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CitizenM is All Grown Up, Earns Its First Award

Where: Jan Plezierweg, 1118 BB , Amsterdam, Netherlands

“This was perhaps the most hotly contested decision I have seen the judging panel have to make in the six years I have been involved in these awards.”

No, that’s not a judge from Dancing with the Stars—it’s Matt Turner, editor-in-chief of Sleeper magazine, which is a magazine about hotel design, development and architecture, not about boring stuff.

The magazine recently awarded CitizenM hotels with the European Hotel Design Award of the Year, as well as awards in three other categories for innovation, technology and graphic design. We already knew guests love the chain, now it seems the rest of the world is catching on, too.

Of course, this news just thrills CitizenM. “Our team and partners worked hard to create an innovative, contemporary hotel for the cost conscious traveler,” CitizenM CEO Michael Levie said in a statement.

All the canned PR speak aside, this sounds like a pretty big coup for a hotelier that just opened it’s first hotel at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (pictured) in June—and even more so considering the plethora of competition of boutiquey, budget-friendly hotels across Europe—wouldn’t you agree? Or are we aSleeper on the job here? Heh, heh, eh… oh, my.