WHY?
For over 50 years, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine has been the country’s leading travel authority, bringing the best in travel to one million global readers each month. We decided it was time to acknowledge the talent of our fellow Canadians who make our time away from home both unique and memorable.

HOW?
The competition is open to all Canadian interior designers and architects working here and abroad. (Canadians working at foreign firms may submit entries as long as they are credited as the lead designer/architect.) The competition is open to new hotels and resorts – as well as properties that have undergone extensive renovations – that were completed between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010. The hotel or resort project may be located anywhere in the world.

Entries may be submitted in any or all of the following 10 categories:

149 rooms or less:
• Best Standard Room
• Best Suite
• Best Lobby
• Best Spa or Pool

150 rooms or more:
• Best Standard Room
• Best Suite
• Best Lobby
• Best Spa or Pool

All hotels:
• Best Overall Interior Design
• Best Overall Hotel Architecture

Entry to the awards is free. Judging will be based on the design’s creativity, aesthetic impact, functionality, comfort, environmental and sustainable features, and innovation. We are looking for projects that take hotel design to the next level, thereby enriching the travel experience. Decisions of the jury are final.

WHEN AND WHERE?
Entries will be accepted from January 14 to March 10, 2011, at 5 p.m. Upload your proposals at enroute.aircanada.com/hotelawards. Winners will be notified personally and winning entries will be featured in a fall 2011 issue of Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and online. By submitting materials, including photography, you acknowledge that these may be used in all print and digital enRoute publications and any promotion for the awards.