We attended the Blue Badge Access Awards 2022 in Manchester on the 28th of April. We were nominated for various awards and went to celebrate the success of the accessibility community. The founder of Sesame Access (Charlie Lyons), Director of Commercial Development (Alison Lyons) and our close friend Alex Vasquez all travelled up to Manchester to celebrate together.
The Awards
Sesame Access
1st Place
- HEWI Award, Best Luxury Hotel - Great Scotland Yard
Runners up
- Blue Badge Style Award, Best Bar
- Historic England Award, Best Venue in a Historic Building
HEWI Award, Best Luxury Hotel - Great Scotland Yard
Alex Vasquez - Our Nomination
Sesame Access also work closely with Alex Vasquez (Read more about him here). We nominated him for "Access Champion Of The Year" and although he did not win he came runner up after a wonderful Chartered RIBA architect who is doing amazing work educating architects on accessibility issues. We want to say congratulations to Amy Francis-Smith.
Alex Vasquez
Runner up
- Bespoke Hotels Access Champion of The Year
Sesame's Previous Awards
Sesame has won the following Blue Badge Access Awards in recent years:
- Lifetime Achievement Award = Mr Charlie Lyons, founder of Sesame Access lifts
- Best Accessible location = Sesame lift at Houses of Parliament
- Historic England Listed Building Award (Highly Recommended) = Sesame Access lift at Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel, London. https://www.sesameaccess.com/about/news/2019/kimpton-fitzroy-hotel-wins-historic-england-highly-commended-prize-at-access-awards