Dolph Lundgren hosts the Marbella Awards 2017

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Marbella Awards 2017

 Dolph Lundgren kindly offered his services to host the awards, taking time out of his busy filming schedule in between filming ‘Aquaman’ in Australia with Nicole Kidman and William Defoe before returning to LA to start filming on the new ‘Rocky’ film ‘Creed II’ which will feature Dolph as Drago and his son returning to Philadelphia to fight Rocky’s son. 

The Winners of the Marbella Awards 2017 were revealed during a star-studded awards gala on Saturday, November 18th at the Puente Romano. The awards, voted for by the public, were hosted by Hollywood actor Dolph Lundgren.

Among the winners was Olivia’s La Cala for Best Restaurant, Babilonia for Best Bar, Mirage for Best Nightclub and Puente Romano scooped Best Hotel and Best Spa for Six Senses.

The Best Fine Dining Award went to Marbella Club Le Grill for the second year in a row and Nikki Beach held on to their title as Best Beach Club for the third year in a row.

Best Fashion went to local designer Caroline Azzi and Best Hair/Beauty went to Bliss, while Panorama scooped Best Estate Agent, M13 Best Gym, Valderrama Best Golf Course and Best Art Gallery went to Timeless.

The awards, organised by Marbella Rocks Magazine, consisted of 15 categories with a Winner and Highly Commended in each category.

There were over 200 guests in attendance and top acts including Nathaniel ‘Tmar’ Harding and the 5 piece rock/pop band Jetstream. The voting for the awards opened in March 2017 via a secure voting channel on www.rocksmag.com where the public was able to select the best of the best in 15 categories with 7 shortlisted in each category. Voters came out in the tens of thousands to choose their winners.
To compile the 7 strong shortlist a panel of esteemed judges including concert organisers Martin Tye and David Giles, RTV presenter Nicole King, photographer and PR guru for My Guide Marbella Johnny Gates and Marbella Rocks owners Sam and Arthur Nichols.

The full list of Marbella Awards 2017 Winners and Highly Commended are as follows:

BEST HAIR/BEAUTY

WINNER: BLISS

HIGHLY COMMENDED: THE HOUSE

 BEST BEACH CLUB

WINNER: NIKKI BEACH

HIGHLY COMMENDED: PLAZA BEACH

 BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE

WINNER: LA SALA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: JOYS LIVE

 BEST ART GALLERY

WINNER: TIMELESS

HIGHLY COMMENDED: ART WANSON

 BEST GOLF COURSE:

WINNER: VALDERRAMA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: VILLA PADIERNA

 BEST GYM

WINNER: M13

HIGHLY COMMENDED: GLOW

 BEST SPA

WINNER: SIX SENSES SPA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: HEALTHOUSE

 BEST FASHION

WINNER: CAROLINE AZZI

HIGHLY COMMENDED: QUEEN OF QUEENS MARBELLA

 BEST ESTATE AGENT

WINNER: PANORAMA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: ENGEL & VÖLKERS

 BEST NIGHTCLUB

WINNER: MIRAGE

HIGHLY COMMENDED: OLIVIA VALERE

 BEST BAR

WINNER: BABILONIA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: NEWS CAFE

 BEST CHIRINGUITO

WINNER: SOUTH BEACH

RUNNER UP: THE BEACH HOUSE

 BEST RESTAURANT

WINNER: OLIVIA’S LA CALA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: LA FIORENTINA

 BEST FINE DINING

WINNER: MARBELLA CLUB LE GRILL

HIGHLY COMMENDED: CASAMONO

 BEST HOTEL

WINNER: PUENTE ROMANO

HIGHLY COMMENDED: AMÀRE