Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2006

Travel + Leisure have announced their World’s Best Awards for 2006.   There’s an awful lot more detail than I can do justice to with one blog entry, so here’s a very quick summary.

World’s Best Hotel

• 1 Singita Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa   97.56
• 2 Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan 96.11
• 3 Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India   94.28
• 4 The Peninsula, Bangkok   94.03
• 5 Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay 93.59
• 6 Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India   93.50
• 7 Ritz-Carlton Bali Resort & Spa 93.18
• 8 Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Scotland   92.86
• 9 The Oriental, Bangkok   92.40
• 10 Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India 91.79

World’s Best Islands

• 1 Bali 88.48
• 2 Kauai 86.47
• 3 Maui 86.21
• 4 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia 85.97
• 5 Mount Desert Island, Maine 84.90
• 6 Tasmania 84.88
• 7 Hawaii 84.72
• 8 Galápagos Islands 84.69
• 9 Santorini 84.17
• 10 Phuket, Thailand 84.06

World’s Best Cities

• 1  Florence 87.09
• 2  Rome 86.15
• 3  Bangkok 86.11
• 4  Sydney 85.94
• 5  Chiang Mai, Thailand 85.62
• 6  Cape Town 85.39
• 7  Buenos Aires 85.03
• 8  New York 84.75
• 9  Beirut 84.38
• 10 San Francisco 84.29

World’s Best Airlines

• 1 Singapore Airlines 89.25
• 2  Emirates   81.01
• 3  Cathay Pacific Airways 80.62
• 4  Virgin Atlantic Airways 78.71
• 5  Thai Airways International 77.66
• 6  Japan Airlines 76.94
• 7  Malaysia Airlines 76.80
• 8  Qantas Airways 76.77
• 9  SilkAir 76.56
• 10 Air New Zealand 74.99

World’s Best Large-Ship Cruise Lines

• 1  Crystal Cruises 88.28
• 2  Regent Seven Seas Cruises 87.37
• 3  Oceania Cruises 82.88
• 4  Celebrity Cruises 79.72
• 5  Orient Lines 78.67
• 6  Disney Cruise Line 78.31
• 7  Holland America Line 77.84
• 8  Cunard Line 77.02
• 9  P&O Cruises 76.63
• 10 Princess Cruises 76.15

For a fuller summary, and details on the methodology used, go to http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2006/