What The Resort Residence Awards Recognise
The Resort Residence Awards honour resort residences — tourism-led luxury residential projects, often operating in branded partnership with resort or hospitality operators, in destinations including the Caribbean, the Maldives, Bali, Phuket, Tulum, Cabo, the Mediterranean, the Alps and adjacent resort markets. The category set also includes Serviced Apartment Of The Year and adjacent serviced-residential categories.
Resort residences operate on a distinct commercial logic. Buyer demand is internationally mobile; ownership is often second-home or third-home; service architecture and operator quality are inseparable from commercial outcomes. The category set is judged against published criteria specific to resort residence dynamics.
Recognition matters in the resort residence market because buyer credibility is built on operator track record and brand quality. The resort residence buyer reads third-party recognition as a primary signal of operator quality and rental-yield credibility.
Award Categories
Resort Residence Of The Year
The headline resort residence category.
Serviced Apartment Of The Year
For exceptional serviced apartment projects.
Branded Resort Residence Of The Year
For hospitality-partnered resort residences.
Beachfront Residence Of The Year
For beachfront resort residential projects.
Mountain Resort Residence Of The Year
For mountain and ski-context resort residences.
Resort Residence Operator Of The Year
For exceptional resort operator performance.
Why Resort Residence Brands Compete For Recognition
For resort residence developers selling to international second-home buyers, the award seal is a meaningful conversion lever. For hospitality brands operating resort residential, the recognition supports brand authority. For resort destinations marketing themselves to HNW buyers, the recognition supports destination credibility.
Past Resort Residence Of The Year winners have consistently reported measurable commercial impact — stronger international buyer interest, accelerated sales velocity and stronger HNW concierge partnership flow in the period following the award.
How To Win A Resort Residence Award
- Lead with the destination — what makes the resort context distinctive.
- Address the residence-resort integration — how residential and resort interact.
- Quantify outcomes — sales velocity, international buyer mix, rental-yield performance.
- Show the design — resort residence categories reward photography quality.
- Address service architecture — concierge, F&B, wellness, recreational integration.
- Submit hospitality operator references and luxury press coverage.
Submit Your Resort Residence Awards Nomination
Nominations are submitted online via the official entry portal. Detailed resources are published throughout this site. The awards team can be contacted directly for resort residence entry consultation.
