Throughout the summer and fall of 2025, The MICHELIN Guide announced nominees for the very first hotel awards. Chosen by our Inspectors, the nominees for each award — Architecture & Design, Wellness, Local Gateway, and Opening of the Year — represent the very best across four aspects of hospitality. On Oct. 8, 2025, at an event attended by hoteliers across the world in Paris where the latest hotel Keys were revealed, the winners of each inaugural award were finally announced.
MICHELIN Architecture & Design Award
Celebrating hotels where architecture and interior design do not just support the experience, they are the experience.
Winner: Atlantis the Royal — Dubai, UAE
A complete reenvisioning of the concept of the skyscraper itself; six interconnected towers, constructed with cantilevered blocks, become their own indoor/outdoor neighborhood in the Dubai skyline.
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MICHELIN Wellness Award
Celebrating hotels that make wellness their central ethos, where facilities and experiences prove so powerful they're transformative even beyond the stay.
Winner: Bürgenstock Resort — Bürgenstock, Switzerland
After a century-and-a-half of history, and a decade of restoration, the transformative power of Switzerland’s crisp mountain air is paired with one of the largest spa facilities on the continent.
MICHELIN Local Gateway Award
Celebrating hotels that facilitate the most remarkable and authentic local experiences for guests.
Winner: La Fiermontina Ocean — Larache, Morocco
On Morocco’s spectacular northwest Atlantic coast, a hotel partnership with a local non-profit explores exactly what it means to integrate tourism and community.
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MICHELIN Opening of the Year Award
Celebrating the brand-new hotels whose fresh visions made an immediate impact in their first year.
Winner: The Burman Hotel — Tallinn, Estonia
A 17-room boutique that delivers on the scale of a much larger hotel, a center for dining and entertainment in the heart of UNESCO-recognized Old Town.
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Hero Image: The Droplets sculpture at Atlantis the Royal, Dubai.
