The Sustainable Hospitality Contest acknowledges and awards tourist accommodations and the most innovative ideas that integrate sustainability principles across the entire value chain of the regional hotel industry.
The initiative, with 14 years of history, emerged as an opening to the community of the Greener Hotels Program, promoted by AHT in 2011.
The contest is open to tourist accommodations and undergraduate students in tourism-related fields. In this edition, the contest is open to Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay participants.
However, it's not just about acknowledging hotel initiatives. The contest also welcomes entries from universities, research centers, associations, foundations, companies that supply goods or services to the hotel sector, companies providing sustainability-focused instruments, and individuals with ties or experience in the hospitality industry.
Objectives
The contest seeks to promote innovation and sustainable management practices in the hotel industry, recognizing sustainability across its various dimensions.
Its goal is to disseminate and reward best practices and management models that contribute to the balance between tourism, environmental respect, the development of local economies and destinations, and socio-cultural diversity and inclusivity within the hotel sector.
Categories 2026
Actions that Create Stories
Directed at accommodations that wish to showcase the positive initiatives they have implemented through a motivating and inspiring story. It will be narrated through a video and voted on social media.
Participation guidelinesInnovative Ideas
Aimed at students who present works applicable to the hotel industry that consider environmental and social sustainability criteria, as well as potential communication actions.
Participation guidelinesFinalists
🔹INITIATIVES THAT MAKE HISTORY
🇦🇷 “A 360° Perspective: Bringing Together Community, Inclusion, and the Environment to Transform the Region” – Hilton Buenos Aires
🇨🇱 “Stories with a Green Footprint: Mandarin Oriental’s Journey Toward the GSTC” – Mandarin Oriental, Santiago
🇺🇾 “Aguasol: Sustainability with a Future” – Aguasol Hotel Termal
🇵🇾 “Implementing Smart Home Technology to Optimize Energy Consumption” – Divina Tower Hotel
🔹 INNOVATIVE IDEAS
🇦🇷 “EcoArena” – Institute of Higher Technical Education No. 222 / Karim Coria, Cintia Carmona, and Bruno Malcotti
🇨🇱 “Sustainable Tourist Accommodations in the Batuco Wetlands” – San Sebastián University / Raimundo Stein
🇺🇾 “Circular Hotel Uruguay: Network for the Smart Use of Food Surplus” – DGETP – University of Labor of Uruguay / Azul Duarte, Santino Cotelo, and Paz Silva
🇵🇾 “GreenAlchemy Hotel” – American University / Alicia Bareiro
The Grand Finale is coming up!
During this final round, a jury composed of prominent figures from the national and international hospitality and tourism industries will select the winner in each of these categories.
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