Awards
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
AWARD-WINNING RESORTS
There’s a reason friends and families visit our properties year after year. Our exceptional locations and the unforgettable experiences make our resorts award-winning traditions for everyone to enjoy.





AWARDS BY RESORT
Royalton Cayo Santa Maria
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- (2013) #2 All Inclusive Resort Worldwide
- (2013) (2014) (2015) (2016) TripAdvisor® Travellers’ Choice Award for #1 Resort in the Caribbean
- (2014) TripAdvisor® Traveler’s Choice Award as the #1 All Inclusive Resort Worldwide, as well as a number of honours including:
- Most Popular Hotel in the Caribbean
- Most Romantic Hotel in the Caribbean
- Best Hotel Service
- Top 25 Luxury Hotels in the Caribbean
- (2016) Awarded by Canadians on Monarc.ca
- Best Resort in Cuba
- Best Beach in all the Caribbean
- Best Restaurant in all the Caribbean
- Best Quality v. Price in all of Cayo Santa Maria
- Beach Couples Resort in all of Cayo Santa Maria
- (2017) Holiday Check Recommended
- (2017) Premio Ambiental by Ministry of Construction
- (2017) TripAdvisor® Rankings:
- #1 Top resorts Hotel in Cayo Santa Maria
- #1 Luxury Hotel in Cayo Santa Maria
- #1 On the Beach Hotel in Cayo Santa Maria
- (2019)(2018)(2017)(2016) TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence
- (2019) World Luxury Hotel Awards - Luxury Beach Resort - Continent Winner
- (2019) World Luxury Award: 2019 Luxury Beach Resort
- (2020) World Luxury Hotel Awards
- Luxury Hideaway Resort - Regional Winner
- Fine Dining Cuisine - Regional Winner
- (2023)(2022)(2021)(2018) TripAdvisor® Travelers' Choice Award, 1stAll-Inclusive Resort in the Caribbean, 19th in the world
Royalton Hicacos
- (2016) TripAdvisor® #1 hotel in Varadero, #3 in all of Cuba
- (2017) (2016) Best Hotel in Cuba for Thomas cook Nordic Market (Scandinavia)
- (2017) Guest review award by Booking.com
- (2017) Playa ambiental by CITMA
- (2017) Hotel docente por la escuela de hotelería y turismo de Cuba
- (2017) TUI top quality resort by TUI Germany
- (2017) World Luxury Award- Best Luxury Beach Resort & Best Island Resort (TUI)
- (2017) Top Quality Award
- (2017) National Vanguard
- (2018) Top Luxury Romantic Best Award (TUI)
- (2018) World Luxury Hotel Awards
- (2018) World Luxury Award: Luxury Ocean View Resort
- (2019)(2018)(2017) Vanguardia nacional by the national labor union of Cuba
- (2019)(2018) World Luxury Award: Luxury Adult Beach Resort
- (2019) World Luxury Award: Luxury All-Inclusive Retreat
- (2019) Expedia Best Beach Resort in Cuba
- (2019) TUI Top Quality Award
- (2019) Hotels.com 'Loved by Guests' Award
- (2019) TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence
- (2019) Condé Nast One of Top 50 Caribbean Resorts - Reader's Choice Awards 2019
- (2019) Travelmyth Top 10 Adult Only- Hotels in Cuba, Top 5 5-Star Hotels in Cuba, Top 33 Hotels for Honeymoon in Cuba and Top Adult Only Hotel in Varadero
- (2019) World Luxury Hotel Awards - Luxury Adult Beach Resort - Global Winner
- (2019) World Luxury Hotel Awards - All Inclusive Retreat - Continent Winner
- (2020)(2019) TUI TOP Quality Award
- (2020) National environmental recognition
- (2020)(2018) Holiday Check Award
- (2020) World Luxury Hotel Awards
- All Inclusive Retreat - Continent Winner
- European Cuisine - Continent Winner
- (2021)(2017) TripAdvisor® Travelers' Choice Award
- (2022) HolidayCheck Special Award
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