From more than 200 nominees, the following Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide hotels and hoteliers were honored with these prestigious annual awards for 2018:

Historic Hotels of America New Member of the Year

• The Statler (1956) Dallas, Texas 

Best Social Media of a Historic Hotel

• The Otesaga Hotel and Cooper Inn (1909) Cooperstown, New York  

Sustainability Champion

• La Fonda (1922) Santa Fe, New Mexico 

Best Small Historic Inn/Hotel (Under 75 Guestrooms)

• Benbow Inn (1926) Garberville, California 

Best Historic Hotel (76-200 Guestrooms)

• Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn (1766) Rhinebeck, New York 

Best Historic Hotel (201-400 Guestrooms)

• The Brown Hotel (1923) Louisville, Kentucky 

Best Historic Hotel (Over 400 Guestrooms)

• Hotel Captain Cook (1964) Anchorage, Alaska 

Best City Center Historic Hotel

• The Jefferson Hotel (1895) Richmond, Virginia 

Best Historic Resort

• The Hotel Hershey® (1933) Hershey, Pennsylvania 

Best Historic Restaurant

• Woods Restaurant at Grand Hotel (1887) Mackinac Island, Michigan  

Hotel Historian of the Year

• Teresa Porter at Benbow Inn (1926) Garberville, California  

Ambassador of the Year (Quarter Century of Service)

• Ann Alba at The Broadmoor (1918) Colorado Springs, Colorado 

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Europe

• Domus Renier Boutique Hotel (1608) Chania, Greece 

Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in Asia/Pacific

• Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi (1901) Hanoi, Vietnam 

 Best Historic Hotels Worldwide Hotel in the Americas

• The Omni King Edward Hotel (1903) Toronto, Canada 

2018 Historian of the Year

• Luke Barr

Celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Ritz & Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef & the Rise of the Leisure Class; and Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste 

Steward of History and Historic Preservation

• Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. at The American Club (1918) Kohler, Wisconsin 

Legendary Family Historic Hoteliers of the Year

• The Beach family at Basin Harbor Club (1886) Vergennes, Vermont 

Historic Hotelier of the Year

• David Tamulevich at Portland Regency Hotel & Spa (1895) Portland, Maine 

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Ken Price, at Palmer House®, a Hilton Hotel (1871) Chicago, Illinois