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At the Iberostar Group we are very proud of the awards and recognitions we receive year after year. It is undoubtedly our best achievement, and is also a confirmation of the quality and excellence that define us..

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2023

EPA Awards 2023

With this award, the EPA acknowledges Iberostar as one of the companies excelling in exporting and importing goods and services, having successfully positioned their offerings in the markets of the European Union and/or the Dominican Republic, as well as for their investments in these markets.

Category: Sustainability and Circular Economy

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM countries and the European Union)

Premios Vocento 2023

Vocento, a multimedia communications group made up of more than 100 companies, has recognized us as a company that contributes to solving the challenges facing society. We were recognized for our commitment to leading environmentally responsible tourism with our Wave of Change movement, focused on regenerating the coastal health of all the destinations in which the Iberostar Group operates.

Category: Sustainability Actions 2023

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: Vocento

Country: Spain

Beyond Luxury Awards 2023

In 2023, Iberostar Hotels & Resort was recognized among the best luxury hotels of the year in Spain, Andorra and Portugal, for its strong commitment to sustainability while delivering an exclusive and unparalleled guest experience. These are the first awards to recognize the Iberian Peninsula´s luxury hotel sector with rigorous judging by an expert industry panel.

Category: Best Eco-Conscious Hotel Group/Chain

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Beyond Luxury Awards

Country: Spain

Maire Claire Sustainability Awards 2023

Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has been acknowledged among purpose-driven brands in the Marie Claire UK Sustainability Awards 2023. We were awarded for our Agenda 2030 with its circular economy strategy, the decarbonization roadmap, actions to become waste-free by 2025 and more.

Category: Travel & Leisure - Hotel Global Group

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Marie Claire UK

Country: United Kingdom

Condé Nast Traveler Sostenible y ECO 2023

For the second time in a row, we’ve been nominated in Condé Nast Traveler magazine's renowned Gold List 2023 for leading a responsible tourism model. This has been achieved through our Wave of Change movement and our very own 2030 Agenda.

Category: Sustainability and ECO

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: Condé Nast Traveler España

Country: Spain

Premio Reto FiturNext 2023

For our commitment to responsible tourism through the Wave of Change movement. A movement that focuses on: the regeneration of aquatic ecosystems, conservation of coral, coastal health, and protection of marine species, in order to make them resistant to climate change.

Category: Regeneration of the aquatic environment

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: FiturNext, the Observatory of the International Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR)

Country: Spain

2022

Prácticas Turísticas Sostenibles 2022 (Sustainable Tourism Practices 2022)

With this award, Tenerife Tourism recognizes the value of our environmental commitment to contribute to improving the sustainability of the destination and drive several of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda agreed by the United Nations.

Category: Best sustainable practice in tourist accommodations

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: Turismo de Tenerife (Tourism of Tenerife)

Country: Spain

Condé Nast Traveler Sostenible y ECO 2022

We’ve been nominated by Condé Nast Traveler magazine's renowned Gold List 2022 for our pioneering Wave of Change movement in which we lead the shift towards more responsible tourism. Our goal is improving ocean health by promoting responsible seafood consumption and coastal health care, where the majority of our hotels are located.

Category: Sustainability and ECO

Award finalist: Iberostar Group

Organization: Condé Nast Traveler España

Country: Spain

WTM Latin America Responsible Tourism Awards 2022

Award in recognition of the objectives and achievements of our roadmap to be waste-free by 2025 and carbon neutral by 2030.

Category: Gold Winner, “Decarbonising Travel & Tourism” / Silver Winner, "Reducing Plastic Waste in the Environment”

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: World Travel Market (WTM Latin America)

Country: Brazil

TTG Travel Industry Awards 2022

Award for our 360° commitment to sustainability through our 2030 Agenda and Wave of Change movement.

Category: Sustainable Travel Company Of The Year

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: ttg media

Country: United Kingdom

Balearic Islands Tourism Awards 2022

Award for promoting a responsible tourism model and placing the circular economy at the center of our strategy.

Category: Best Initiative In Circular Economy

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: AETIB (Balearic Islands Agency for Tourism Strategy)

Country: Spain

2021

Eco Trophea

Award for companies’ efforts to contribute effectively to the design and promotion of responsible tourism.

Award winner: The Iberostar Group

Organiser: DRV (Deutscher Reiseverband)

Country: Germany

2020

Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award

Award winner: The Iberostar Group

Organiser: Fitur and the World Tourism Organisation

Country: Spain

2019

Travel & Tourism Award

Outstanding Contribution To The Travel & Tourism Industry.

Award winner: Miguel Fluxá

Organiser: World Travel Market (WTM London)

Country: United Kingdom

World Responsible Tourism Award

Best for Reducing Plastic Waste.

Award winner: Miguel Fluxá

Organiser: World Travel Market (WTM London)

Country: United Kingdom

2023

Condé Nast Traveler Resort 2023

For the second year in a row, Iberostar Grand El Mirador has been nominated for the renowned Gold List 2023 by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. This 5-star ‘adults only’ hotel stands out for capturing the essence of the Canary Islands, exuding excellence in a romantic and sophisticated location on Duque beach.

Category: Best resort Spain & Portugal 2023

Award finalist: Iberostar Grand El Mirador

Organization: Condé Nast Traveler España

Country: Spain

HolidayCheck Award 2023

Hotels voted among the TOP 10 in their region according to customer votes in 2022, published in the well-known German rating and booking portal HolidayCheck.

Winners: Iberostar Bellevue (Montenegro), Iberostar Selection Andalucia Playa (Cádiz), Iberostar Selection Fuerteventura Palace (Fuerteventura), Iberostar Playa Gaviotas Park (Fuerteventura), Iberostar Selection Diar El Andalous (Tunisia), Iberostar Selection Kuriat Palace (Tunisia), Iberostar Averroes (Tunisia)

Organization: HolidayCheck AG

Country: Germany

Traveler Review Awards 2023

We received the “Traveler Review Awards 2023”, by the online booking and review platform Booking.com. They recognized 69 of our hotels in Europe and America for their excellence and ranked them among the most popular hotels according to travelers.

Category: Traveler Review Awards

Winners: 69 Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Booking.com

Country: Netherlands

2022

Condé Nast Traveler Resort 2022

Iberostar Grand El Mirador was nominated for the renowned Gold List 2022 by the Condé Nast Traveler magazine. This 5-star ‘adults only’ hotel stands out for capturing the essence of the Canary Islands, exuding excellence in a romantic and sophisticated location on Duque beach.

Category: Best resort Spain & Portugal 2022

Award finalist: Iberostar Grand El Mirador

Organization: Condé Nast Traveler España

Country: Spain

Travel Weekly Magellan Awards 2022

Award for our coral reef restoration and protection project at the "Coral Level at Iberostar Selection Bávaro Suites".

Category: Gold Winner, Eco-Friendly Sustainable Resort

Award winner: Coral Level at Iberostar Selection Bávaro Suites

Organization: Travel Weekly

Country: United States of America

HolidayCheck Special Award

Award-winning hotels: Iberostar Grand El Mirador (Tenerife), Iberostar Selection Andalucia Playa (Cádiz) , Iberostar Selection Lanzarote Park (Lanzarote), Iberostar Selection Fuerteventura Palace (Fuerteventura), Iberostar Bellevue (Montenegro), Coral Level at Iberostar Selection Bavaro (Rep. Dominicana), Iberostar Mehari Djerba (Túnez), Iberostar Averroes (Túnez)

Organiser: Holidaycheck

Country: Germany

2021

Magellan Awards: Hospitality - Education Program

Award winner: RWS Entertainment Group - Star Camp Live Shows Iberostar

Organiser: Travel Weekly

Country: United Kingdom

2020

Best hotel in Spain

Award-winning hotel: Iberostar Heritage Grand Mencey (Tenerife)

Organiser: Kayak Travel Awards

Country: Spain

Best luxury hotel in Spain

Award-winning hotel: Iberostar Heritage Grand Mencey (Tenerife)

Organiser: Kayak Travel Awards

Country: Spain

Best Asian Fusion Cuisine in Europe

Award-winning restaurant: Katagi Blau de Iberostar Selection Llaüt Palma (Mallorca)

Organiser: World Luxury Restaurant Awards

Country: Mauricio

2019

Best Asian Fusion Cuisine in Europe

Award-winning restaurant: Katagi Blau de Iberostar Selection Llaüt Palma (Mallorca)

Organiser: World Luxury Restaurant Awards

Country: Mauricio

2017

Best Sustainable Hotel in Spain

Award-winning hotel: Iberostar Grand Portals Nous (Mallorca)

Organiser: International Hotel Awards

Country: Spain

2023

Premio Aster 2023

Awarded by the ESIC academy, the Aster awards recognize the merits of those who promote the integration between academic training and business work. We received this award for our transversal project "Hotel Digital", the first open innovation project in Spain.

Category: Digital Innovation

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: ESIC Business & Marketing School

Country: Spain

2022

ABB Ability TM Digital Awards 2022

Award for "Hotel Digital", the first open innovation project in the tourism sector in Spain.

Category: Large Company

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad en colaboración con ABB (Sustainability Excellence Club in collaboration with ABB)

Country: Spain

2020

Best user experience

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organiser: Tourism Innovation Awards (TIS)

Country: Spain

2024

Best 100 companies to work for in Spain 2024

Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has been recognized by Forbes as one of the Best 100 companies to work for in Spain. This ranking is the result of a survey which collected the anonymous feedback from employees of 2,000 participating companies regarding their workplace experience. This recognition validates Iberostar´s commitment to the well-being and care of its employees within an international company dedicated to key factors such as talent acquisition and retention, internal promotion, training, work-life balance, and salary compensation, among others.

Category: Best companies to work for in Spain 2024

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Forbes Spain

Country: Spain

2023

Diversity Leading Company 2023

berostar Group has received the "Diversity Leading Company" seal awarded by the human resources portal “Equipos & Talento” in recognition of its ongoing efforts to promote diversity and inclusion across its organization. We are committed to the development of projects that reinforce diversity, training and the well-being of people in the hotel sector, and we promote a work environment enabling people to work in a responsible and equitable manner.

Category: Diversity and Inclusion

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: Equipos y Talento (“Teams and Talents”)

Country: Spain

InfoJobs Awards 2023

InfoJobs, the leading online job and talent portal in Spain, has recognized Iberostar as one of the Top 50 best companies to work for out of 120,000 companies. The rating took into account assessments and opinions during the period from 2019 to 2022 from both the individuals who comprise our teams and those who have also been part of them at some point.

Category: Employer Branding

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: InfoJobs

Country: Spain

2022

Globus Awards 2022

We are four time consecutive winners of the "Best Service for Travel Agency Hotels", thanks to the votes from travel agents in Germany, who are highlighting our new formats for online and offline actions. This award is the perfect acknowledgement of the exceptional work of our sales team in Germany.

Category: Best Travel Agency Service Hotels

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Touristik aktuell

Country: Germany

2021

Globus Awards 2021

For the third time in a row, we were awarded "Best Travel Agency Service Hotels" by the travel agencies in Germany. They highlight the good availability during the pandemic, the helpful and fast action of the Iberostar professional team in Germany and the hygiene concept with over 300 health and security measures.

Category: Best Travel Agency Service Hotels

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Touristik aktuell

Country: Germany

Best employee in Tunisia 2021

Anouar Oueriemi, the Quality and Hygiene Manager at Iberostar Mehari Djerba since 2016, received the Best Employee in Tunisia Award. He was recognized for perfectly representing the values of our company: passion for our work and the responsibility to take care of people and the environment.

Category: Best employee in Tunisia

Award winner: Anouar Oueriemi

Organization: Ministry of Social Affairs of Tunisia

Country: Tunisia

2019

Globus Awards 2019

For the second time, we were voted as “Best service for travel agency Hotels" by travel agents in Germany. The Iberostar´s professional team in Germany were rewarded not only for the great relationship they maintain with travel agents, but also for their availability and commitment to offer the best service and support.

Category: Best Travel Agency Service Hotels

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Touristik aktuell

Country: Germany

2018

Globus Awards 2018

We were voted "Best Travel Agency Service Hotels" by travel agents in Germany. They highlighted their satisfaction with the Iberostar team’s overall professionalism and personable support, as well as their availability during the season.

Category: Best Travel Agency Service Hotels

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Touristik aktuell

Country: Germany

2023

Irish Travel Trade Awards 2023

Irish travel agents voted Iberostar Group as “Best Hotel Group 2023” at the Irish Travel Trade Awards, organized by ITTN, Ireland’s Travel Trade Network.

Category: Best Hotel Group 2023

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: ITTN (Ireland’s Travel Trade Network)

Country: Ireland

Legend Award by Tourinews

Miguel Fluxá, President of Iberostar Group, has been honored with the "Legend Award" at the annual "Tourinews Awards 2023: The Value of Tourism" ceremony, in recognition of his exemplary professional career linked to the tourism sector and his contribution to the Spanish industry.

Category: Premio Leyenda (Legend Award)

Award winner: Miguel Fluxá

Organization: Tourinews

Country: Spain

Time100 Climate

Gloria Fluxà Thienemann, Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer Iberostar Group, has been recognized as one of the distinguished individuals within the 2023 TIME100 Climate list. This newly inaugurated annual list by TIME celebrates the contributions of 100 exceptional individuals who are leading climate action within the business community.

Category: TIME100 Climate

Award winner: Gloria Fluxà Thienemann

Organization: Time Magazine

Country: United States of America

THEMAG Awards 2023

This award recognizes us as winner in category “Sustainability in companies” for our strong commitment to our surroundings and the environment.

Category: Sustainability in empresas (Sustainability in companys)/b>

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Grupo de Medios Network Plus

Country: Dominican Republic

Travel Weekly Globe Travel Awards 2023

Voted as “Best Hotel Chain” by travel agents in the United Kingdom. Organized by Travel Weekly publishing house.

Category: Best Hotel Chain

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Travel Weekly

Country: United Kingdom

2022

Bitácora Awards 2022

Voted as “Best Hotel Chain” by travel agents in Argentina. Organized by the Mensajero Producciones publishing house.

Category: Gold Bitácora as “Best Hotel Chain”

Award winner: Iberostar Hotels & Resorts

Organization: Mensajero Producciones

Country: Argentina

DIRCOM Ramón de Corral 2022

We were among the 3 finalists, and were nominated for our 360° campaign "In love with the ocean. We launched it for World Oceans Day 2021 and it reflects our special commitment to the aquatic environment and our efforts to share this with the world.

Category: Sustainability and ESG, Sub-Category: Environmental commitment

Award finalist: Iberostar Group

Organization: DIRCOM (Association of Communication Directors)

Country: Spain

2021

SPAA Awards 2021

Voted and recognized as “Partner of the Year 2021” by travel agents.

Category: Hotel and Resort Operator Partner of the Year 2021

Award winner: Iberostar Group

Organization: SPAA Scottish Passenger Agents´Association

Country: United Kingdom

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