THE MICHELIN STARS OF THE MEETINGS INDUSTRY
Now in its fifteenth edition, the Meetings Star Award competition will once more crown the leading hotels, destinations and individuals within the meetings industry. The coveted awards are a recognition of quality and a benchmark in its own right. We present the finalists for 2024/2025 and eagerly await who will earn bragging rights at the award ceremony on 19 February 2025.
The Meetings Star Award for the best destinations, venues, and individuals has become a reference point in the meetings industry. The gala award ceremony will take place on 19 February 2025, in Cankarjev dom.
WHICH ARE THE BEST SPA MEETING HOTELS?
This year, 29 certified hotels received the stars in the category of spa meeting hotels. The certification attests to the quality of the hotels and their service.
Each hotel can receive up to three stars in accordance with our criteria:
3 STARS⭐⭐⭐ – final score from 4.81 to 5.00
2 STARS⭐⭐ – final score from 4.61 to 4.80
1 STAR⭐ – final score from 4.41 to 4.60
In our categorisation, spa meeting hotels are most unusual – not by chance. Our region boasts an astonishing number of such hotels. Spa hotels offer a diverse and authentic offering for meetings and events.
THE FINALISTS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
AQUAHOUSE HOTEL & SPA
Aquahouse Hotel & Spa is an appealing and elegant hotel whose creators and architects ensured the architecture will remain timeless.
CASA DI FIORE SPA & MEDICAL HOTEL
Casa di Fiore Spa & Medical Hotel’s spa offer gives it added value. It is a hotel that belongs to a unique category and, as such, cannot cater to all event organisers.
FALKENSTEINER CARINZIA
The Falkensteiner Hotel and Spa Carinzia offer excellent service to their congress guests, which is quite simply stating a fact. Its modern conference rooms can be used for different types of meetings.
HOTEL KRALLERHOF
Hotel Krallerhof stands for special devotion to detail, where true excellence in hotel business meets cordial hospitality. Guests will be inspired by their refined cuisine, which they craft with perfection.
HOTEL MATERRA
Materra has proved it can go head-to-head with the best Croatian incentive hotels thanks to its design, holistic offering and professional staff.
HOTEL VINIFERA HOTEL & SPA
The hotel proved extraordinary with its duality: it can be a full-fledged wellness hotel or a stunning wine and hedonism paradise. We were mesmerised by the abundant additional activities and great staff.
LOISIUM WINE & SPA HOTEL EHRENHAUSEN
Oenotourism is on the rise and at Loisium they have packed into an attractive package for meeting guests. If you wish to connect your conference with oenology, you have found the right place.
MOVENPICK RESORT AND SPA FRUŠKE TERME
We were most impressed by the ambition, vision and boldness of the resort’s owners, the Cicmil family. They created a superb resort with a design unparalleled in Serbia.
RIMSKE TERME
With a special offer, exquisite cuisine and pleasing architecture, Rimske Terme is a serious competitor among regional spa thermal resorts.
WELNESS HOTEL SOTELIA
Hotel Sotelia was never hiding its ambitions to bring to the meetings industry a genuine wellness experience. In addition, the distinctive architectural design has many admirers.
WHAT DOES THE EVALUATION OF HOTELS INCLUDE?
The competition primarily showcases best-case examples favoured by event organisers and satisfied attendees, tailored to their needs.
The two-phased evaluation includes a self-evaluation by the hotel and an unannounced visit by the hidden congress guest. Our assessors evaluate a hotel based on clear criteria and present where the hotel can improve. The assessors are experts with a wealth of experience in the meetings industry and additional knowledge and experience from the hospitality industry.
Our evaluation matrix is named the Hidden Congress Guest evaluation, comprising 654 criteria. Each category is calculated based on the percentage of fulfilling criteria and the average grade, enabling the hotels to improve each segment and criteria.
Find out more about the award competition here.
