Excellence
Romanian Hospitality Awards 2026
A credible peer process turns excellence into a public professional reference.
Romanian Hospitality Awards records the standards the industry recognises. The value sits in the nomination and voting mechanism, the jury composition, the external oversight and the public archive.
On this page
The 2026 edition
- Categories
- 24
- Jury members
- 164
- Gala participants
- 500+
- Gala date
- 20 October 2026
- Venue
- Bucharest National Opera
How the process works
Every stage carries a rule that participants read in advance.
- Shortlist entry
- 4 jury mentions place an entry on the shortlist.
- Final scoring
- First place 3 points, second place 2 points, third place 1 point.
- Jury
- 164 professionals score within their categories of expertise.
- Public record
- The winners archive keeps every edition available as a professional reference.
Institutional standing
High Patronage
Under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown.
Auditor of the jury process
Auditor of the jury process: Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații.
Taste Masters
A programme featuring winners from previous editions, carrying recognition into practice.
Public winners archive
Every edition stays available as a searchable professional record.
Why the process matters
Recognition becomes useful when the method behind it stays visible. The Awards publish categories, jury composition, mention thresholds and scoring in advance.
Guests read the results as guidance. Operators read them as benchmarks. The Institute reads them as evidence of where professional standards move.