100 Best Hotels in the World

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Thailand claimed 3 spots in the top 20 of the 100 best hotels in the world this year in the 2008 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards.

In the 13th annual poll, readers voted for their favorite hotels from around the world.

Two hotels from Bangkok as well as the Four Seasons Chiang Mai- which consistently ranks in many list of top hotels around the world- not only made it in the top 100 best hotels in the world, but into the top 20, ranking at 14, 17 and 19.

Bangkok also made it to number 1 on the list of best cities of 2008!

Here are the hotels listed in order or their ranking. Click on the links for more details or each hotel.

  1. Singita Sabi Sand & Kruger National Park, South Africa
  2. Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India
  3. Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Masai Mara, Kenya
  4. Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India
  5. Triple Creek Ranch, Darby Montana
  6. Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India
  7. Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  8. Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
  9. Tortillis Camp, Amboseli national Park, Kenya
  10. Domaine des Hauts de Loire, Onzain, France
  11. Alvear Palace Hotel Buenos Aires.
  12. Little Palm Island Resort and Spa, Little Torch Key, Florida.
  13. Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles

  14. The Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

  15. Four Seasons Resort Lanai, the lodge at Koele, Hawaii
  16. Kichwa Tambo, Masai Mara, Kenya

  17. The Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

    Pool at the Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok

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  18. Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India

  19. Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Four Seasons Chiang Mai.

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  20. The Peninsula, Beverly Hills, California
  21. Hotel Hassler, Rome, Italy
  22. Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa
  23. The Peninsula, Hong Kong
  24. Voyages Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
  25. Treetops Lodge & Wilderness Experience, Rotorua, New Zealand
  26. Four Seasons Resort, Maui, at Wailea
  27. Four Seasons Resort, Hualalai, Hawaii
  28. Wickaninnish Inn, Vancouver, Canada
  29. Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
  30. Hotel Amigo, Brussels, Belgium
  31. Hotel Monasterio, Cuzco, Peru
  32. Il San Pietro, Positano, Italy
  33. Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris France
  34. Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Budapest, Hungary
  35. Four Seasons Hotel, New York
  36. The Peninsula, Beijing
  37. Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, California
  38. Four Seasons Hotel Mexico D.F, Mexico City, Mexico
  39. Mount Kenya Safari Club, Nanyuki, Kenya
  40. Post Rabch Inn, Big Sur, California
  41. Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet, Turkey
  42. Montage, Laguna Beach
  43. Four Seasons Hotel. Prague, Czech Republic
  44. Halekulan, Honolulu
  45. The Peninsula, Chicago
  46. Four Seasons Resort, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  47. Grace in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa
  48. One & Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas
  49. Bernardus Lodge, Camel Valley, California
  50. Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
  51. San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort, Venice, Italy
  52. Raffles Hotel, Singapore
  53. Grand Hotel Baglioni, Bologna, Italy
  54. Bevery Hills Hotel & Bungalows
  55. Four Seasons Resort Whistler, British Columbia
  56. Four Seasons Resort, The Biltmore, Santa Barbara, California
  57. Le Meridian Bristol, Warsaw, Poland
  58. Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, Colorado
  59. La Casa Que Canta, Zihuatanejo, Mexico
  60. St. Regis, Shanghai, China
  61. Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
  62. Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel, Interlaken, Switzerland
  63. Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Virginia
  64. Four Seasons Hotel, Shanghai
  65. Hotel Goldener Hirsch, Salzburg, Austria
  66. Tides, Zihuatanejo, Zihuatenejo, Mexico
  67. Kempinski Ciragan Palace Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
  68. Hotel Hana-Maui & Honua Spa, Hana, Hawaii
  69. Villa d’Este, Cernobbio, Italy
  70. Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah
  71. Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Niguel, California
  72. Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai, China
  73. Post Hotel & Spa, Lake Louise, Alberta
  74. Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado
  75. Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  76. Royal Palms Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona
  77. Park Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan
  78. Four Seasons Resort, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis
  79. Occidental Royal Hideaway Playacar, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  80. Hotel Bristol, Vienna, Austria
  81. The Dorchester, London, Great Britain
  82. Ritz, Paris, France
  83. Le Meridien Cancun Resort & Spa, Cancún, Mexico
  84. Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg, California
  85. Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City
  86. Fairmont Kea Lani, Wailea, Maui
  87. Grand Hotel Quisisana, Capri, Italy
  88. The Westcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa
  89. Four Seasons Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  90. Baur au Lac, Zürich, Switzerland
  91. Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy
  92. Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga, California
  93. InterContinental, Hong Kong, China
  94. Hotel Punta Islita, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
  95. Rusty Parrot Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  96. Westin Sydney, Australia
  97. The Cloister at Sea Island, Sea Island, Georgia
  98. Inkaterra Machu Picchu Hotel, Cuzco, Peru
  99. Ritz-Carlton, Santiago, Chile
  100. St. Regis, Beijing, China

Check out Travel+Leisure for the results of the other awards, including best spas, best cities, best airlines and best islands


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