Categories for Hospitality Design: This category celebrates exceptional interior and architectural design that embodies luxury, sophistication, and a seamless guest experience. It honour's projects that enhance the guest journey through meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to excellence.

The Best Luxury Hotel Award

Definition and Submission Requirements:
This category honors exceptional design in luxury hotel projects, focusing on how architecture and interior design elevate the overall guest experience. Submissions should highlight the following elements:

• Design Detailing: Showcase innovative use of materials, high-quality craftsmanship, and a unique aesthetic that conveys luxury.

• Spatial Planning: Balance functionality and elegance by creating seamless and comfortable guest journeys, with attention to the integration of every detail.

• Guest Experience: Deliver immersive and unique experiences through creative design solutions that redefine traditional notions of luxury.

• Sustainability: Demonstrate the integration of luxury and environmental responsibility, highlighting innovative approaches to achieving sustainability goals.

• Innovation: Redefine the standards of luxury through groundbreaking design, blending traditional opulence with modern sophistication.

The Best Boutique Hotel Award

• Recognizing innovative and distinct designs for small independent hospitality spaces that provide unique and memorable experiences. This category emphasizes individuality, creativity, and the personal touch that boutique hotels contribute to the industry.

Best Resort Design Award

• This category celebrates holistic and immersive resort designs that harmonize architecture, interiors, and the natural environment. It recognizes spaces that provide serene and transformative experiences for guests.

Best Hospitality Innovation Award

This category celebrates holistic and immersive resort designs that harmonize architecture, interiors, and the natural environment. It recognizes spaces that provide serene and transformative experiences for guests.

Best Sustainable Hospitality Design Award

• Honouring holistic and immersive resort designs that blend architecture, interiors, and the natural environment.

• This category recognizes spaces that offer serene and transformative experiences for guests. Cultural Heritage in Hospitality Design This category celebrates holistic and immersive resort designs that integrate architecture, interiors, and the natural environment. It highlights spaces that provide serene and transformative experiences for guests. Innovative

Guest Experience Award

• This category celebrates holistic and immersive resort designs that seamlessly integrate architecture, interiors, and the natural environment. It highlights spaces that offer serene and transformative experiences.

Hospitality Brand Excellence Award

• This category celebrates holistic and immersive resort designs that integrate architecture, interiors, and the natural environment. It highlights spaces that offer serene and transformative experiences.

• It emphasizes spaces that provide serene and transformative experiences.

Key Industry Leaders as Judges The Sky Design Awards is honoured to have an esteemed panel of judges representing leadership across the hospitality sector, including:

Lee Lin – Regional Director, APAC, NOBU Hospitality

Philip Ryan – Director of Development (Japan) & CIT (APAC), IHG Hotels & Resorts Jing Liu – Manager of Capital Planning and Projects, Japan and Micronesia, IHG

Their expertise guarantees that submissions are assessed with industry-specific insights, enhancing the importance and credibility of the awards. Elevating Hospitality Design Introducing these new categories highlights the Sky Design Awards' dedication to recognizing excellence in various design fields. By focusing on hospitality, the awards seek to inspire designers, architects, and brands to push creative boundaries and establish new industry standards.