The Hamilton Princess and Beach Club, which opened in 1885, is a nominee finalist in two categories for the 2024 Historic Hotels Worldwide Annual Awards of Excellence.

The hotel has been nominated as Best Historic Resort and as Best Hotel in the Americas

In the former category, the other nominees are Dromoland Castle (1014) Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland; Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly (16th century) Chailly-sur-Armançon, France; Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa (1660s) Somerset West, South Africa; Kviknes Hotel (1752) Balestrand, Norway; Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar (1780) Bataan, Philippines; Fairmont Banff Springs (1888) Banff, Alberta, Canada; Hotel Waldhaus Sils (1908) Sils Maria, Switzerland; Grand Hotel Tremezzo (1910) Tremezzina, Italy; and Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo — Panama City (1917) Panama City, Panama.

In the latter category, the other nominees are Quinta Real Oaxaca (1579) Oaxaca, Mexico; Chablé Resort & Spa (1650) Chocholá, Yucatán, Mexico; Alfiz Hotel (18th century) Cartagena de Indias, Colombia; Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (1899) Charlevoix, Québec, Canada; Fairmont Empress (1908) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Fairmont Palliser (1914) Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo — Panama City (1917) Panama City, Panama; Alvear Palace Hotel (1932) Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (1939) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The award winners will be announced on November 21 at the 2024 Historic Hotels Awards of Excellence Ceremony & Gala at The Omni Homestead Resort (1766) in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Nominee finalists were selected from nominations received from historic hotels, preservation supporters, prior award recipients, community leaders, and leadership from Historic Hotels Worldwide. More than 500 nominations were received for the awards, which are given in nine categories.