2025 Noble World Hotel Awards

2025 Noble World Hotel Awards is now open for entries!

2025 Noble World Hotel Awards : The Noble World Hotel Awards signifies unmatched excellence in the global hotel sector, honouring the most exceptional hotels and esteemed leaders in hospitality through a dedicated voting period where guests and travellers from around the world cast their votes, enabling participating hotels to join a distinguished circle of excellence that is not just anticipated but celebrated.

➜ Short description

The call for entries for the 2025 Noble World Hotel Awards is now open! This prestigious event offers an opportunity to celebrate the pinnacle of luxury and exceptional hospitality worldwide, while embracing an exciting future for digital innovation and creativity in the industry.

Founded by the International Awards Associate (IAA), the Noble World Hotel Awards honors remarkable hotels, visionary leadership, bespoke services, and exceptional guest experiences. Through a myriad of categories, the Noble title defines top-tier hotels and hospitality leaders globally.

The Noble World Hotel Awards represents unparalleled excellence in the global hotel industry, recognizing the world’s most outstanding hotels and prestigious leaders in hospitality through the highest levels of achievement and distinction.

Travelers and guests from every corner of the world cast their votes over a dedicated period, ensuring that participating hotels becomes part of a distinguished circle of hotel excellence that is not just expected but celebrated.

The Noble World Hotel Awards celebrates the pinnacle of achievements in luxury and the finest hotels across the globe. The 2025 theme, "Global Inspirations: Celebrating Diversity in Luxury Hospitality," honors establishments that have reached the highest levels of luxury by blending rich traditions, arts, and experiences from around the world into their offerings.

By recognizing these outstanding hotels and leaders, the Noble World Hotel Awards highlights the importance of diversity as a cornerstone of luxury, where each unique influence enhances the guest experience and sets new benchmarks for excellence in the world of hospitality.

The 2025 categories include: Noble Outstanding Hotel Awards, Noble Outstanding Resort Awards, Noble Outstanding Boutique Hotel Awards, Noble Outstanding Villa Awards, Noble Outstanding Safari & Lodge Awards, Noble Outstanding Retreats Awards and Noble Excellence in Hotel and Leadership Awards.

During the Noble World Hotel Awards voting process, anyone can cast their vote online. This process will usually last around two weeks, where specific dates will be revealed further before the voting season begins.

Participating properties and individuals will be evaluated on their own merits without comparisons between entries of the same category. There are FOUR (4) Achievements, depending on the category in the Noble World Hotel Awards:

➜ Noble Hotel of the Year
➜ Noble Category Winners of the Year
➜ Noble Collection of Outstanding (Hotels / Resorts / Boutique Hotels / Villas / Safaris & Lodges / Retreats) ➜ Noble Excellence in Leadership

Winners are determined based on a combination of public voting, and international online judging, through a carefully prepared set of judging criteria.

One property with the highest score amongst all categories will be awarded with the accolade “Noble Hotel of the Year”.

The highest scoring entry of each category will be awarded as the “Noble Category Winners of the Year”.

Distinguished panel of judges is composed of industry experts, each with a wealth of experience and a history of contributing to the hospitality sector. This esteemed group of elites carefully evaluates, selects, and honors hotels, as well as individuals that exemplify excellence in all aspects the global hotel industry, ensuring that only the most exceptional properties and achievements are recognized. Evaluation Criteria:

Hotel Categories:

➜ Establishment Overview
➜ Facilities
➜ Visual Identity / Design / Presentation
➜ Brand Review and Reputation on Online Platforms / Social Media
➜ Overall Impression

Hotel Leadership Categories:

➜ Innovation / Vision
➜ Execution / Content
➜ Achievements / Accomplishments
➜ Overall Success

All winners for 2025 will be announced on May 9, 2025 via Noble World Hotel Awards’s official page.

Results will be announced on May 9, 2025.

➜ Submission requirements:

We welcome submissions from all over the world. Entries must have been produced after January 1, 2020. Entry Brief: Kindly provide a synopsis of your hotel or personal background / achievements (only applicable to “Excellence in Hotel Leadership” category) of approximately 350 words. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding. A written translation or adaptation of non-English entries is highly recommended. Image Submission: Images should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (Keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB). Video / Audio Submission: Entries attaching audio/video materials must be submitted with a direct URL that will take judges directly to the work. An example of this would be: - Upload the materials (either video / audio) to an online platform like YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, etc. - Once you have obtained the URL, paste it directly in the prepared field, and click “Save”.

➜ Who may enter?

The Noble World Hotel Awards welcomes entries from luxury and outstanding hotels, as well as industry professionals worldwide. Any hotel or individual, regardless of location, star ratings, size, or position, are welcome to submit for the highest form of recognition.

For hotels under development, entries are accepted at any construction stage, provided the necessary planning approvals are in place.

➜ Prize:

➜ The Noble Hotel of the Year Winners receive a complimentary limited-edition trophy and professionally designed certificate.
➜ One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners' name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win.
➜ Top tier (Category Winners, Noble Collection of Outstanding … and Noble Excellence in Leadership) winners will be featured on the Noble World Hotel Awards site's Gallery, where professionals can view your work.
➜ A press release template sent to major industry outlets, celebrating your win.
➜ Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc.
➜ In addition to the complimentary certificates, Category Winners, Noble Collection of Outstanding … and Noble Excellence in Leadership) winners may purchase beautiful Noble World Hotel Awards statuettes, and/or additional customized certificates.
➜ Platinum and Gold winners will get featured by Noble World Hotel Awards on social media or our media partner on Muse.World's website.

➜ Entry fees:

➜ Final: Jan 10 – Feb 12, 2025 ($700)
➜ Final Extension: Feb 13 – March 13, 2025 ($800)