HOSPITALITY AWARD is born – INCLUSIVITY AND HOSPITALITY

Hospitality – Il Salone dell’Accoglienza and WMF - We Make Future together to highlight projects that break down barriers and enhance accessibility for everyone.

Applications open until May 20th

Tomorrow's hospitality speaks the language of inclusion: to give visibility to those who are already transforming this vision into a concrete experience, Hospitality – Il Salone dell'Accoglienza , the leading international fair in Italy for hotels and restaurants, organized by Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, launches “ Hospitality Award – Inclusivity and Hospitality” , a new initiative to give voice to and enhance projects that break down physical, sensorial, cognitive, food and cultural barriers and make tourism truly open to all.

The contest was created in collaboration with WMF – We Make Future , the largest Italian fair dedicated to digital innovation, and the winning company will have the opportunity to participate in both events by telling its story: it will go on stage at the next edition of the WMF Festival 2025 , scheduled at BolognaFiere from 4 to 6 June, to present its project during the official awards ceremony and will have access to networking opportunities with professionals and stakeholders from all over the world; it will also be a protagonist of the 50th edition of Hospitality – Il Salone dell'Accoglienza, on stage in Riva del Garda from 2 to 5 February 2026 .

“We welcomed with great enthusiasm the opportunity that WMF – We Make Future offered us to create the Hospitality Award – Inclusivity and Hospitality, an award that aims to highlight projects that are already operational or in an advanced stage of implementation that promote truly accessible hospitality – comments Giovanna Voltolini, Exhibition Manager of Hospitality . - The goal is to reward innovative ideas with a strong impact on the sector, sustainable and replicable, accompanied by effective storytelling. All structures in the tourism sector, from hotels and non-hotels to restaurants, catering, camping or spas, are invited to present solutions, services and initiatives capable of improving the guest experience by speaking the language of inclusion”.

Applications are open until May 20, 2025 at this link: https://hospitalityriva.it/it/hospitality-award

The evaluation of the applications is entrusted to a jury of experts in hospitality, accessibility, inclusive design and communication, including Roberto Vitali, CEO and co-founder of Village for all – V4A , a company specialized in Accessible Hospitality. Four criteria will be used to examine the applications: concrete impact on accessibility and inclusiveness for guests ; degree of technological, managerial or experiential innovation ; sustainability and replicability of the proposed model; quality of communication of the project.

The “Hospitality Award – Inclusivity and Hospitality” is part of Hospitality’s broader commitment to hospitality for all, which includes the “Startup for Hospitality” contest, held during the last edition of the fair, and the multi-year project DI OGNUNO , which will also be repeated at the We Make Future Festival in Bologna. DI OGNUNO is Hospitality’s initiative dedicated to accessible hospitality, developed in collaboration with Lombardini22 and Village for all – V4A, which since 2024, at every edition of the Fair, has offered the HoReCa world concrete ideas in this area. The 2025 edition has placed the Breakfast Room at the center of the reflection, proposing an experience between comfort and discomfort that the public of the WMF Festival will also be able to try, seeing first-hand how targeted design solutions can enhance the different dietary, physical and cognitive needs.

“ Hospitality Award – Inclusivity and Hospitality”

Applications by May 20, 2025 at this link: https://hospitalityriva.it/it/hospitality-award

Who can participate : all structures in the tourism sector, from hotels and non-hotels, to restaurants, catering, camping or spas.

About Hospitality – The Welcome Hall

Organized by Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, Hospitality is the leading international trade fair in Italy dedicated to Ho.Re.Ca. operators. With an exhibition area of over 45,000 square meters, the event is the most complete in Italy, with a vast training program and a large audience of companies and professionals in the Contract & Wellness, Renovation & Tech, Food & Equipment and Beverage areas and in the special areas Solobirra, RPM-Riva Pianeta Mixology and Spazio Vignaiolo. The open-air proposal in the Outdoor Boom pavilion and space for experiential concepts of design and inclusive planning.

The 50th edition will take place in Riva del Garda, from 2 to 5 February 2026.

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