Award Winners (& Loser) 2023/24 & Why
Blue Badge Access Awards 2023/24 Nominations Are Now Closed.
The shortlisted entries for 2023/24
Best Bar
Tayer Elementary, The Audley, Seed Library, Johnny Walker bar Edinburgh, Dinorben Arms
Best Luxury Hotel
Kimpton Fitzroy, The Edition Madrid, Grand Hotel York, No.1 Hotel, New York, Swinton Park Hotel
Best Restaurant
La reserve a la plage, Erst, Darby's, Three Fishes Clitheroe, Gaucho Cardiff
Best Boutique Hotel
One Hundred Shoreditch, Aloft (Excel), Sun Street, Harrods Cottages, Wraxall Yard, Leven Hotel
Best Accessible Toilet/Bathroom
Ablestay, Marsham Court Hotel, Mount Street Restaurant, Hover travel, Roarr, Cotswold Farm Park, Leven Hotel, Manzis Restaurant, Darby's Restaurant, Coal office, Three Fishes Clitheroe, Gaucho Covent Garden
Best Venue in an Historical Building
OWO Hotel, Penderyn Distillery, Auckland Project and Castle, Union Chapel islington, Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth House
Above & Beyond
Legoland, Roarr Dinosaur Park, Marsham Court Hotel, Holistic Thinking Holidays, Ablestay, East Anglia Zoological Soc., Fitzherbert Community Hub, Lower Laurel Farm Mountain Lodge, Glastonbury, ABBA Voyage, Brick House Farm Cottages, Wraxall Yard
Access Champion
Chris Lona (CL Design), Michael Jeremiasz, Anna Neary (Legoland), John Merriman (Crown Studios), Jennifer Goddard ( Laurel Farm Mountain Lodge), Deb Lawson, Jo & Charles Van Berckel (Ablestay), Ruthy Fletcher, Louise Detain (Greenbelt Festival)
Best Spa
Chewton Glen, Ragdale Hall, Cowshed Babington House, Cliveden House, Lucknam park, Nirvana spa
Best International Venue
Bank Hotel Stockholm, Edition Madrid, No.1 New York, Dreams Playa Mujeres, Jerusalem Old City, The Acropolis, Naniwa Issui, So Paris Hotel, Amilla Resort Maldives.
Ludicrous loo & Ridiculous Ramp
Will be revealed on the night of the final.
The Blue Badge Access Awards – the only dedicated global award scheme promoting stylish accessibility across hotels, restaurants and other venues – is now open. Chair of judges, Fiona Jarvis, is encouraging hospitality industry bosses, architects and designers, worldwide, to consider ways in which they can address the current and future needs of disabled people and of course help them dispose of their $13TR spend (global fig).
“These are the most testing times that anyone, in the hospitality industry & beyond, will have ever experienced. However I urge owners, managers, designers, architects, developers to consider how you can improve accessibility within your establishment. And, of course, for those that have already addressed accessibility imaginatively and thoughtfully the Blue Badge Access Awards will give recognition to your efforts”.
We welcome nominations from:
- Members of the public for exceptional accessible venues or people/organisations that champion inclusivity
- Design & system professionals for their own designs & innovations
- Venue managers and owners who have achieved high accessibility standards or introduced innovations.
Categories and nomination forms are detailed below, including the Design Awards that have a £20k Prize Fund.
