2025 World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards opens for entry

Fri 02 May 2025

World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards has today opened entries for its 2025 programme. Individuals and organisations across the globe accelerating change and making an impactful contribution to sustainable travel and tourism are invited to enter free of charge.

30 categories covering all sectors of sustainable travel and tourism have been selected by the Awards Advisory Board of experts to reflect the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and net positive framework of People, Planet, Place, Prosperity and Partnerships.

This year’s programme sees the introduction of nine new categories to reflect the evolving landscape of sustainable tourism. These include peace impact, food and nutrition, indigenous community tourism, and guest experience.

Using a simple set of criteria, entries must be submitted by 30 June. These will then be analysed and vetted by students of sustainable business from the Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, with the final shortlist approved by the Awards Advisory Board.

Global voting – open to travel and tourism professionals – will run from 14 July to 30 August.

The winners will be announced at the 2^nd annual World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards Gala Ceremony, taking place at Terra, Expo City Dubai, on 29 October 2025, with the leaders in sustainable travel in attendance.

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Justin Cooke, Executive Vice-President, World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards, says: “On behalf of the Awards, I am delighted to open submissions for our 2^nd annual programme. We welcome entries from across the sustainable travel and hospitality sector. Our goal is to recognise and tell the stories of those accelerating change and making a sustainable impact on our planet for the next generation.”

The Awards is run in partnership with the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, whose partners and members represent over 66,000 hotels, 8 million rooms globally, 300 brands, and over 100 supply chain and strategic partners.

Glenn Mandziuk, CEO, World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, says: “I’m thrilled to see the categories for the 2025 World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards now live, it marks the exciting beginning of a journey to recognise those making a real difference across our industry. The hosting of this year’s awards at Terra, Expo City Dubai, is a powerful symbol of our collective ambition to build a Net Positive future for the industry. I look forward to celebrating the visionaries and innovators who are leading the way towards a more sustainable world.”

To enter the 2025 programme visit wstha.com/enter.

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About World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards

World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards serves to recognise, celebrate, and share the stories of individuals and organisations that are accelerating change and making an impactful contribution to sustainable travel and tourism.

About World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance brings together engaged hospitality companies and the wider hospitality value chain, along with strategic partners, to address key challenges affecting the planet, people and places around the world. sustainablehospitalityalliance.org