Delphina is reconfirmed as the best Italian hotel group and is elected as the best independent green hotel group in Europe. Thank you all!
The World Travel Awards, the most sought-after awards in the international tourism industry, announced the 2022 winners during a classy gala evening held recently in Mallorca. Delphina hotels & resorts won 5 prestigious awards that celebrate our “authentic Mediterranean hospitality in unique places.” We are thrilled to share these awards with you:
- Delphina hotels & resorts is Europe’s Leading Green Independent Hotel Group 2022, namely the best independent green hotel group in Europe, and Italy’s Leading Hotel Group 2022, the best hotel group in Italy for the third consecutive year.
- Resort Valle dell’Erica, the 5-star hotel in Santa Teresa Gallura, has been awarded for the fourth time as Europe’s Leading Green Resort 2022, the best green resort in Europe. This is complemented by the reconfirmation at the national level as Italy’s Leading Green Resort 2022.
- Resort & SPA Le Dune in Badesi has been re-elected as Italy’s Leading Beach Resort 2022, the best beach resort in Italy, for the third time.
Delphina hotels & resorts is also nominated at the global level as World’s Leading Green Independent Hotel Group, the best green hotel chain in the world, and Resort Valle dell’Erica as World’s Leading Green Resort. The awards will be announced at a gala ceremony this November.

“These awards,” says Elena Muntoni, Brand Manager of Delphina, “fill us with pride and prove that the path we embarked on 30 years ago was visionary and right. We continue to follow it with increasingly significant actions aimed at sustainability and respect for the environment and nature that embraces us. We thank our supporters who enthusiastically have awarded our actions and our green philosophy which from the beginning has been based on sustainability, love for nature, and that local and family touch we constantly seek to convey.”
Further testifying to Delphina’s unwavering commitment to the environment, in addition to being recognized as the best independent green hotel group in Europe and the best green resort in Europe and Italy for the Resort Valle dell’Erica, this year another international accolade is added, The Norns Awards. This special award was given to Elena Muntoni, Brand Manager of Delphina hotels & resorts, for her tangible efforts in preserving the unique nature of Sardinia and making it a primary resource to offer an increasingly eco-friendly vacation, discovering the island’s traditions and genuine cuisine, in line with the “We are green®” protocol. But that’s not all! Francesco Muntoni, Founder and President of Delphina hotels & resorts, was recently appointed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella for his contribution to Gallura as a visionary entrepreneur who paved the way for luxury tourism that protects and preserves the land and culture of Sardinia.
With 12 five-star hotels, 4-star superior and 4-star hotels, exclusive residences, 6 SPAs, and prestigious villas all nestled in green Mediterranean parks overlooking the sea between the Costa Smeralda, the La Maddalena Archipelago and the Gulf of Asinara, in locations such as Cannigione, Palau, Santa Teresa Gallura, Isola Rossa, and Badesi, Delphina hotels & resorts has been the friend in Sardinia for all those who wish to experience authenticity, enjoy the sea in total freedom, surround themselves with unique landscapes and get in touch with the island’s culture and traditions for 30 years.
The love for the territory and the desire to protect these natural paradises have driven Delphina to commit more and more concretely to the environment. A journey that began even before the birth of the facilities and culminated in the We are green® brand, a protocol of best practices created and registered by Delphina to represent its love for nature. Delphina hotels & resorts is the first Italian hotel chain to use 100% green energy, sourced from renewable sources, in all its hotels, resorts, and headquarters, saving about 16,918 tons of CO2 in the last five years, an amount absorbed by about 119,612 trees in one year. We support the economic realities and the small excellences of our territories with the “Genuine Local Food Oriented®” project, Delphina’s quality mark, in support of a healthy, tasty, and right cuisine, based on genuine ingredients that respect seasonality and preferably are sourced locally.