Shortlists revealed for the 2026 Serviced Apartment Awards

The shortlists for 15 categories of the annual Serviced Apartment Awards have been revealed ahead of the ceremony on 11th May 2026 at Hilton London Bankside. 


Of the 20 awards up for grabs, 15 of the categories are judged independently by a panel of experts who work across industry sectors such as architecture and design, benchmarking, brokerage, investment advisory, sales and marketing, sustainability, and more. 

Entries which best fulfilled the relevant category criteria, as scored by our judges, have now progressed to shortlists. 


Four award categories have been judged by public vote. 


On 11th May at Hilton London Bankside, the winners of all award categories – including the Outstanding Achievement award, selected by the SAN team – will be revealed. Tickets can be purchased here


ASAP Members on the shortlist are below.



Best property 1 to 20 units

  • Grafton Street Studios by City Break Apartments
  • The Carlyle by Nestor
  • The Residence @ King’s Cross

Best property 21 to 70 units

  • Holyrood Aparthotel
  • Monarch House Serviced Apartments
  • Native by Numa Glasgow 
  • Native by Numa The Marlo
  • Three Point by Cityus

Best property 71+ units

  • Capri by Fraser, Berlin
  • Native by Numa Bankside
  • Native by Numa Kings Wardrobe 
  • PREMIER SUITES Edinburgh Fountain Court
  • Wilde Cambridge, City Centre

Best operator 1 to 50 units

  • Beyond Apartments & Aparthotels
  • Monarch House Serviced Apartments
  • Week2Week Serviced Apartments

Best operator 51 to 200 units

  • Destiny Scotland Apartments
  • Hybrid Resi
  • Mansley Serviced Apartments
  • STAY Camden
  • Supercity Aparthotels
  • The Gresham Aparthotel
  • The Residence

Best operator 201+ units

  • Cityus
  • Frasers Hospitality
  • Staycity Group
  • Urban Rest
  • Viridian Apartments

Best interior design

  • Citadines Canal Amsterdam
  • The Architect by Corporate Housing Factory

Best architecture/exterior design

  • The July Victoria

Best use of social media

  • Monarch House Serviced Apartments
  • Roomzzz
  • The Residence

Best marketing/branding campaign

  • Cheval Collection – Launch of Cheval DISCOVERY
  • Monarch House Serviced Apartments – Market repositioning
  • PREMIER SUITES – Your Time Unrushed

Best flex rental operator

  • Monarch House Serviced Apartments
  • Urban Rest

Innovative use of technology

  • AltoVita
  • Athena by OWL
  • res:harmonics from Software Answers

Best travel and accommodation partner 

  • AltoVita
  • ReloQuest
  • YOSAA

ESG award – operator or property

  • Frasers Hospitality EMEA
  • The July
  • The Residence

Public voting has now concluded across the following categories:

Best in-room supplier

  • Silentnight

Rising Star

  • Sukh Dhaliwal, cluster director of sales and marketing, Monarch House
  • Dominique Haines, sales and operations manager, The Gresham Aparthotel
  • Nick Hardy, hotel manager, Roomzzz York
  • Nikki Keel, head of commercial, Viridian Apartments
  • Ilaria Rossi, operations manager, PREMIER SUITES Edinburgh Fountain Court

Team of the Year

  • Frasers Hospitality – EMEA commercial team
  • Hybrid Resi
  • Monarch House
  • Situ – Guest care team
  • The Residence


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