HOSTELCO
AWARDS2020
The HOSTELCO Awards recognise the effort, excellence and innovation of companies and professionals in the hospitality, catering and collectivities sectors.
The HOSTELCO Awards ceremony brings together the best professionals in the sector and has a great media impact.
HOSTELCO Awards registration is now closed!
The registration period for the 6th edition of the HOSTELCO Awards has ended and has reached an all-time record with the submission of more than 200 entries.
Do you have any doubts or do you need more information about the HOSTELCO Awards? Write to us at hostelcoawards@hostelco.com.
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This is how the participation in the HOSTELCO Awards process works
Beginning of the projects reception
OCTOBER 15TH, 2019
End of the projects reception
FEBRUARY 28TH, 2020
Announcement of the finalists
JUNE 10TH, 2020
Awards
ceremony
SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020
Carme Ruscalleda – Exceptional sponsor
The great woman of Spanish avant-garde cuisine, for 30 years she has been in charge of the kitchen in her restaurant Sant Pau with 3 Michelin stars, until its closure in 2018.
She is currently working as a global gastronomic consultant for the Hotel Mandarin in Barcelona and her restaurant Sant Pol in Tokyo.
HOSTELCO Awards Location
Paranimf Room
This year, the HOSTELCO Awards will take place in the Sala Paranimf, of the historic building of the University of Barcelona. This unique and exceptional 19th-century space, listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest, will also host a cocktail in the gardens of Ferran Soldevila.
Best hotel concept
Winner
Casual Hotels
Selected as finalist for creating a disruptive hotel concept. Casual Hoteles, with its completely themed spaces, focuses on an area on which not many chains take the risk to innovate.
Finalists for best hotel concept
Artiem
Casual Hotels
Cava Hotel Mastinell
Best hotel repositioning
Winner
ME Sitges Terramar
ME Sitges Terramar Hotel has reinterpreted luxury, becoming the referent of one of the most visited municipalities in Spain.
Finalists for best hotel repositioning
BQ Aguamarina
Hotel El Convento
ME Sitges Terramar
Best interior design project
Winner
Faro Isla Pancha
PF1 Interiorismo Contract, the studio in charge of renovation project, has achieved to turn a lighthouse located at Ribadeo (Galicia) into the first accommodation facility with these characteristics.
Finalists for best interior design project
Faro Isla Pancha
Caro Hotel
Miramar
Best restaurant concept
Winner
Basquery
Bilbao’s hotel business enjoys the little revolution caused by the restoration concept of Basquery: sourdough bakery, brewery and grocer’s shop. A concept that is already a complete success in the city and deserves to be a finalist for the Hostelco Awards 2018.
Finalists for best restaurant concept
Basquery
Udon
KGB
Best kitchen project
Winner
Moments Bar
The restaurant from Alicante has built an exemplary kitchen with a new concept that is more productive and strategic regarding its operation. The kitchen was designed to serve the 100% of the customers with the minimum staff required and an optimum service.
Finalists for best kitchen project
Eurofred
Repagas
Moments Bar
Best interior design project
Winner
Iván Cotado
The jury has decided that the interior design of the restaurant KohLanta in A Coruña should be finalist of the Hostelco awards for the coherence between the concept and design of the business. The risks that Iván Cotado has taken with the design, make this restaurant one of the most attractive premises of the city.
Finalists for best interior design project
Iván Cotado
Udon
Best collective catering concept
Winner
Hospital Regional de Málaga
The hospital of Málaga has adopted the program “Ecological Menu, 100% Certified by the Diet Codes of a Local Hospital” (“Menú ecológico 100% certificado en el código de dietas de un hospital regional”) with the aim of answering the patient’s requirements, improving the concept of the ecological product and promoting the consumption of seasonal and local products.
Finalists for best collective catering concept
Hospital Regional de Málaga
Combi catering
Serunion
Best product of the year
Winner
Cookplay
Ana Roquero, founder of Cookplay has created a dinnerware set that is present at the most important haute gourmet restaurants in Spain. Pepe Rodríguez, the Roca brothers, the Club Allard, Martín Berasategui, Eneko Atxa among others, offer her dinnerware set. Among its characteristics, the design, resistance and innovation must be highlighted.
Finalists for best product of the year
Cookplay
Fagor Industrial
Xenox
Best professional of the year
Winner
José Alberto Callejo
Manager of the KGB restaurant in Málaga. He is responsible for having modified the gastronomic offer, increasing the quality of the dishes and modifying the general management concept. “The Guest Chef” has also created the initiative, turning the restaurant into one of Malaga’s referents.
Best professional career
Winner
Rufino Calero
He has dedicated his whole life to the hotel sector. He began his career at Husa headquarters in 1953, Madrid. In 1970 he became Managing Director of Mundicolor Vacation Club and Pullmantur. In 2001, he founded with his 4 children the hotel chain Vincci Hoteles.
