It’s your final probability to enter the celebrated awards, with entries now closing on Tuesday, 14 April.
As a result of demand, the deadline for entries to the 2026 Australasia-Pacific Resort Design Awards has been prolonged till 11:59 pm on Tuesday, 14 April 2026.
The Resort Design Awards spotlights lodge tasks throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, and this 12 months is shaping as much as be the largest choice but.
The awards, introduced on the Design Inn Symposium on Tuesday 5 Might at Adelaide Oval, will recognise distinctive lodge inside design tasks accomplished and opened throughout 2025 that show creativity, design innovation, a dedication to sustainable design practices, accessibility and excellent visitor experiences throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific (together with Hawaii).
Winners and HC will span throughout 4 classes, together with new-build properties, conversions, refurbishments, and an total winner, the Paul Davis Award for the Australasia-Pacific Resort of the Yr.
Who can enter:
The awards are open to all market segments within the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific (together with Hawaii) lodge business. Properties of all sizes and in any location within the area will be entered. Entries are open to new-build properties, conversions and refurbishments.
New-build inns and conversions will need to have opened in 2025, and refurbishment tasks will need to have been accomplished in 2025 to qualify.
Please word, nevertheless, that whereas designers, lodge representatives, and house owners could enter a mission, the designer’s enter is required to make sure judges have all the needed details about a mission.
How are awards assessed?
A panel of judges, comprising high designers and HM editors, will think about the design idea, perform, influence on the visitor expertise, innovation, group collaboration/engagement, accessibility, and sustainable outcomes.
2025 winners:
The StandardX Melbourne, Hecker Guthrie & Woods Bagot took out final 12 months’s gong for Resort of the Yr (new-build) and likewise the Paul Davis Award, whereas Drifter Christchurch, CTRL Area, received for finest conversion in 2025. Final 12 months’s winner for Resort of the Yr was Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, with works undertaken by FK Australia.
The Awards are a part of the Design Inn Symposium, which is able to see world designers taking the stage to debate key points, traits and the long run of hospitality design.
Submissions are actually open, however act quick. Entries to the annual awards shut at 11.59pm on Tuesday 14 April. Discover out extra right here.
