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Recent Awards

Travel+Leisure World’s Best Awards 2016: Hotel Vintage Seattle ranked #10 on ‘Best City Hotels in US’ List

Travel+Leisure World’s Best Awards 2016: Hotel Vintage Seattle ranked #10 on ‘Best City Hotels in US’ List

Travel+Leisure, August 2016
Hotel Vintage Seattle

Hotel Zetta is #1 "Coolest Boutique Hotels for Biz Travellers"

Hotel Zetta is #1 "Coolest Boutique Hotels for Business Travellers"

British Airways ‘The Club’, February 2016
Hotel Zetta San Francisco

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Awards

2016

CNN Money honors Dirty Habit SF as one of the US’s ‘Coolest Bars for Business Travelers’

CNN Money, April 2016
Dirty Habit San Francisco

Forbes’ 2016 Travel Guide names Hotel 1000 and Pan Pacific Seattle as ‘Forbes Four-Star Rated Hotels’

Forbes Travel Guide, February 2016

Pan Pacific Seattle (Suites only by DDA) & Hotel 1000

2 DDA hotels make “Portland’s Top 10 Cool and Unusual Hotels” list

Global Grasshopper, January 2016
Hotel Vintage Portland & Hotel Modera (Game Room only designed by DDA)

Food & Wine’s “Best Hotel Bars in San Francisco” - 2 of the top 8 designed by DDA

Food & Wine Magazine, January 2016
Dirty Habit & The Starlight Room

2015

Hotel 1000 ranks #18 for US, Large City Hotels on Travel+Leisure’s ‘World’s Best Awards 2015’ list

Travel + Leisure, December 2015
Hotel 1000

Travel+Leisure’s readers have spoken… ‘T+L’s 500 Best Hotels 2015’ includes 2 DDA hotels

Travel + Leisure, December 2015
Hotel 1000 & The Grand Hotel Minneapolis

Guests rank DDA hotels as #5, #6 and #20 on Conde Nast Traveler’s 2015 ‘Best 25 Hotels in the Pacific NW’

Conde Nast Traveler, October 2015
Hotel 1000, Hotel Vintage Portland & Hotel Monaco Seattle

Hotel Sorella receives Silver Award for ‘Best Lobby/Common Space Design’ by Travel Weekly’s Annual Magellan Awards

Travel Weekly’s Magellan Awards, October 2015
Hotel Sorella Kansas City

Dirty Habit SF shortlisted for international Restaurant & Bar Design Awards in category of ‘Best Bar- Americas’

Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, June 2015
Dirty Habit San Francisco

DDA’s creation, the new Bacchus Bar at Hotel Vintage PDX, is named one of “The 13 Best New Bars & Restaurants in Portland”

Thrillist, June 2015
Bacchus Bar at Hotel Vintage Portland

HD Expo 2015: “Best Large Booth” Design Awarded to DDA for Design of Saniharto Booth for 2nd Year

Hospitality Design Magazine, May 2015
HD Expo 2015 – Saniharto booth, designed by DDA

GQ South Africa names Hotel 1000 & Hotel Zetta 2 of their 7 “Favorite Luxury Hotels” in the World

GQ South Africa, April 2015
Hotel 1000 Seattle & Hotel Zetta San Francisco

3 DDA hotels are ‘2015 Forbes Travel Guide Star Award Winners’

Forbes Travel Guide, February 2015
Viceroy Santa Monica, Hotel 1000 & Pan Pacific Seattle

Hotel Zetta, DDA honored on Dwell’s “10 Best Designed Hotels in America” 2015 list

Dwell Magazine, February 2015
Hotel Zetta San Francisco

Hotel 1000 Listed as #18 on TripAdvisor’s “25 Best Luxury Hotels in the US” in 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards

TripAdvisor, January 2015
Hotel 1000 Seattle

2014

Travel+Leisure awards Hotel Zetta as one of “The World’s Greatest Hotels” in 2014 Edition of T+L’s Annual Book

Travel+Leisure’s “World’s Greatest Hotels” Book, 2014 Edition
Hotel Zetta San Francisco

Dirty Habit honored on “The 15 Best New Restaurants in the Bay Area” List

SFist, December 2014
Dirty Habit San Francisco

DDA’s newly transformed Dirty Habit recognized as one of the “Best New San Francisco Bars 2014”

Thrillist, December 2014
Dirty Habit San Francisco

Dirty Habit makes Zagat’s “14 Hottest New SF Cocktail Bars 2014” List

Zagat, December 2014
Dirty Habit San Francisco

DDA moved up 7 spots on “Hospitality Giants 2014” list of the Top 50 Hospitality ID Firms in the World

Interior Design Magazine, November 2014

Hotel Vintage makes Fodor’s list of the world’s best “15 Hotels for Wine Lovers that Aren’t in Wine Country”

Fodor’s Travel, September 2014
Hotel Vintage Seattle

10 Hottest New Restaurants in San Francisco

Zagat, July 2014
Dirty Habit San Francisco

DDA’s Viceroy Hotel Zetta awarded as one of Condé Nast Traveller UK’s Hot List 2014 “Best New Hotels in the World”

Condé Nast Traveller UK,  May 2014
Hotel Zetta San Francisco

S+R Lounge at Hotel Zetta awarded as one of the Best Bars/Clubs in San Fran in 7x7 Magazine’s bi-annual Nightlife Guide

7x7 Magazine, April 2014
Hotel Zetta San Francisco

Condé Nast Traveler’s Gold List 2014 awards two DDA Hotels as “World’s Best Places to Stay”

Condé Nast Traveler, March 2014
Hotel 1000, Alderbrook Resort & Spa

2013

DDA included on Interior Design Mag’s Worldwide list of "2013 Hospitality Giants"

Interior Design Magazine, November 2013

DDA, Hotel Zetta Make Shortlist as Finalist for UK’s ‘FX International Interior Design Awards 2013’

FX Int’l Interior Design Awards, September 2013
Hotel Zetta San Francisco

DDA Ranked as One of the 75 "2013 Top Design Firms" in the World

Hotel Management Magazine, May 2013

DDA's Hotel 1000 and Hotel Zetta awarded as 2 ‘America's 10 Highest Tech Hotels’ by CNN

CNN.com, April 2013
Hotel 1000, Hotel Zetta

Hotel Zetta Wins San Francisco Magazine’s “Best of the Bay – Hotel Hangout” Award

San Francisco Magazine, July 2013

Hotel Zetta San Francisco

Hotel 1000 Wins “Seattle’s Swankiest Suite” for Curbed’s ‘Hotels Week 2013’

Curbed Seattle, June 2013

Hotel 1000

Best New Business Hotels in the World

CNNMoney, May 2013

Hotel Zetta San Francisco

HD Expo 2013: Best in Show" Booth Design Awarded to DDA for Design of Saniharto Booth

Hospitality Design Magazine, May 2013
HD Expo 2013 – Saniharto booth, designed by DDA

2012

Ranked 46th in the World on the 2012 Hospitality Giants List

Interior Design Magazine, October 2012

3 of DDA's hotels honored as "World's Best Places to Stay" on Condé Naste Traveler’s Gold List 2013

Condé Naste Traveler, December 2012

Hotel 1000, Alderbrook Resort & Spa, Salish Lodge & Spa

500 World’s Best Hotels 2013, 2012

Travel+Leisure Magazine, December 2012

Hotel 1000

World’s Top Business Hotels 2012

Travel+Leisure Magazine, December 2012

Hotel Monaco Seattle

Fodor’s 100 Hotel Awards 2012

Fodor’s Travel, November 2012

Hotel Monaco Seattle - Ranked as 1 of 17 “World’s Most Stylish Urban Retreats”

Top 20 Hotels in the Pacific NW 2012

Condé Naste Traveler, November 2012

Hotel 1000, Hotel Andra, Hotel Monaco Seattle, Alderbrook Resort & Spa, Salish Lodge & Spa

Ranked as 168th in the World on Interior Design Giants List 2012

Interior Design Magazine, July 2012

The Spa at Alderbrook Resort & Spa is rated 10th in “Top 100 Resort Spas - U.S. Mainland

Conde Nast Traveler, May 2012
Alderbrook Resort & Spa

2011

Ranked as 60th in the World on Hospitality Giants List 2011

Interior Design Magazine, October 2011

2010

The 5 Best Pet-Friendly Hotels in America

NBCNews.com, July 26, 2010
The Liaison Hotel

2009

The Boutique 18

Boutique Design, May/June 2009
Crystal Mazzali, Design Director

2008

Industry Leader Award

NEWH Northwest, 2008
Andrea Dawson Sheehan

2007

"Favorite Seattle Lodging” - Finalist

Hotel 1000
Seattle Times/NW Source, 2007

“Favorite Seattle Lodging” - Finalist

Hotel Andra
Seattle Times/NW Source, 2007

“Favorite Destination Spa” – Finalist

Alderbrook Resort and Spa
Seattle Times/NW Source, 2007

“Favorite Romantic NW Lodging” - Finalist

Hotel Deca
Seattle Times/NW Source, 2007

“Favorite Romantic NW Lodging” - Finalist

Alderbrook Resort and Spa
Seattle Times/NW Source, 2007

2006

Lodging Hospitality Design Award

Lodging Hospitality, 2006
Le Montrose

2005

Lodging Hospitality Distinctive Design Award, 2005

Lodging Hospitality, 2005
Hotel Ändra

Lodging Hospitality Distinctive Design Award, 2005

Lodging Hospitality, 2005
University Tower Hotel

First Annual Hospitality Design Award for Creative Achievement

Hospitality Design Magazine, July 2005
Hotel Andra

2005 Hospitality Design Giant

Interior Design Magazine, 2005

1st Place – Hospitality, Northwest Design Awards, 2005

Seattle Design Center, 2005

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