Heading into it’s 31st year, the Providencia Award is given annually to a local business, organization or individual based on their extraordinary contributions (i.e. expansion of facilities, new events and outstanding business levels) to the vitality and prosperity of The Palm Beaches as a tourist destination. The Providencia Award is named after the Spanish ship that sank off Palm Beach’s coast in the 1880s. Its crew salvaged the cargo of 20,000 Trinidad coconuts and sold them to local residents, who planted them along the waterfront, eventually inspiring the town’s name.
Nominations can be based on several criteria:
Via the online application for Providencia Award Nominations. Applications are no longer being accepted at this time.
The public will be invited to select the 32nd Providencia Award winner by voting online starting in the Spring of 2024. Only one vote per person will be accepted during the voting period.
The 32nd Providencia Award winner will be announced at our Travel Rally Day + Providencia Award in 2024.
If you have any questions about the Providencia Award or its selection process, please contact Mary Brown at mbrown@thepalmbeaches.com.
1st | Burt Reynolds |
2nd | Delta Air Lines |
3rd | Chris Evert |
4th | Jack Nicklaus |
5th | Alex W. Dreyfoos, Jr. |
6th | Flagler Museum |
7th | SunFest |
8th | E. Llwyd Ecclestone, Jr. |
9th | The Breakers Palm Beach |
10th | Boca Raton Resort & Club |
11th | Colin Wright |
12th | Ken Foster |
13th | John Temple |
14th | Nancy Graham |
15th | Norton Museum of Art |
16th | Patrick J. Rooney, Sr. |
17th | South Florida Fair |
18th | Moroso Motorsports |
19th | Ritz Carlton, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Marathon of the Palm Beaches (3 winners) |
20th | The Colony Hotel Palm Beach & Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens (2 winners) |
21st | Delray Beach International Tennis Championships |
22nd | James Ponce |
23rd | International Polo Club |
24th | The Honda Classic |
25th | Loggerhead Marinelife Center |
26th | Lion Country Safari |
27th | Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society |
28th | Palm Beach Outlets |
29th | Loggerhead Marinelife Center |
30th | Equestrian Sport Productions |
31st | The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach |