Mediterranean Tourism Awards 2023 

MARE NOSTRUM Lifetime Achievement Award

Mr. Angelo Xuereb, Chairman of AX Group

HE Borut Pahor, Former President of Slovenia

Vittorio Sgarbi, Art Critic, Art Historian, Writer, Politician, Cultural Commentator

AKDENIZ Award

Chef Gino D’Acampo, Celebrity Chef and Media Personality (Italy)

The Great Sea Awards

Sustainable Travel Solutions

Mr. Bilal Ek?i, Turkish Airlines CEO (Turkey)

Sustainable Cuisine

Chef Mario Mandaric, Chef featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe – Art & Culture (Croatia)

Chef Ebru Baybara Demir, Basque Culinary World Prize 2023 recipient (Turkey)

Sustainable Business Policy

Ivana Vladovic, Head of Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board (Croatia)

Gianluca Manenti, President of Confcommercio Regione Sicilia

Alexandros Vassilikos, President of HOTREC and Chairman/CEO of Airotel Group of Hotels (Greece)

Research in Innovative Sustainable Tourism Solutions

Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University (Greece)

Sustainable Destinations

Mario Marino, Mayor of Scicli, Sicily

Special Prize for Innovative IdeasMARE NOSTRUM Lifetime Achievement Award

Mr. Angelo Xuereb, Chairman of AX Group

HE Borut Pahor, Former President of Slovenia

Vittorio Sgarbi, Art Critic, Art Historian, Writer, Politician, Cultural Commentator

AKDENIZ Award

Chef Gino D’Acampo, Celebrity Chef and Media Personality (Italy)

The Great Sea Awards

Sustainable Travel Solutions

Mr. Bilal Ek?i, Turkish Airlines CEO (Turkey)

Sustainable Cuisine

Chef Mario Mandaric, Chef featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe – Art & Culture (Croatia)

Chef Ebru Baybara Demir, Basque Culinary World Prize 2023 recipient (Turkey)

Sustainable Business Policy

Ivana Vladovic, Head of Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board (Croatia)

Gianluca Manenti, President of Confcommercio Regione Sicilia

Alexandros Vassilikos, President of HOTREC and Chairman/CEO of Airotel Group of Hotels (Greece)

Research in Innovative Sustainable Tourism Solutions

Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University (Greece)

Sustainable Destinations

Mario Marino, Mayor of Scicli, Sicily