Boutique Hotelier Awards 2023: Hotel shortlist revealed

Today, Boutique Hotelier has announced who has made the shortlists for all 14 categories covering the best hotels, products and staff in the hospitality industry.

Visit West would like to warmly congratulate all of our fantastic members shortlisted in the Boutique Hotelier Awards 2023.

The third annual Boutique Hotelier Awards will reward the best hotels in the country, recognise the most innovative new products and mark the achievements of excellent staff and employers in the hospitality sector, after a year of recovery and new challenges.

Boutique Hotelier Awards 2023 - Hotel catergories shortlist

Best Interior Hotel Renovation

• Matfen Hall, Northumberland
• The Nici, Bournemouth
• Cromlix, Dunblane
• Simonstone Hall, Yorkshire Dales
• Cowley Manor Experimental, Cotswolds

Best Sustainable Achievement

• Gordon Arms Restaurant with Rooms, Yarrow
• Red Carnation Hotels
• Stonehouse Court Hotel, Cotswolds
• Hotel Brooklyn, Leicester
• Heckfield Place, Hampshire

Best Boutique Spa
Sponsored by Premier Software

• The Elms and Greenhouse Spa, Worcester
• Moddershall Oaks Country House Hotel, Staffordshire
• Boringdon Hall, Devon
• Nàdarra Spa on The Coniston Estate, Skipton
• Seaham Hall, Seaham

Most Innovative Marketing Campaign

• Budock Vean Hotel, Falmouth – Summer family holidays campaign
• Beaverbrook, Surrey – Love is in the air campaign
• The Hoxton – The good rate campaign
• Carden Park, Cheshire – Modest swimwear campaign
• Balmer Lawn, New Forest – Little black book campaign

Wellbeing Champion
Sponsored by Trybe

• Jacqueline Kneebone, director of ESG, Lore Group
• Jessica Grant Sloyan, director of spa and wellness, Lucknam Park
• Neil and Zoe Kedward, owners, The Grove Narberth
• Joeseph Carroll, head of people, Sonas Collection
• Vanessa Parkes, people resourcing manager, Farncombe Estate

Best Boutique Hotel Restaurant
Sponsored by High Level Software

• The Samling, Windermere
• Foresters Hall, Cowes
• Rhubarb Restaurant at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh
• The Cedar Tree Restaurant at Farlam Hall by Hrishikesh Desai, Cumbria
• Boys Hall, Ashford

Best Boutique Hotel Bar

• DUKES London
• Seymour’s Parlour at The Zetter Townhouse Marylebone, London
• Salt Bar at Stanwell House, Lymington
• Coral Room at The Bloomsbury Hotel, London
• The Bar at No. 15 Bath

Boutique Hotel Of The Year
Sponsored by Silentnight

• Yorebridge House, Yorkshire Dales
• Rockliffe Hall, Darlington
• Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire
• Foxhills, Surrey
• The Mitre Hampton Court, London
• The Fish Hotel, Cotswolds
• Storrs Hall Hotel, Windermere
• The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath

General Manager Of The Year

Sponsored by Profitroom

• Joanna Tutak, The Henrietta Hotel, London
• Sophie Shotton, Yorebridge House, Yorkshire Dales
• Marwan Hemchaoui, Ellenborough Park Hotel, Cotswolds
• Chris Eigelaar, The Belfry Hotel & Resort, Warwickshire
• Allan Wilson, Cameron House, Loch Lomond
• Simon Mahon, The Grand York
• Ed Fitzpatrick, Homewood Hotel & Spa, Bath
• Simon Franks, Gidleigh Park, Newton Abbot

The awards ceremony will be held on the first night of the Independent Hotel Show on 16 October at The Chelsea Harbour Hotel in London, close to the Olympia exhibition centre, making it easy for hoteliers to attend.