According to the results of the Russian Hospitality Awards, the international AZIMUT Hotels chain was the best developer of the year 2019, and the AZIMUT Smolenskaya Moscow hotel was recognized as a winner in the nomination "Best SMART Hotel".
The Russian Hospitality Awards has been annually held since 2015, bringing together the hotel owners and top managers, CEOs and media representatives. The sixth award ceremony was held on February 21, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Moscow Petrovsky Park, where they summed up the results of 2019 and noted the winners in 25 different nominations.
The best of the best were selected according to expert jury estimates, as well as based on hotel ratings and guest reviews in online booking systems. Guest and expert ratings equally influenced the selection of winners.
The AZIMUT Hotels company wins the title of best developer for the second year in a row, which indicates a consistently high pace of development of the chain. In 2019, 5 hotels joined the chain and already host guests under the AZIMUT brand: in the city of Netanya in Israel, on the island in the Volga River Delta near Astrakhan, as well as on the Golden Ring of Russia in cities of Yaroslavl, Uglich and Rostov the Great. In addition, 3 hotel management contracts were signed in Frankfurt, Perm and Kaspiysk, the hotels are currently being renovated.