Paris has been named the official host vacation spot for the World Sustainable Journey & Hospitality Awards 2026, with the gala ceremony set to happen within the French capital on December 9, 2026 because the fruits of the two-day World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Summit.
The announcement marks a major strengthening of the strategic partnership between the Awards and the Alliance, bringing collectively two of the business’s most influential platforms in a single defining second for sustainable journey and hospitality.
The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Summit will carry collectively senior leaders from throughout the worldwide hospitality worth chain for 2 days of greatest practices, seminars, workshops, thought management and sensible motion. The summit will culminate within the World Sustainable Journey & Hospitality Awards gala ceremony, the place the 2026 winners can be unveiled and celebrated.
Collectively, the Summit and Awards will create a strong international platform for business leaders, locations, manufacturers, traders, innovators and changemakers dedicated to accelerating sustainable progress in journey and hospitality.
Paris will turn out to be the third host vacation spot for the Awards after Belize and Dubai, including much more worldwide profile and authority to the programme. As host metropolis of the Paris Settlement and one of many world’s most influential capitals in tradition, diplomacy, tourism and sustainability, Paris offers a becoming stage for the subsequent chapter of the Awards.
Justin Cooke, Government Vice President, World Sustainable Journey & Hospitality Awards, mentioned: “As we enter the third version of the World Sustainable Journey & Hospitality Awards, Paris joins Belize and Dubai because the programme’s iconic host vacation spot. It’s a metropolis with distinctive international resonance and a strong connection to the sustainability agenda.
“Together with the Awards within the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Summit is a pure and vital subsequent step in our strategic partnership. The Summit brings collectively the business’s most influential voices for 2 days of targeted dialogue, management and sensible progress – and the Awards present the right fruits, recognizing and celebrating the people and organizations who’ve turned that ambition into influence.”
He added: “Collectively, the Awards and the Summit create a compelling international platform, one which informs, evokes and celebrates progress in sustainable hospitality, journey and tourism. With the help of our Advisory Board, our companions and the Alliance’s extraordinary international community, our ambition is evident: to construct the world’s most credible platform for recognizing these accelerating change throughout the sector.”
The Awards program is run in partnership with the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, whose companions and members characterize greater than 66,000 resorts, 8 million rooms, 300 manufacturers and greater than 100 provide chain and strategic companions worldwide.
Glenn Mandziuk, CEO of World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, mentioned: “We’re delighted that the World Sustainable Journey & Hospitality Awards will culminate our World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Summit in Paris in 2026. The Summit is the important thing second within the Alliance calendar, bringing our companions, members and the broader hospitality sector worth chain collectively round sensible motion and shared accountability.
“By concluding with the Awards, we are able to transfer from perception and collaboration to recognition and celebration, shining a lightweight on the organizations and people who’re already making a measurable influence within the hospitality, journey and tourism fields.”
Entries for the World Sustainable Journey & Hospitality Awards 2026 will open on June 1, 2026, with pioneering sustainable journey and hospitality organizations all over the world invited to use.
The 2026 program will replicate the complete breadth of the sustainable journey and tourism economic system, from locations, group initiatives and eco-hotels to accountable sourcing, clear water, conservation, innovation and measurable influence.