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A Luxury Travel Blog’s ‘best of the best’ 2007
Condé Nast and Travel+Leisure publish their annual awards (see CondéNast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2007 and Travel+Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2007). Among other categories, both awards churn out a top 100 hotels/resorts list and I’m often intrigued by the distinct lack of repetition between the two top 100 lists. This year only 37 hotels and resorts are common to both lists. I thought it would be interesting to collate the two lists, so I’ve taken those 37 and rather crudely added the two scores together and divided by two, to produce A Luxury Travel Blog‘s ‘best of the best’! The results are rather interesting: Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts is by far the best represented in the list with 12 of its hotels featured, followed by The Peninsula with 4. Also worthy of a mention is Oberoi Hotels & Resorts with 3, but all of those 3 notably feature within the top 6. Here’s the final list:
1. Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India 99.6 (CN); 94.36 (T+L); score: 96.98
2. Singita Sabi Sand, South Africa 95.7 (CN); 94.3 (T+L); score: 95.0
3. Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India 97.3 (CN); 92.56 (T+L); score: 94.93
4. The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand 95.4 (CN); 94.23 = 94.815
5. Four Seasons Gresham Palace, Budapest 96.3 (CN); 92.15 (T+L); score: 94.225
6. Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India 95.9 (CN); 92.5 (T+L); score: 94.2
7. Mombo and Little Mombo Camps, Botswana 96.3 (CN); 92.08 (T+L); score: 94.19
8. Four Seasons George V, Paris, France 97.1 (CN); 91.05 (T+L); score: 94.075
9. The Peninsula, Hong Kong, China 97.5 (CN); 90.37 (T+L); score: 93.935
10. The Peninsula, Bangkok, Thailand 95.1 (CN); 92.41 (T+L); score: 93.755
11. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Big Island 94.1 (CN); 92.65 (T+L); score: 93.375
12. Milestone Hotel, London, England 93.3 (CN); 93.06 (T+L); score: 93.18
13. Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa 94.7 (CN); 91.52 (T+L); score: 93.11
14. Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa 96.8 (CN); 89.23 (T+L); score: 93.015
15. Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy 94.6 (CN); 91.18 (T+L); score: 92.89
16. Four Seasons Maui at Wailea, Maui 96.0 (CN); 89.72 (T+L); score: 92.86
17. Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand 95.9 (CN); 89.38 (T+L); score: 92.64
18. Il San Pietro di Positano, Positano, Italy 96.2 (CN); 88.82 (T+L); score: 92.51
19. Four Seasons Cairo at Nile Plaza, Cairo 93.0 (CN); 92.00 (T+L); score: 92.5
20. Four Seasons, Amman, Jordan 93.9 (CN); 90.95 (T+L); score: 92.425
21. Four Seasons, Prague, Czech Republic 93.6 (CN); 91.07 (T+L); score: 92.355
22. Ritz-Carlton, Berlin, Germany 96.3 (CN); 88.17 (T+L); score: 92.235
23. One&Only Palmilla, Los Cabos, Mexico 95.9 (CN); 88.32 (T+L); score: 92.11
24. The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, SC, USA 93.5 (CN); 90.07 (T+L); score: 91.785
25. The Peninsula, Chicago, Illinois 95.1 (CN); 88.38 (T+L); score: 91.74
26. Four Seasons, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 93.6 (CN); 89.50 (T+L); score: 91.55
27. Four Seasons, Buenos Aires, Argentina 92.8 (CN); 90.12 (T+L); score: 91.46
28. Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 94.6 (CN); 88.28 (T+L); score: 91.44
29. The Peninsula, Beverly Hills, California 92.8 (CN); 89.99 (T+L); score: 91.395
30. Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley, California 93.9 (CN); 88.37 (T+L); score: 91.135
31. Four Seasons Bali at Jimbaran Bay, Bali 93.3 (CN); 88.83 (T+L); score: 91.065
32. Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec, Canada 93.6 (CN); 88.52 (T+L); score: 91.06
33. Four Seasons Lodge At Koele, Lanai, Hawaii 92.6 (CN); 89.29 (T+L); score: 90.945
34. Hotel Villa Cipriani, Asolo, Italy 93.3 (CN); 88.27 (T+L); score: 90.785
35. Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Scotland 93.3 (CN); 88.18 (T+L); score: 90.74
36. Eden Rock, St. Barths, France 92.7 (CN); 88.70 (T+L); score: 90.7
37. Four Seasons, Chicago, Illinois 93.2 (CN); 88.03 (T+L); score: 90.615
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Great information. This will be a valuable tool for helping choose the resorts I want to stay in.