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Cyprus Hospitality Awards 2025: Recognizing Excellence In Tourism And Hospitality

This week, the Deputy Ministry of Tourism unveiled the nomination process for the Cyprus Hospitality Awards 2025, a landmark initiative designed to recognize and reward excellence in the tourism and hospitality sectors. In a robust partnership with the Cyprus Hospitality Body (Kypria Filoxenia), this program underscores Cyprus’ commitment to delivering exceptional visitor experiences.

Celebrating Superior Hospitality

The first pillar of the awards emphasizes the hospitality experience. The public is invited to nominate individuals or teams that went above and beyond in 2024 to create unforgettable moments for visitors. Nominees must submit a comprehensive proposal highlighting outstanding achievements in categories such as accommodation, catering, travel, agrotourism, and overall hospitality excellence. A dedicated panel of judges will rigorously review each submission until the August 22, 2025 deadline.

Recognizing Digital Excellence

The second pillar focuses on online reputation, a critical component of modern tourism. This category leverages the Deputy Ministry’s advanced Online Reputation Management (ORM) system, which automatically assesses guest reviews and ratings across digital platforms. By eliminating the need for nominations, this process ensures a fair and transparent evaluation of the digital landscape, reinforcing Cyprus’ image as a premier destination.

The Cyprus Hospitality Awards 2025 serves not only to honor exceptional service providers but also to enhance Cyprus’ international reputation as a quality destination. This dual approach highlights the importance of both personalized excellence and digital credibility in today’s competitive tourism industry.

Cyprus-Based ASBIS Hits Record $1.05bn In Monthly Revenue, Up 216% Year On Year

The technology distributor ASBIS Group, headquartered in Limassol, has exceeded $1 billion in monthly sales for the first time in its history, reporting preliminary consolidated revenue of $1.05 billion in September 2026, more than three times the amount recorded a year earlier.

The figure represents a 216% increase from $332 million in September 2025, making it the highest-revenue month in the company’s history.

ASBIS reported its strongest sales growth in servers and server components, while CEO Serhei Kostevitch pointed to growing demand for artificial intelligence solutions and computing infrastructure as an opportunity for the business.

For a company operating across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, September marked a new sales milestone following several months of substantial year-on-year growth.

Kostevitch attributed the record performance to the group’s existing operations, highlighting its broad product portfolio, international market presence and strong relationships with manufacturers and trading partners.

“Most importantly, this result is the outcome of our regular operating activities,” he said.

The CEO also highlighted the company’s portfolio of projects as a reason for confidence in continued AI-related development.

However, the group’s growth was not limited to AI-related technologies. Smartphones also performed strongly in September, with Kostevitch stressing that “we are growing beyond the AI segment as well.”

Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine accounted for the largest shares of ASBIS’s September revenue, followed by Slovakia and Poland.

Growth Follows Record First Half

September’s results follow a period of strong financial performance for ASBIS.

In July, the company reported preliminary consolidated revenue of $531 million, an increase of 89% compared with the same month in 2025. August brought a further rise to $604 million, up 91% year on year.

September’s $1.05 billion figure represents a substantial increase on both months, although the company has not provided a detailed breakdown explaining the acceleration.

The results also follow a record first half of 2026, when ASBIS generated approximately $2.97 billion in consolidated revenue, up 76% year on year.

Net profit after tax reached $80.6 million, compared with $19.4 million in the same period in 2025.

The second quarter was particularly strong, with revenue reaching $1.69 billion, an increase of 78.7%, while quarterly net profit more than tripled to $44.3 million.

ASBIS has emphasised that its September revenue figures are preliminary estimates and may differ from the final reported results.

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