Awards Sun&Blue 2025
As part of the SUN&BLUE CONGRESS framework, the third edition of the Sun&Blue Awards will be held with the aim of identifying, valuing, and recognizing the best projects and experiences applying Blue Tourism and Blue Economy principles and their implementation by public and private companies, organizations, and institutions.
We present the winners selected by a jury composed of members of Sun&Blue Congress Advisory Board, along with prominent professionals from sectors related to tourism and the blue economy, from both the public and private spheres.
Visit here all the applications received in 2025.
Winners
Sun&Blue 2025 Special Award To the Living Memory of the Sea
Winner
Mario Sanz
Lighthouse Keeper of Mesa Roldán
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Sun&Blue 2025 Award for Blue Tourism Experience
Winner
TUNA TOUR – Balfegó Tuna
(L’Ametlla de Mar, Tarragona)
2nd Finalist: Camiñando polo Porto de Vigo – Vigo Port Authority (Vigo, Pontevedra)
3rd Finalist: Surca Cantabria, with 5 senses and one more – La Mar Consultoras & Business Group Cantabria (Laredo–Colindres, Cantabria)
Official Sponsor:
Sun&Blue 2025 Award for Innovation in Blue Water Management
Winner
Bioremed Algae – Mediterranean Algae
(Alicante, Alicante)
2nd Finalist: and Special Mention of the Jury: Vertical Garden of Hotel Mariposa: reuse of greywater to renaturalize the city – Biotonomy AB (Málaga, Málaga)
3rd Finalist: Vertical Ecosystem – Bioazul S.L. (Málaga, Málaga)
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Sun&Blue 2025 Award for Innovation in Blue Energy Management
Winner
Hydrogen Strategy of the Port of Vigo: a living lab for the energy transition – Vigo Port Authority
(Vigo, Pontevedra)
2nd Finalist: Andora Blue Energy Port – Multiservice Company Andora S.R.L. (Andora, Italy)
3rd Finalist and Special Mention of the Jury: Self-ballasted photovoltaic canopy URVEN park L – Domini Ambiental (Santpedor, Barcelona)
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Sun&Blue 2025 Award for Blue Destination
Winner
Dubrovnik – Respect the City – City of Dubrovnik
(Dubrovnik, Croacia)
2nd Finalist: and Special Mention of the Jury: Terrimar Colindres Azul – Blue Marine Tourism Territory of Colindres – Colindres City Council (Colindres, Cantabria)
3rd Finalist: Benidorm Smart Beach – Benidorm City Council (Benidorm, Alicante)
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Sun&Blue 2025 Award for Cooperation in the Blue Economy
Winner
Spanish Network of Blue Schools – Blue Schools Cluster
(Felanitx, Illes Balears)
2nd Finalist: The Sea as a Living Laboratory: Applied Science and Cross-sector Cooperation for Sustainable Economic and Social Development – SOS Group (SOS Biotech & SOS Carbon) (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
3rd Finalist: DIBEST (Digital Innovation for Blue Enterprises & Social Tourism) – Málaga TechPark (Málaga, Málaga)
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Jury
Gemma del Corral
General Director for the Promotion and Development of Tourism at the Regional Government of Andalusia
María del Mar Plaza
Manager of M.C. ALMERIA 2030 SAU (Almería City Council)
Marta Pascual
Spanish National Hub for WestMED Initiative
Manuel Pablos
Deputy Director-General for Economic and Social Sustainability at the General Secretariat for Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Víctor Sánchez
Director of Digital Services at MasOrange
Dolores Ordoñez
Vice President, International Cluster of Tourism Technology (Turistec)
Gonçalo Pereira
Managing Director, National Geographic Spain & Portugal