ATHENS RIVIERA LUXURY AWARDS 2026 | Property Investment News

The inaugural Athens Riviera Luxury Awards 2026 made its highly anticipated debut on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at the ultra-luxurious One&Only Aesthesis resort in Asteria Glyfada. Founded by Vicky Bouzouni (CEO of Legacy Group) in collaboration with co-organizer and official media partner NouPou Media, the prestigious event was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Development to honor outstanding entrepreneurship, development, and high-end hospitality along Athens’ coastal front.

The ceremony handed out 30 awards and 7 honorary distinctions across four core industrial pillars.

The 4 Core Pillars & Key Winners

The evaluations were carried out by an expert panel of judges, awarding excellence across four primary sectors:

- Construction, Development & Architecture: Highlighting high-specification contemporary residential designs reshaping the coastline. Key winners included Avakon and Ten Brinke.
- Real Estate & Investments: Honoring leading luxury real estate networks and brokers. Key winners included Engel & Völkers Greece (awarded “Luxury Real Estate Brand in Greece”) and RE/MAX Properties Investment.
- Hospitality: Celebrating the coastal front’s premier premium travel establishments, with the host venue One&Only Aesthesis taking top honors.
- Yachting & Marine: Showcasing marine luxury and coastal infrastructure. Top honors went to major sector leaders like Golden Yachts and Flisvos Marina (Marina Flisvou).

✨ Event Highlights & Leadership

The exclusive, invitation-only gala gathered top-tier business figures, international investors, and government representatives. The evening was hosted by Maria Themeli, with prominent opening remarks delivered by founder Vicky Bouzouni and Georgios Taniskidis, the Chairman of Optima bank (which was also among the celebrated corporate names of the night).

The inaugural Athens Riviera Luxury Awards 2026 brought together a high-profile crowd of state officials, top-tier business executives, international investors, and institutional leaders.

The most notable personalities who attended and presented or received awards during the gala evening included:

️ Government Officials & State Personalities

A strong contingent of ministers and political figures attended to present awards, reflecting the event’s official backing by the Ministry of Development, including former and current ministers, deputy ministers, and secretaries-general such as Makis Voridis, Marios Themistokleous, Anna Karamanli, Stefanos Gkikas, Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Konstantinos Kyranakis, Manolis Koutoulakis, and Dr. Haris Lambropoulos.

Business & Corporate Leaders

Prominent executives driving real estate, finance, shipping, and infrastructure developments were heavily represented, featuring key figures like Optima bank Chairman Georgios Taniskidis, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping President Georgios Alexandratos, and various construction and investment leaders including Konstantinos Kioleoglou, Thanasis Taramas, Konstantinos Berios, Stefanos Nikoglou, Dimitris Angelakos, and the leadership of Ethos Partners.

Hospitality, Architecture & Judging Panel

Leading figures from the luxury travel sector and the expert evaluation panel included the One&Only Aesthesis management team (Gerald Krischek, Anna Gauthier, and George Brilakis) alongside notable architects, investment advisors, and maritime authorities

The Athens Riviera Awards have officially established themselves as a new annual landmark institution, setting a benchmark for luxury development and commercial excellence in Southern Athens.

The Vision Behind the Awards

The Athens Riviera Luxury Awards were founded with a clear vision: to establish a prestigious national institution celebrating the people, companies and landmark projects shaping the future of the Athens Riviera.

Bringing together distinguished leaders from investment, real estate, development, architecture, construction, yachting and luxury hospitality, the institution recognises excellence, innovation and lasting contribution, while fostering meaningful dialogue and strategic connections between Greece and the international business community.

The Athens Riviera Awards is an international institution honouring the individuals and organisations shaping the future of the Mediterranean’s most extraordinary coastline.

Conceived as a standard of excellence rather than a ceremony, the Awards convene an invited circle of founders, investors, architects and cultural figures each September – recognising achievement of lasting consequence across development, hospitality, design and philanthropy.

BY PROPERTY INVESTMENT NEWS ADMIN

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