Winners
Here you can see all the Traveling for Happiness award winners organized by year.
Winners 2025
SUSTAINABLE GASTRONOMY AWARD
Ilunion Hotels
Umániko is ILUNION Hotels' restaurant model that integrates environmental sustainability, social inclusion, and responsible criteria throughout the entire dining experience, from product selection to people management.
RESPONSIBLE WELL-BEING AWARD
Arantza Hotela
Arantza Hotela has made sustainability the cornerstone of its wellness offering, integrating leading environmental certifications, local products, and responsible environmental management to provide a consistent experience that is committed to the region.
REGENERATIVE TOURISM AWARD
Ecotouristing regenerative ideas
Anaga Biofest is an initiative by Ecotouristing Ideas Regenerativas that applies regenerative tourism as a land management tool in the Anaga Massif, integrating environmental conservation, local economy, and social cohesion.
CONSCIOUS CULTURE AND ART AWARD
Barceló Hotel Group
Through the Santa Catalina Classics festival, Barceló Hotel Group promotes classical music and talent, integrating culture into the tourist environment and reinforcing its social and cultural impact on the destination.
SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AWARD
The Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel
The Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel has been recognized for carrying out a comprehensive renovation that places sustainability at the heart of the management of a historic hotel, combining environmental innovation, efficiency, and high quality standards.
DECARBONIZATION AWARD
Minor Hotels Europe & Americas
The NH Collection Palacio de Aranjuez is promoting a comprehensive decarbonization process that is transforming a protected historic building by replacing conventional energy systems with high-efficiency solutions and clean technologies, significantly reducing its environmental impact.
DECARBONIZATION AWARD
Satre Group
The energy renovation of the Relais & Châteaux Orfila Hotel substantially improves its energy performance and emissions in a protected historic building, making it an example of the transition to a zero-emission hotel model in a consolidated urban environment.
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
Novotel Madrid Center
Novotel Madrid Center becomes Madrid's first Autism Friendly hotel, promoting cognitive accessibility in the tourism sector and offering a more inclusive and adapted accommodation experience for autistic people and their families.
WILDLIFE AND FLORA CONSERVATION AWARD
Eco-Bahia Foundation
The Eco-Bahia Foundation's Sea Turtle Protection Program promotes the conservation of endangered species through protection, scientific monitoring, and environmental education, integrating the preservation of marine ecosystems with a model of responsible tourism.
Winners 2024
SUSTAINABLE GASTRONOMY AWARD
Six Senses Ibiza
Through its Eat with Senses initiative, Six Senses Ibiza promotes sustainable culinary experiences with fresh, local food, reducing waste and actively supporting local communities.
RESPONSIBLE WELFARE AWARD
InterContinental Barcelona
With its Dance, sing and shower project, InterContinental Barcelona invites guests to raise awareness about the responsible use of water, offering a sustainable experience certified by BIOSPHERE©.
REGENERATIVE TOURISM AWARD
Anima Hotels
With +Anima, Anima Hotels promotes sustainable practices, such as the replacement of plastics with biodegradable alternatives and the application of waste recycling procedures, contributing to a more responsible tourism.
CONSCIOUS ART AND CULTURE AWARD
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
Through its cultural patronage and promotion project, Mandarin Oriental Ritz supports the preservation of cultural heritage and talent by investing in the conservation of masterpieces.
SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AWARD
Europamundo Vacations
Europamundo Vacaciones' sustainable management system prioritizes inclusion and diversity in its team, focusing on equality, emotional well-being and labor sustainability.
SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AWARD
MSC Cruises
MSC Cruises, a benchmark for sustainability in the cruise industry, has maintained since its inception a strong commitment to the preservation of the environment and the oceans.
SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP AWARD
Marugal Hotel Management and Deleite Wear
Re-imagine is a sustainable management model that drives the circular economy, minimizes environmental impacts and supports the regeneration of the local ecosystem.
DECARBONIZATION AWARD
MSC Cruises
MSC Euribia, the world's first cruise ship to undertake a net zero carbon voyage, has been recognized for its innovative liquefied natural biogas technology.
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
Artiem Hotels
Solidarity room is the project of Artiem Hotels that, since 2020, donates all the income from one of its rooms to Caritas, supporting the fight against hunger in Spain.
Winners 2023
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
Caixabank Hotels & Tourism
Projects with Soul' has become an outstanding example of best practices in the tourism sector thanks to the INCORPORA, REUTILÍZAME and DUALIZA programs.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
Barceló Hotel Group
La Bobadilla, a Royal Hideaway Hotel is the perfect example of a great company's commitment to the importance of sustainability and harmony with the environment.
BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Artiem Hotels
Conscious Food' aims to make every dish delicious, healthy and sustainable. A way to redefine the relationship between food and its impact on the world.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT AWARD
Ilunion Hotels
The Campus Mijas training project reflects a tangible commitment to talent development, in line with the brand's usual commitment.
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Europamundo Vacations S.L.U.
The Europamundo Foundation carries out social action and cooperation activities for the development of particularly vulnerable areas and sectors of the population.
REGENERATIVE TOURISM AWARD
Coolrooms Hotels
Turning luxury into sustainable innovation is possible thanks to the regeneration of high-impact tourist destinations, a national and international award-winning initiative.
EXCELLENCE AWARD
Sleep'n Atocha
Awarded to the best valued initiative or project, through the public vote, among all the participating companies in each edition.
A unique example of sustainable lodging located in the capital that stands as the most sustainable and the only carbon neutral tourist establishment in the country.
Winners 2022
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
Barceló Hotel Group
With its water and sanitation projects, the Barceló Foundation builds more than 30 wells each year in which water piping and supply infrastructure is built.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
Hotel Six Senses Ibiza
Sustainability is a fundamental pillar in both the construction and the philosophy of a unique hotel complex that prioritizes the use of renewable energies.
BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Urso Hotel & Spa
'The DNA of URSO' is a project that stands out for its focus on raising employee awareness, implementing measures such as a single-use plastic disposal policy.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT AWARD
Ilunion Hotels
The ILUNION hotel chain, which is part of the ONCE Social Group, defends equality and inclusion in the workplace with 'For a positive social change'.
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Chyulu Club
The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT) owned lodge, located in the Chyulu Hills of Kenya, is the first carbon neutral lodge in the area.
EXCELLENCE AWARD
Barceló Hotel Group
Awarded to the best valued initiative or project, through the public vote, among all the participating companies in each edition.
Through its water and sanitation projects, the Barceló Group has been able to reduce the needs of people living in 43 poverty-stricken countries.
Winners 2021
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Piñero Group
The Piñero Group's Coastal Management Plan is adapted to the new environmental reality, focusing on biodiversity, water, landscape, beaches and coral populations.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT AWARD
Meliá Hotels International
Protecting employment is a priority for Meliá, which has implemented measures such as corporate telecommuting, talent development and stakeholder engagement.
HEALTH AWARD
Catalonia Hotels & Resorts
In the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, the group demonstrated its commitment by ceding six facilities to function as hospital extensions, caring for more than 1,000 mild patients.
HEALTH AWARD
Meliá Hotels International
During the health crisis, Meliá supported the hospital system with more than 2,500 rooms in 17 hotels in countries such as Spain, Cuba and Malaysia.
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
Four Seasons Hotel Madrid
A team from the Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, together with the Dani Garcia group and with the support of Mohari Hospitality and OHL Desarrollos, prepared 1,000 meals a day for the families most affected by the impact of COVID-19.
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Gf Hotels
Through the 'Intra-Top' project, GF Hotels has trained and empowered its staff to develop a self-leadership model that fosters sustainable growth.
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Wellington Hotel
Under the leadership of its director, José Rodríguez Tarín, the Wellington Hotel carried out the transformation project from 'Hotel Wellington' to 'Wellington Hotel & Spa Madrid' in 2020.
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Riu Hotels & Resorts
In collaboration with the local foundation Des-Bem and the Spanish NGO Africa Avanza, RIU made food donations to 2,319 vulnerable people in the Cape Verde islands, distributing more than 27,000 solidarity menus.
FRIENDS OF THE HOTEL SECTOR" AWARD
Mahou San Miguel
The 100% Spanish family-owned brewery supported SMEs and family businesses in the tourism sector, promoting quality employment and attention to vulnerable groups.
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