Historic Hotels of America^® and Historic Hotels Worldwide^® are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence.

From more than 250 nominees, the following Historic Hotels of America^® and Historic Hotels Worldwide^® hotels and hoteliers were selected as the 2021 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence winners:

 

Historic Hotels of America New Member of the Year

•  The Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort (1946) Solvang, California

Best Social Media of a Historic Hotel

• Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan

Sustainability Champion

•  Airlie (1899) Warrenton, Virginia

Best Small Historic Inn/Hotel (Under 75 Guestrooms)

• The Blackburn Inn & Conference Center (1828) Staunton, Virginia

Best Historic Hotel (76-200 Guestrooms)

• The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort (1935) St. Simons Island, Georgia

Best Historic Hotel (201-400 Guestrooms)

•  The Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City (1911) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Best Historic Hotel (Over 400 Guestrooms)

• Palmer House®, A Hilton Hotel (1871) Chicago, Illinois

Best City Center Historic Hotel

•  The Westin Poinsett (1925) Greenville, South Carolina

Best Historic Resort

• Hotel del Coronado, Curio Collection by Hilton (1888) Coronado, California

Best Historic Restaurant

•   Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (1926) San Francisco, California

Hotel Historian of the Year

•  Tom Vickstrom at The Hermitage Hotel (1910) Nashville, Tennessee

Ambassador of the Year (Quarter Century of Service)

• Cherie LeJeune at The American Club Resort Hotel (1918) Kohler, Wisconsin 

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Europe

• Hotel Hacienda de Abajo (1493) Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Asia/Pacific

• Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar (1780) Bagac, Philippines 

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in the Americas

• Hacienda de los Santos Resort & Spa (1685) Alamos, Mexico

Steward of History and Historic Preservation

• Bruce Haines at Historic Hotel Bethlehem (1922) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Legendary Family Historic Hoteliers of the Year

• The Widman Family at Charming Inns®: John Rutledge House Inn® (1763), Kings Courtyard Inn (1853), Wentworth Mansion® (1886), Circa 1886 Restaurant (1886) Charleston, South Carolina

Historic Hotelier of the Year

• John Dewberry at The Dewberry (1965) Charleston, South Carolina 

 

“Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence. These 2021 winners include the finest legendary and iconic historic hotels and hoteliers from across the United States of America and from around the world,” said Lawrence Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide. “We are delighted to recognize these magnificent historic hotels and their historic hoteliers for their dedication, enthusiasm, stewardship, and leadership in preserving and increasing the recognition and celebration of these historic, cultural and heritage treasures and their stories.”

Award recipients are selected from nominees received from historic hotels, historic preservation supporters, prior award recipients, and leadership from Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide. As official programs of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide provide the recognition to travelers, civic leaders, and the global cultural, heritage, and historic travel market that member hotels are among the finest historic hotels across America and around the world. The Historic Hotels Annual Awards of Excellence program recognizes the pinnacle of this distinct group of nominees in a range of categories.