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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 Photo source.

18. Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India

19. Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Four Seasons Chiang Mai. Photo source

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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