{"id":1620,"date":"2026-03-21T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:18:51","slug":"meet-the-winners-of-the-opticapro-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/2026\/03\/21\/meet-the-winners-of-the-opticapro-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the winners of the \u00d3pticaPro Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The OP\u00d3TICA summit<\/a> closed in a spirit of celebration and recognition with the \u00d3pticaPro Awards 2026 ceremony, held at the Hotel Solverde Spa & Wellness Center, in S. F\u00e9lix da Marinha, Vila Nova de Gaia. At this eagerly awaited occasion, the major winners of this year\u2019s edition were revealed \u2013 two per category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INNOVATION<\/strong>
Rui Motty, Optocentro 
Lu\u00eds Bastos, Lojas da Vis\u00e3o<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION<\/strong>
Ana Blayer and Paulo Silveira, \u00d3ptica da Travessa
Marco Bilim\u00f3ria, MB \u00d3ptica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MANAGEMENT<\/strong>
Helder Oliveira, Grup\u00f3tico
Paula Silva, Novo Oculista de Loures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STORE DESIGN<\/strong>
Ana, Pl\u00ednio and Andr\u00e9 Leal, Andr\u00e9 \u00d3pticas Chiado
Andreia Fonseca, Jorge Oculista Famalic\u00e3o<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COSTUMER SERVICE<\/strong>
Filipa and Hugo Bicho, Eyes For You
Nita Gaspar, Gaspar \u00d3pticas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPANSION<\/strong>
David Carvalho, CECOP Portugal
Paulo Cenicante, F\u00e1brica dos \u00d3culos Original<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY<\/strong>
Hugo Cortez Marques, Cortez Marques Oculista
Lu\u00eds Nunes, Olhar Cintilante<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUSTAINABILITY<\/strong>
Andr\u00e9 Brodheim, Optivis\u00e3o
Rui Motty, Optocentro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONGEVITY<\/strong>
Tiago, Ricardo e Francisco Parente, Parente \u00d3ptica M\u00e9dica
Ricarda, Francisco, Sandra e Paulo Bolas, \u00d3ptica Havaneza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAREER AWARD<\/strong>
Ant\u00f3nio Nascimento, \u00d3ptica Nascimento
Rog\u00e9rio Ara\u00fajo, L&R \u00d3pticas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These names were chosen by a panel of 18 business leaders <\/a>from the sector, who met on 11 February, also at the Hotel Solverde, to evaluate the nominees and select the optical practices distinguished in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this awards ceremony integrated into the OP\u00d3TICA summit programme, \u00d3pticaPro magazine reinforces its commitment to promoting excellence, highlighting inspiring examples of best business practices and consumer service, and consolidating OP\u00d3TICA as a landmark event in the Portuguese optical sector calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo gallery will be available soon on the \u00d3pticaPro Awards<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The OP\u00d3TICA summit ended in a celebratory atmosphere, with the \u00d3pticaPro Awards 2026 ceremony. At this much-anticipated moment, the major winners of this year\u2019s edition were announced. Find out who they are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[293,294],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1622,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions\/1622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}