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2016 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

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544 For almost three decades you’ve participated in our annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey, sharing your wisdom and discoveries from around the 70 world: the that inspired your latest home renovation; the cit that best Cities exemplifies the complexities and nuances of architecture; and the airline seat you could have stayed in for another 12 hours. But this year the numbers 37 were staggering. More than 300,000 of you—nearly tice as many as last year— Cruise Lines submitted millions of ratings and 75,000 comments. Your responses are the most powerful measure of what’s happening in the industry. Because of how and 30 where you’re traveling, we’re seeing trends shif in real time: European cities that Islands have long topped the list were outranked by Asian cities. Airlines like ANA now 25 have more U.S. flights into Toko’s Haneda Airport than ever before. So we hear Airlines you. And you can bet the industry does too. For more results, turn the page.

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nº. 12 6 Acme Hotel Company 93.62 Te Norman 7 Waldorf Astoria 93.61 Tel Aviv, 8 Hotel (page 108) Chicago 92.44 9 92.38 10 Fairmont Chicago, 90.63 11 Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago 89.99 12 Hotel Chicago 89.45 13 Swissôtel Chicago 89.41 14 Chicago Athletic Association Hotel 89.16 CITY 15 Four Seasons Hotel Chicago 88.49 TOP 40 16 Ritz-Carlton, Chicago 88.21 1 The Surrey 96.86 17 Hotel Palomar Chicago 87.45 2 96.09 18 Dana Hotel and 85.42 3 Crosby Street Hotel 95.98 19 W Chicago–Lakeshore 82.68 4 94.66 20 Sofitel 80.68 5 Park New York 94.25 6 Roxy Hotel 94.03 BOSTON 7 Langham Place, New York, TOP 10 93.95 8 WestHouse Hotel New York 93.83 1 XV Beacon 96.51 9 The Lowell 93.64 2 Nine Zero 95.94 10 Baccarat Hotel & Residences– 3 Boston Harbor Hotel 93.97 New York 93.49 4 Four Seasons Hotel Boston 92.86 11 Refinery Hotel 93.31 5 Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge 91.90 2 6 91.89 12 Trump International Hotel Commonwealth Hotel & Tower New York 92.86 Number of 7 The Langham, Boston 91.52 13 The Kimberly Hotel 92.62 consecutive years 8 Fairmont Copley Plaza 90.54 14 Sofitel New York 92.31 New York has 9 Omni Parker House 86.78 15 91.94 been voted the 10 The Eliot Hotel 85.68 16 Mandarin Oriental, New York 91.45 No. 1 large city in the United States 17 90.83 , D.C. 18 90.81 (page 112)— The Greenwich Hotel TOP 10 19 90.53 impressive, 20 The High Line Hotel 90.25 considering that 1 The Jefferson 94.40 21 Dream Downtown 90.19 for decades it 2 Melrose Georgetown Hotel 94.33 22 Loews Regency Hotel 89.77 didn’t even make 3 InterContinental The Willard 23 Hotel Chandler 89.45 the list. Washington D.C. 93.96 24 The Carlyle (Rosewood) 89.25 4 Fairmont Washington D.C. 92.65 25 Le Parker Méridien 89.14 5 The Hay-Adams 91.25 26 The Plaza 89.01 6 Four Seasons Hotel 27 The New York Edition 88.72 Washington, D.C. 88.04 28 88.53 7 The Hotel 87.61 29 St. Regis New York 88.46 8 The Mayflower Hotel 84.57 30 The NoMad Hotel 87.63 9 83.39 31 The Mark 87.58 10 Mandarin Oriental, 32 Smyth 87.26 Washington, D.C. 81.07 33 86.26 34 Lotte New York 86.05 CHARLESTON, S.C. 35 86.01 Trump SoHo New York TOP 10 36 Four Seasons Hotel New York 84.37 TOP 10 OVERALL 37 Ritz-Carlton New York, 1 French Quarter Inn 96.19 82.31 2 Grand Bohemian Hotel 1 Chicago 98.81 38 The NYC 81.49 Charleston 95.32 2 Thompson Chicago 97.73 39 JW Marriott Essex House New York 3 John Rutledge House Inn 94.98 3 Hotel Emma, San Antonio 97.33 80.90 4 Wentworth Mansion 94.97 4 Twin Farms, Barnard, Vt. 97.27 40 The Standard, High Line 80.70 5 The Spectator Hotel 94.67 5 The Umstead Hotel and Spa, 6 The Restoration 94.02 7 HarbourView Inn 93.93 Cary, N.C. 97.17 CHICAGO 6 Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, 8 Market Pavilion Hotel 93.71 McLean, Va. 96.89 TOP 20 9 Planters Inn 92.53 7 The Surrey, 96.86 1 98.81 10 Belmond Charleston Place 90.46 8 Hotel Maison de Ville, 2 Thompson Chicago 97.73 New Orleans 96.85 3 95.94 9 Sentinel, Portland, Ore. 96.81 4 The Langham, Chicago 95.57

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MIAMI NEW YORK STATE & TOP 15 THE MID-ATLANTIC 1 Epic 96.50 TOP 15 2 Faena Hotel Miami Beach 93.90 1 Baron’s Cove, Sag Harbor, N.Y. 96.51 3 1 Hotel South Beach 90.40 2 Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh 95.83 4 The Biltmore Hotel Miami– 3 The Lodge at Glendorn, 90.00 Coral Gables 7 Hotel Bel-Air 89.29 Bradford, Pa. 95.24 5 89.58 Washington Park Hotel 8 The Peninsula Beverly Hills 88.33 4 The Rittenhouse, Philadelphia 95.00 6 88.94 The Betsy 9 Shutters on the Beach 88.22 5 Hotel Monaco Philadelphia 94.38 7 86.91 Ritz-Carlton, South Beach 10 The Beverly Hills Hotel 87.36 6 Congress Hall, Cape May, N.J. 94.10 8 86.29 W South Beach 11 Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles 7 The Hotel, 9 85.71 Loews Miami Beach Hotel at Beverly Hills 84.84 Cape May, N.J. 93.79 10 Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, 12 The Hollywood Roosevelt 82.14 8 The Mill House Inn, Miami 85.24 East Hampton, N.Y. 92.86 11 Mandarin Oriental, Miami 84.52 9 Sandpiper Beach Club, 12 The Miami Beach Edition 84.15 SAN FRANCISCO Cape May, N.J. 92.41 13 Surfcomber 82.78 TOP 15 10 Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore 89.72 14 81.96 Fontainebleau 1 The Scarlet Huntington 92.14 11 Sofitel Philadelphia 89.64 15 80.99 The Standard Spa, Miami Beach 2 Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco 12 Omni William Penn Hotel, 92.05 Pittsburgh 89.29 NEW ORLEANS 3 Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco 91.45 13 Hotel Palomar Philadelphia 88.94 14 Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond, TOP 10 4 Fairmont San Francisco 88.12 5 Inn at the Presidio 87.15 St. Michaels, Md. 87.50 1 96.85 Hotel Maison de Ville 6 Omni San Francisco Hotel 87.07 15 Thayer Hotel, West Point, N.Y. 82.36 2 The Old No. 77 7 Palace Hotel (Luxury Collection) 86.31 94.57 Hotel & Chandlery 8 The Marker 85.47 3 The Roosevelt New Orleans 9 InterContinental San Francisco 84.67 93.70 (Waldorf Astoria) 10 InterContinental Mark Hopkins 4 93.06 Hotel Le Marais San Francisco 84.07 5 92.23 Hotel Mazarin 11 St. Regis San Francisco 83.39 6 91.74 Bourbon Orleans Hotel 12 Hotel Zephyr 82.29 7 90.14 Windsor Court Hotel 13 Stanford Court 81.91 8 88.92 Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans 14 Grand Hyatt San Francisco 81.66 9 88.77 Hotel Monteleone 15 Hotel Vitale 80.82 10 84.99 NEW TOP 20 TOP 10 1 Twin Farms, Barnard, Vt. 97.27 1 90.26 & Encore 2 Hotel , Burlington, Vt. 96.04 2 89.34 Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas 3 Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Me. 95.36 3 87.45 Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas 4 The Press Hotel, Portland, Me. 95.08 4 87.10 5 West Street Hotel, 5 The Venetian 86.79 Bar Harbor, Me. 94.94 6 86.60 6 The Cottages & at the 7 86.50 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Boat Basin, Nantucket, Mass. 94.23 8 84.34 Aria 7 The Pitcher Inn, Warren, Vt. 93.75 9 84.16 Hotel & Spa 8 The Hermitage, West Dover, Vt. 93.10 10 Trump International Hotel 9 Chebeague Island Inn, Me. 92.35 83.90 Las Vegas 10 The Dean, Providence, R.I. 91.53 11 Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina, LOS ANGELES Bar Harbor, Me. 90.95 TOP 12 12 The Nantucket Hotel & , Mass. 90.77 1 94.76 Montage Beverly Hills 13 The Chanler at Cliff Walk, 2 The Garland 92.70 Newport, R.I. 90.60 3 92.00 The Beverly Hilton 14 Delamar Greenwich Harbor, 4 JW Marriott Los Angeles Conn. 89.54 91.89 L.A. Live 15 Portland Regency Hotel & Spa, 5 Mr. C Beverly Hills 90.39 Me. 89.29 6 The Langham Huntington, 16 Castle Hill Inn, Newport, R.I. 89.07 89.96 Pasadena, Los Angeles 17 Harbor View Hotel, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. 88.91 18 Bar Harbor Inn, Mount Desert Island, Me. 87.15 19 Providence Biltmore, R.I. 82.44 nº. 12 20 The Inn at Shelburne Farms, Te Hollywood Roosevelt,

Burlington, Vt. 80.95 Los Angeles P.98 Gorman Tom Photographby

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THE MIDWEST nº. 1 Hotel Emma, TOP 10 San Antonio 1 JW Marriott Indianapolis 97.18 2 JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn. 95.73 3 Conrad Indianapolis 95.23 4 Hotel Sorella Country Club Plaza, City, Mo. 94.43 5 The Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee 93.37 6 Radisson Blu Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn. 92.38 7 The Saint Paul Hotel, St. Paul, Minn. 92.04 8 21c Museum Hotel, Cincinnati 89.78 With more 9 The Raphael Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. 86.11 travelers 10 The Alexander, Indianapolis 84.96 wanting to THE SOUTH TOP 30 immerse 1 The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary, N.C. 97.17 themselves in 2 Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, McLean, Va. 96.89 a place and 3 River Inn of Harbor Town, TOP 15 96.49 Memphis 1 Hotel Emma, San Antonio 97.33 4 95.91 live like Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tenn. 2 JW Marriott Austin 96.71 5 95.73 Hutton Hotel, Nashville 3 Hotel Van Zandt, Austin 96.05 6 locals, hotels The Ballantyne Hotel (Luxury 4 The St. Anthony (Luxury Collection), Collection), Charlotte, N.C. 95.59 San Antonio 95.77 7 95.41 The Willcox, Aiken, S.C. have taken 5 Gage Hotel, Big Bend 95.38 8 Old Edwards Inn and Spa, 6 Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, Highlands, N.C. 95.39 a page from San Antonio 95.14 9 The Fearrington House Inn, TOP 20 7 Omni Hotel 92.66 Pittsboro, N.C. 95.34 Airbnb’s 8 Hotel Sorella CityCentre, 1 The Alfond Inn, Winter Park 96.14 10 The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky. 94.41 Houston 92.62 11 94.31 2 The Pillars Hotel, Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta 9 Mokara Hotel & Spa, San Antonio 92.21 12 93.89 playbook, Fort Lauderdale 95.94 Omni Nashville Hotel 10 Omni La Mansión del Rio, 3 Casa Monica Hotel, St. Augustine 95.16 13 Quirk Hotel, Richmond, Va. 93.49 San Antonio 91.96 14 adding 4 The Hotel Zamora, The Inn on Biltmore Estate, 11 The Adolphus, Dallas 91.82 93.16 St. Pete Beach 94.72 Asheville, N.C. 12 Hotel Granduca, Houston 87.68 15 5 Ritz-Carlton, 94.63 Mansion on Forsyth Park, residential- 13 Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, 6 The Gates Hotel Key West 94.62 Savannah, Ga. 93.10 Dallas 87.14 16 92.33 7 Epicurean Hotel, Tampa 93.14 Westin Poinsett, Greenville, S.C. style 14 The Highland Dallas 85.65 17 91.19 8 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & , River Street Inn, Savannah, Ga. 15 The Driskill, Austin 82.87 18 The Ellis Hotel, Atlanta 90.99 Tampa 92.90 19 The Omni Grove Park Inn, accommoda- 9 The Chesterfield Palm Beach 92.42 Asheville, N.C. 89.96 10 The Pearl Hotel, THE SOUTHWEST 20 Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, N.C. 89.73 tions such as Rosemary Beach 91.43 TOP 12 21 89.68 11 Loews Don CeSar Hotel, The Inn at Little Washington, Va. 1 L’Auberge de Sedona 95.45 22 89.29 St. Pete Beach 91.42 Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta cottages 2 The Hermosa Inn, 12 , Naples 90.83 23 Hotel Monaco Alexandria, Va. 88.61 Paradise Valley, Ariz. 95.06 24 13 The Brazilian Court Hotel, Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, and villas to 3 The Inn of the Five Graces, Palm Beach 90.78 N.C. 88.37 Santa Fe 92.66 25 Louisville, Ky. 87.34 14 Vero Beach Hotel & Spa 90.36 21c Museum Hotel, their 4 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, 15 Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale 86.31 26 The Brice, Savannah, Ga. 87.12 Santa Fe 90.82 27 87.01 16 W Fort Lauderdale 86.13 The Jefferson, Richmond, Va. 5 Hotel Andaluz, Albuquerque 90.36 28 86.44 properties. 17 Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek 85.91 Andaz Savannah, Ga. 6 Los Poblanos Historic Inn 29 85.76 18 Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne 85.49 Williamsburg Inn, Va. & Organic Farm, Los Ranchos 19 Hyatt Regency Orlando 30 The Peabody Memphis 85.22 de Albuquerque 90.00 (formerly The Peabody) 83.33 7 La Fonda on the Plaza, Santa Fe 89.60 20 Hilton Orlando 83.09 8 Inn and Spa at Loretto, Santa Fe 89.29 9 Hotel Palomar Phoenix 88.20 10 Inn, Tucson 86.61 11 Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe 86.54 12 Arizona Biltmore (Waldorf Astoria),

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THE WEST TOP 25 1 Hotel Teatro, Denver 96.48 2 The ART, a Hotel, Denver 96.42 3 The Wort Hotel, Jackson, Wyo. 96.23 4 The Oxford Hotel, Denver 96.13 5 The Arrabelle at Vail Square 95.92 SOUTHERN 6 The Little Nell, Aspen 95.69 TOP 15 7 95.36 Lumière Telluride 1 L’Auberge Del Mar, Del Mar 96.10 8 Madeline Hotel & Residences, 2 Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, 95.29 Telluride California 95.80 9 JW Marriott Denver 3 Montage Laguna Beach 95.22 95.13 Cherry Creek 4 Belmond El Encanto, 10 Hotel Jerome, Aspen 94.87 Santa Barbara 94.69 11 Rusty Parrot Lodge & Spa, 5 The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Jackson, Wyo. 94.59 Riverside 93.62 12 93.50 The Sebastian–Vail 6 Fairmont Grand Del Mar, 13 The Grand America Hotel, San Diego 93.21 93.19 Salt Lake City 7 Parker Palm Springs 91.07 14 93.03 St. Julien Hotel & Spa, Boulder 8 Omni San Diego Hotel 87.92 15 93.02 The Lodge at Vail 9 Marriott Marquis San Diego 16 92.95 The Inn at Lost Creek Telluride Marina 87.78 17 Renaissance Denver Downtown City 10 Colony Palms Hotel, Center Hotel 92.86 Palm Springs 87.74 18 91.61 Sundial Lodge, Park City, 11 Disney’s Grand Californian 19 Goldener Hirsch Inn, Hotel & Spa, Anaheim 86.91 90.95 Park City, Utah 12 Malibu Beach Inn 84.28 20 Jenny Lake Lodge, Grand Teton 13 Sparrows Lodge, Palm Springs 83.97 89.08 National Park, Wyo. 14 , Anaheim 81.52 21 89.02 Hotel Terra Jackson Hole, Wyo. 15 The Queen Mary Hotel, 22 Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City 88.97 Long Beach 80.52 23 Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. 88.39 24 The Crawford Hotel, Denver 87.05 THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 25 Four Seasons Hotel Denver 81.07 TOP 20 1 Sentinel, Portland 96.81 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 2 RiverPlace Hotel, Portland 96.67 TOP 20 3 Hotel Lucia, Portland 96.43 4 Hotel Vintage Portland 96.20 1 96.61 Brewery Gulch Inn, Mendocino 5 Hotel Max, Seattle 95.19 2 Hotel Valencia Santana Row, 6 Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle 94.31 96.52 San Jose 7 Hotel Murano, Tacoma 94.29 3 Harvest Inn by Charlie Palmer, 8 Hotel Monaco Portland 93.01 96.51 St. Helena 9 Four Seasons Hotel Seattle 92.47 4 96.06 Bardessono, Yountville 10 The Nines (Luxury Collection), 5 The Farmhouse Inn, Portland 92.31 95.56 Russian River Valley 11 Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle 92.30 6 95.55 North Block Hotel, Yountville 12 Inn at the Market, Seattle 90.74 7 95.53 Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur 13 Motif Seattle 89.94 8 95.52 The Inn Above Tide, Sausalito 14 The Palladian Hotel, Seattle 89.70 9 94.98 Vintage Inn, Yountville 15 Hotel deLuxe, Portland 89.09 10 Meadowood Napa Valley, 16 The Heathman Hotel, Portland 87.55 94.57 St. Helena 17 Grand Hyatt Seattle 86.71 11 L’Auberge Carmel, 18 Westin Seattle 83.29 94.46 Carmel-by-the-Sea 19 Hotel Monaco Seattle 82.52 12 94.45 The Carneros Inn, Napa 20 The Allison Inn & Spa, 13 MacArthur Place, Sonoma 94.11 Newberg, Ore. 80.22 14 Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur 93.79 15 Cavallo Point, Sausalito 93.73 16 Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford 93.20 17 Hotel Healdsburg 89.77 TOP 5 18 89.73 Villagio Inn & Spa, Yountville 1 , Honolulu 92.08 19 89.54 Andaz Napa 2 The Royal Hawaiian 20 Fairmont Sonoma Mission (Luxury Collection), Honolulu 87.99 88.87 Inn & Spa 3 Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk, Honolulu 85.24 4 The Modern Honolulu 80.30 5 Ka‘anapali Beach Hotel, Maui 80.28

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21 Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London 87.65 22 The Stafford 87.33 23 86.67 24 The Chesterfield 86.62 25 Brown’s Hotel 85.71 26 St. Ermin’s Hotel 85.61 27 The Beaumont 84.86 28 The Knightsbridge (Luxury Collection) 83.63 29 London Marriott Hotel County Hall 83.14 30 Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel 82.99

UNITED KINGDOM & (not including London) TOP 10 1 Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland 99.11 2 Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Dorset, England 98.81 3 , Co. Waterford, Ireland 98.60 4 The Lodge at , Co. Mayo, Ireland 98.38 5 Cliveden House, Taplow, England 95.30 6 The Merrion, Dublin 92.04 7 The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath, England 91.48 8 The Westbury, Dublin 90.96 9 90.58 LONDON The Shelbourne Dublin EUROPE 10 Hotel, TOP 30 Co. , Ireland 89.29 1 97.67 2 The 95.16 3 The Langham, London 94.61 2 4 94.48 TOP 20 5 Claridge’s 93.91 1 Mandarin Oriental, Paris 97.29 TOP 10 OVERALL 6 The Montague on the Gardens 93.61 4 2 Hôtel Providence 96.43 7 The London Edition 92.55 Number of 3 Le Royal Monceau–Raffles Paris 94.78 1 Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland 99.11 8 The 92.47 properties on 4 Shangri-La Hotel, Paris 94.29 2 Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, 9 The Savoy 92.45 our 2016 Hot List 5 Grand Royal 94.17 Dorset, England 98.81 10 The Ritz London 92.19 that made this 6 Le Bristol Paris 93.91 3 Waterford Castle, 11 Hotel 41 92.03 year’s RCA. That’s 7 92.14 Co. Waterford, Ireland 98.60 12 The Rubens at the Palace 90.91 25 percent more 8 Four Seasons Hotel , 4 The Lodge at Ashford Castle, 13 The Goring 90.80 than three years Paris 91.85 Co. Mayo, Ireland 98.38 14 Shangri-La Hotel, At , ago, and shows that 9 Prince de Galles 5 Hotel Il Pellicano, Tuscany, 98.21 London 90.50 when properties are (Luxury Collection) 91.59 6 Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern, 15 St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel great right out of 10 Hôtel Plaza Athénée 91.01 Lucerne, 98.19 London 90.43 the gate, they gain 11 Park Hyatt Paris–Vendôme 88.00 7 Canaves Oia Santorini, 98.14 16 90.26 momentum fast. 12 Paris Marriott Opera 8 Eccleston Square Hotel, 17 90.20 Ambassador Hotel 87.74 London, England 97.67 18 90.11 13 L’Hôtel du Collectionneur 87.13 9 The , 19 88.89 14 86.92 Zurich, Switzerland 97.48 20 The Zetter Townhouse 15 Paris Marriott Champs

10 Mandarin Oriental, Paris, 97.29 Marylebone 88.27 Elysees Hotel 86.64 P.104 Matthieu Salvaing Photographby

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16 Westin Paris–Vendôme 86.44 VENICE & 17 La Réserve Paris–Hotel and Spa 86.43 TOP 10 TOP 15 18 Hôtel de Crillon 85.84 19 Hôtel d’Aubusson 84.23 1 The Gritti Palace 1 Sant Francesc Hotel Singular, 20 Pullman Paris Eiffel Tower 83.58 (Luxury Collection) 92.23 Mallorca, Spain 96.55 2 Hotel Danieli (Luxury Collection) 87.68 2 Hotel Arts, Barcelona 94.33 3 Boscolo Venezia 86.63 3 Majestic Hotel & Spa, Barcelona 94.28 FRANCE & MONACO 4 Ca’Sagredo Hotel 86.20 4 Hotel Alfonso XIII (not including Paris) It was all 5 Belmond Hotel Cipriani 85.12 (Luxury Collection), Seville 94.20 TOP 12 6 Aman Venice 84.94 about 5 The Yeatman Hotel, 1 Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo 95.42 7 Westin Europa & Regina 83.57 Porto, Portugal 93.87 2 Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, 8 Hilton Molino Stucky Venice 82.72 Santorini 6 Mercer Hoteles Barcelona 90.55 A Four Seasons Hotel, 9 Bauers Il Palazzo 82.59 7 Grand Hotel Central, Barcelona 90.53 St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 92.05 10 Bauers L’Hotel 82.26 8 Westin Palace, 90.27 3 Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo 91.76 this year, 9 Cotton House Hotel, Barcelona 90.25 4 Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz 91.65 10 Hotel 1898, Barcelona 89.89 ITALY 11 Hotel Maria Cristina (Luxury 5 Villa Lara, Bayeux, Normandy 91.07 (not including Rome, Florence, or Venice) but based 6 Hôtel Crillon le Brave, Provence 88.92 Collection), San Sebastián, Spain 89.41 TOP 15 7 Château Eza, Èze 88.27 on the 12 W Barcelona 89.07 8 Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1 Hotel Il Pellicano, Tuscany 98.21 13 Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon 85.99 Cap d’Antibes 87.50 2 Belmond Hotel Splendido buzz we’re 14 Hotel Ritz, Madrid 85.19 9 Domaine Les Crayères, Reims 86.91 and Belmond Splendido Mare, 15 Le Méridien Barcelona 81.41 10 Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo 86.74 Portofino 97.19 hearing, 11 La Colombe d’Or, 3 Caesar Augustus, 97.02 SWITZERLAND 4 Palazzo Avino, 96.94 St-Paul de Vence 85.71 TOP 10 12 InterContinental 5 Palazzo Victoria, Verona 96.46 it’ll be Bordeaux–Le Grand Hotel 81.43 6 Grand Hotel Tremezzo, 1 Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern, Lake Como 95.46 Corsica’s Lucerne 98.19 7 94.96 2 The Dolder Grand, Zurich 97.48 ROME Four Seasons Hotel Milano 8 Il San Pietro di 94.86 moment in 3 Grand Hotel Kronenhof, TOP 12 9 Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, Pontresina 96.75 1 Portrait Roma 97.09 94.61 2017. 4 Palace Luzern, Lucerne 96.39 2 The First Luxury Art Hotel 10 Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi 94.41 5 Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, Roma 94.57 11 Le Sirenuse, Positano 93.89 St. Moritz 96.10 3 Rome Cavalieri 12 Mandarin Oriental, Milan 93.51 (Waldorf Astoria) 93.42 13 Villa d’Este, Lake Como 90.38 4 Hotel de Russie 93.16 14 Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan 87.41 5 Boscolo Exedra Roma 89.44 15 , Capri 87.34 6 Hassler Roma 84.76 n . 10 7 St. Regis Rome 83.83 º GREECE & Hotel Santa Caterina, 8 Hotel Raphaël 83.75 Amalfi 9 The Inn at the Roman Forum 83.33 TOP 20 10 Westin Excelsior Rome 82.41 1 Canaves Oia Santorini 98.14 11 Hotel Eden Rome 82.12 2 Chromata Hotel, Santorini 97.26 12 Hotel Savoy 80.12 3 Kos Atkis Art Hotel, Kos 97.22 4 Kirini Suites & Spa, Santorini 97.02 FLORENCE 5 Raffles Istanbul 96.27 6 Katikies Hotel, Santorini 95.58 TOP 10 7 King George (Luxury Collection), 1 Portrait Firenze 95.96 Athens 95.41 2 Villa Cora 95.24 8 Sun Rocks, Santorini 94.79 3 Belmond 94.28 9 Perivolas, Santorini 94.76 4 Four Seasons Hotel Firenze 94.23 10 Hotel Grande Bretagne 5 Il Salviatino 92.97 (Luxury Collection), Athens 94.35 6 J.K. Place Firenze 92.69 11 St. Regis Istanbul 93.54 7 Hotel Savoy 90.77 12 Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul 8 Hotel Lungarno 90.39 at Sultanahmet 93.13 9 St. Regis Florence 90.10 13 Diamond Deluxe Hotel, Kos 91.76 10 Westin Excelsior Florence 88.66 14 Mystique (Luxury Collection), Santorini 91.61 15 Çırağan Palace , Istanbul 90.05 16 Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul 88.98 17 Aqua Blu, Kos 88.97 18 Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus 88.10 19 Archipelagos Hotel, Mykonos 83.95

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6 , Zurich 95.96 REST OF MEXICO 7 Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, TOP 5 Montreux 93.74 THE WORLD 8 Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues 1 Hotel Matilda, Geneva 92.82 San Miguel de Allende 99.09 9 Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne 92.10 2 Rosewood San Miguel de Allende 96.01 10 Hotel d’Angleterre, Geneva 91.87 3 Las Alcobas (Luxury Collection), Mexico City 95.64 4 Belmond Casa de Sierra , CENTRAL EUROPE San Miguel de Allende 92.14 TOP 15 5 Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City, D.F. 1 Aria Hotel Budapest 97.28 TOP 12 90.54 2 Corinthia Hotel Budapest 95.45 1 Fairmont Pacific Rim 96.44 3 Hotel Sacher Vienna 94.64 2 Fairmont Waterfront 95.72 SOUTH AMERICA 4 Aria Hotel Prague 94.52 3 Rosewood Hotel 95.71 TOP 15 5 Ritz-Carlton, Budapest 94.42 4 Opus Hotel 94.61 1 Hotel Unique, São Paulo 98.53 6 Four Seasons Hotel Gresham 5 Loden Hotel 94.15 Yesterday’s 2 , Palace Budapest 94.13 6 Wedgewood Hotel & Spa 93.68 96.95 7 Mandarin Oriental, Prague 92.52 7 L’Hermitage Hotel 93.37 unimaginable 3 Sofitel Legend Santa Clara 8 Boscolo Budapest 91.61 8 Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver 92.08 Cartagena, Colombia 95.55 9 Four Seasons Hotel Prague 89.93 9 Pan Pacific Vancouver 91.64 4 Four Seasons Hotel 10 Hotel Goldener Hirsch destinations 10 Fairmont Vancouver Airport 91.42 Buenos Aires 95.36 (Luxury Collection), Salzburg 89.92 11 Four Seasons 88.54 5 JW Marriott El Convento , 11 Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge 89.71 are today’s 12 The Sutton Place Hotel 94.78 12 Hotel Imperial Vancouver 87.17 (Luxury Collection), Vienna 89.29 bragging 6 Palacio Duhau–Park Hyatt, 13 Boscolo Prague 88.23 Buenos Aires 93.21 14 InterContinental Budapest 88.19 CANADA 7 Emiliano Hotel, São Paulo 92.79 15 Ritz-Carlton, Vienna 86.67 rights: (not including Vancouver) 8 Home Hotel, Buenos Aires 91.74 TOP 12 9 , Cuzco, Peru 91.38 More of you 1 Manoir Hovey, AMSTERDAM 10 Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado, North Hatley, Quebec 96.69 TOP 10 Sacred Valley, Peru 90.83 are visiting 2 The Magnolia Hotel & Spa, 11 Palacio del Inka (Luxury Collection), 1 Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam 94.68 Victoria, B.C. 95.93 Cuzco, Peru 90.82 2 Andaz Amsterdam places 3 Fairmont Le Château Montebello, 12 Belmond Miraflores Park, 89.73 Prinsengracht 93.09 Quebec 95.18 13 Puerto Valle, Corrientes, 3 Hotel Pulitzer 93.08 4 Trump International like Veliko 89.29 4 Conservatorium Hotel 90.82 Hotel & Tower Toronto 94.35 14 Belmond Hotel das Cataratas, 5 De L’Europe 90.44 5 Auberge Saint-Antoine, Tarnovo Iguaçú Falls, 88.90 6 Swissôtel Amsterdam 89.80 Quebec City 93.61 15 Belmond Copacabana Place, 7 Hotel Okura Amsterdam 88.82 6 Fairmont Le , Rio de Janeiro 82.59 8 Sofitel Legend The Grand in , Quebec City 92.63 Amsterdam 85.42 7 Fairmont Empress, 9 Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam Burma’s Victoria, B.C. 92.36 City Centre 83.93 8 Ritz-Carlton Montréal 91.61 TOP 15 10 Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel 83.92 9 Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu, Mergui 1 Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai 95.90 Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec 88.69 2 95.55 10 The , NORTHERN EUROPE Archipelago, 3 The Peninsula 94.76 Toronto 86.49 (not including Amsterdam) 4 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong 94.55 11 Four Seasons Hotel Toronto 85.89 TOP 12 5 Westin Bund Center, Shanghai 92.86 and Colombia’s 12 Fairmont Château Laurier, 6 The Upper House, Hong Kong 92.78 1 The Thief, Oslo 95.76 Ottawa 84.29 2 Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Coffee 7 Shangri-La, Hong Kong 92.06 Hamburg 95.71 8 Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong 91.58 3 Hotel Dukes’ Palace, Bruges 95.46 Triangle. THE CARIBBEAN & 9 Rosewood Beijing 91.22 4 Hotel d’Angleterre, Copenhagen 95.19 CENTRAL AMERICA 10 Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong 90.81 5 Kempinski Berlin 92.77 TOP 5 11 90.39 12 InterContinental Hong Kong 89.88 6 Le Méridien Grand Hotel 1 Casa Palopó, Lake Atitlán, 13 Waldorf Astoria Shanghai Nuremberg 89.47 Guatemala 95.37 7 88.63 on the Bund 89.29 Hilton Reykjavík Nordica, Iceland 2 Hotel Grano de Oro, San José, 8 Hotel Amigo, Brussels 88.41 14 The PuLi Hotel and Spa, 94.01 Shanghai 87.50 9 Grand Hôtel, Stockholm 87.81 3 Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, 15 Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 83.04 10 Ion Luxury Adventure Hotel, Selfoss, San Juan, 92.60 87.14 Iceland 4 Hotel El Convento, San Juan, 11 Hotel Kämp (Luxury Collection), Puerto Rico 91.01 86.31 Helsinki 5 American Trade Hotel, City, 12 Hótel Búđir, Snæfellsnes, Iceland 83.67 Panama 85.71

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nº. 2 Mandarin Oriental, Taipei

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST TOP 20 1 Ellerman House, Cape Town 98.11 2 Gibb’s Farm, Ngorongoro, 97.57 3 La Residence, Franschhoek, 96.43 4 Birkenhead House Hotel, Hermanus, South Africa 96.41 5 The Oyster Box, Durban, South Africa 96.39 6 The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, Cape Town 95.37 7 Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa, Johannesburg 95.19 8 One&Only Cape Town 94.57 9 Cape Grace, Cape Town 94.38 10 Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem 94.05 SOUTHERN ASIA 11 Cape Cadogan Hotel, Cape Town 92.45 TOP 12 TOP 20 12 The Norman Tel Aviv 91.59 1 (Taj), 1 Shangri-La Hotel, 97.03 13 King David Jerusalem 90.77 98.85 2 Park Hyatt Saigon, 14 Kasbah Tamadot, Asni, 90.68 2 Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur 96.01 Ho Chi Minh City 96.75 15 La Mamounia, 3 Taj , Udaipur 95.72 3 Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi 96.32 Marrakech, Morocco 89.44 4 Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur 95.41 4 Raffles Hotel Singapore 95.98 1 16 Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town 89.12 5 Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra 94.85 5 Raffles Jakarta 95.96 Number of times 17 Park Hyatt Dubai 88.93 6 The Oberoi, Mumbai 94.64 6 Four Seasons Hotel Baku, in the history of 18 Burj Al Arab , Dubai 88.48 7 The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai 90.95 Azerbaijan 95.50 the survey that the 19 Waldorf Astoria Dubai 8 Rambagh Palace (Taj), Jaipur 90.35 7 Villa Sông Saigon, No. 1 and No. 2 Palm Jumeirah 88.44 9 The Oberoi, 90.00 Ho Chi Minh City 95.36 international cities 20 Sofitel Dubai Downtown 86.15 10 Westin Gurgaon 86.61 8 94.57 were in the 11 Taj Falaknuma Palace, 9 Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok 94.05 same country. Hyderabad 85.71 10 Banyan Tree Bangkok 93.81 Top honors went & 12 The Imperial, New Delhi 85.27 11 Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok 93.70 to Tokyo and Kyoto NEW ZEALAND 12 Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, this year— TOP 10 NORTHERN ASIA 93.57 new travel apps, 13 Regent Singapore, 1 COMO The Treasury, Perth 99.11 TOP 10 including A Four Seasons Hotel 91.98 translators and 2 The Langham, Melbourne 95.68 1 Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo 97.08 14 Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore 91.58 GPS maps, 3 The Old Clare Hotel, Sydney 94.64 2 Mandarin Oriental, Taipei 95.49 15 La Résidence Hotel & Spa, and a strong dollar 4 Hotel DeBrett, Auckland 90.48 3 Four Seasons Hotel Seoul 94.39 Hue, 90.48 surely helped. 5 Park Hyatt Sydney 89.55 4 Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo 16 The Fullerton Bay Hotel, 6 Four Seasons Hotel Sydney 89.46 at Marunouchi 92.26 Singapore 89.70 7 Hilton Sydney 89.18 5 Park Hyatt Seoul 91.96 17 Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel 89.35 8 Sofitel Queenstown 6 Aman Tokyo 90.58 18 Belmond Governor’s Residence, Hotel and Spa 86.97 7 Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto 90.23 Rangoon, Burma 86.91 9 Sydney Harbour Marriott 8 Grand Hyatt Taipei 87.41 19 The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore 85.73 Hotel at Circular Quay 83.89 9 87.08 20 , Singapore 84.50 10 The Henry Jones Art Hotel Hobart,

10 Suiran (Luxury Collection), Kyoto 82.14 Tasmania 81.71 Gorman Tom Photographby

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LARGE SHIPS (More than 2,500 passengers) 1 Disney 90.23 2 Cunard 90.01 3 Princess 86.43 4 Celebrity 84.02 5 Norwegian Cruise Line 80.20 6 Royal Caribbean International 79.99

MEDIUM SHIPS (500 to 2,500 passengers) 1 Crystal Cruises 92.24 2 Disney 87.44 3 Regent Seven Seas Cruises 86.54 4 Cunard 86.51 5 Oceania Cruises 85.38 6 Viking Ocean Cruises 85.36 7 Holland America Line 84.65 8 Princess 84.01 9 Silversea 83.91 10 Celebrity 80.26 11 Royal Caribbean International 76.61 12 Norwegian Cruise Line 75.53

SMALL SHIPS (Less than 500 passengers) 1 Seabourn Cruise Line 91.11 2 Paul Gauguin Cruises 90.83 3 Regent Seven Seas Cruises 89.83 4 Windstar Cruises 89.43 5 SeaDream Yacht Club 89.14 6 Celebrity 88.24 7 Lindblad Expeditions–National Geographic 87.79 8 American Cruise Lines 86.21 9 Silversea 83.06 10 Star Clippers 82.79

RIVER SHIPS 1 Grand Circle Cruise Line 93.55 2 Viking River Cruises 93.36 3 Uniworld Boutique River Cruises 93.07 4 Tauck 92.71 5 Vantage 90.85 6 American Cruise Lines 90.41 7 AmaWaterways 90.07 8 American Queen Steamboat Co. 90.06 9 Avalon Waterways 88.43 Photograph by Adrian Gaut Adrian Photographby

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REST OF THE WORLD TOP 40 CITIES 1 Tokyo 90.44 2 Kyoto 90.06 3 Florence 88.78 4 Lucerne 88.43 5 San Miguel de Allende 87.68 6 Vancouver 87.61 7 Victoria, B.C. 87.45 8 Salzburg 87.42 9 Barcelona 87.34 10 Vienna 87.22 11 Paris 87.16 12 Sydney 87.15 13 London 86.87 14 Melbourne 86.85 15 Rome 86.65 16 Singapore 86.62 17 Tel Aviv 86.49 18 Quebec City 86.42 19 Nuremberg 86.38 20 Venice 86.26 21 Stockholm 86.18 22 Budapest 86.00 UNITED STATES UNITED STATES nº. 1 23 Hong Kong 85.96 New York 24 Istanbul 85.94 TOP 15 LARGE CITIES TOP 15 SMALL CITIES 25 Amsterdam 85.66 1 New York 87.37 1 Charleston, S.C. 90.25 26 Bruges 85.52 2 Chicago 87.15 2 Aspen 90.13 27 Madrid 85.32 3 San Francisco 86.78 3 Santa Fe 89.36 28 Jerusalem 85.31 4 Honolulu 85.91 4 Laguna Beach, Calif. 88.13 29 Zurich 85.24 5 New Orleans 85.69 5 Savannah 87.82 30 Edinburgh 85.23 6 Boston 84.60 6 Park City, Utah 87.15 31 Copenhagen 85.15 7 Portland, Ore. 84.54 7 Telluride, Colo. 86.94 32 Prague 85.08 8 Naples 84.05 8 Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. 85.22 33 Lisbon 84.92 9 Seattle 83.39 9 St. Augustine, Fla. 84.52 34 Dublin 84.79 10 San Diego 83.36 10 Asheville, N.C. 84.49 35 Seoul 84.78 11 Washington, D.C. 82.84 11 Burlington, Vt. 84.34 36 Cape Town 84.64 12 San Antonio 82.69 12 Jackson, Wyo. 84.30 37 Toronto 84.58 13 Nashville 82.63 13 Sedona 83.99 38 Munich 84.54 14 Minneapolis 82.26 14 Key West 83.78 39 Montreal 84.37

15 Austin 80.50 15 Sarasota, Fla. 83.77 40 Cologne 83.66 P.117 Gaut Adrian Photographby

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TOP 10 OVERALL

1 The Lodge & Spa at Brush Creek Ranch, Saratoga, Wyo. 99.15 2 L’Horizon Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, Calif. 98.48 3 Gateway Canyons Resort, Gateway, Colo. 97.93 4 Sonnenalp, Vail, Colo. 97.87 5 The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island, Ga. 97.62 6 The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, Ga. 97.60 7 Tides Inn, Irvington, Va. 97.55 8 Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, Ariz. 97.42 9 C Lazy U Ranch, Granby, Colo. 97.28 10 Sanderling Resort, Duck, N.C. 97.27 P.120

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NEW ENGLAND THE MIDWEST TOP 25 TOP 10 1 Hidden Pond, 1 Canoe Bay, Chetek, Wis. 96.50 Kennebunkport, Me. 96.62 2 Madden’s on Gull Lake, 2 The Mansion at Ocean Edge Resort Brainerd, Minn. 96.29 & Golf Club, Brewster, Mass. 95.67 3 Grand View Lodge Golf Resort & Spa, 3 Wequassett Resort and Golf Club, Nisswa, Minn. 96.04 Harwich, Mass. 95.66 4 The Osthoff Resort, FLORIDA (ATLANTIC) 4 Winvian, Litchfield Hills, Conn. 95.54 Elkhart Lake, Wis. 94.76 TOP 20 5 Wentworth by the Sea, 5 Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, Mo. 94.64 1 Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa 95.72 New Castle, N.H. 95.45 6 The American Club, Kohler, Wis. 93.83 2 St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort 95.71 6 Ocean House, Watch Hill, R.I. 94.75 7 Mission Point Resort, 3 Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach, 7 The Tides Beach Club, Mackinac Island, Mich. 93.27 Sunny Isles Beach 95.48 Kennebunkport, Me. 94.69 8 Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, 4 Tideline Ocean Resort & Spa, 8 The Wauwinet, Nantucket, Mass. 93.93 Lake Geneva, Wis. 91.11 Palm Beach 95.00 9 Topnotch Resort, Stowe, Vt. 93.92 9 Grand Hotel, 5 One Ocean Resort & Spa, 10 Winnetu Oceanside Resort, Mackinac Island, Mich. 89.94 Atlantic Beach 94.35 Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. 93.69 10 Great Wolf Lodge, 6 Trump National Doral Miami 94.15 11 The Villages at Ocean Edge Resort Dells, Wis. 83.93 7 Lago Mar Beach Resort & Club, & Golf Club, Brewster, Mass. 93.65 Fort Lauderdale 93.91 12 Weekapaug Inn, Westerly, R.I. 93.60 THE SOUTH 8 Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa, 13 Spruce Point Inn, TOP 20 Jupiter 93.78 Boothbay Harbor, Me. 93.51 9 Omni Amelia Island 14 Woodstock Inn & Resort, Vt. 93.41 1 The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island, Plantation Resort 93.11 15 Stowe Mountain Lodge, Vt. 93.18 Ga. 97.62 10 Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island 92.49 16 Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, 2 The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, 11 Pelican Grand Beach Resort, Stowe, Vt. 93.13 Ga. 97.60 Fort Lauderdale 92.02 17 Mirbeau Inn & Spa at The Pinehills, 3 Tides Inn, Irvington, Va. 97.55 12 Hammock Beach Resort, Plymouth, Mass. 93.03 4 Sanderling Resort, Duck, N.C. 97.27 Palm Coast 90.42 18 Samoset Resort, Rockport, Me. 92.40 5 Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, 13 Boca Beach Club (Waldorf Astoria), 19 S.C. 96.79 Inn by the Sea, Boca Raton 90.01 Cape Elizabeth, Me. 90.94 6 Greyfield Inn, 14 The Breakers Palm Beach 89.57 20 Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Mass. 88.74 Cumberland Island, Ga. 95.84 15 Trump International Beach Resort 21 Chatham Bars Inn, 7 The Inn & Club at Harbour Town, Miami 88.69 Chatham, Mass. 86.45 Hilton Head Island, S.C. 95.83 16 Turnberry Isle Miami 87.46 22 Omni Mount Washington Resort, 8 Salamander Resort & Spa, 17 Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa, 84.33 Middleburg, Va. 95.71 Bretton Woods, N.H. Ponte Vedra Beach 87.05 23 Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vt. 82.50 9 The Cloister, Sea Island, Ga. 94.77 18 Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach 10 Primland, Meadows of Dan, Va. 94.72 24 Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn. 82.42 84.38 25 11 Montage Palmetto Bluff, Equinox (Luxury Collection), 19 Boca Raton Resort and Club 81.25 Bluffton, S.C. 94.57 Manchester Village, Vt. (Waldorf Astoria) 83.24 12 Palmetto Oceanfront Resort, 20 Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood Hilton Head Island, S.C. 94.41 82.01 NEW YORK STATE & 13 Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort, THE MID-ATLANTIC Hilton Head Island, S.C. 94.39 TOP 12 14 Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds FLORIDA (KEYS) 1 Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, Plantation, Greensboro, Ga. 93.89 TOP 10 15 Westin Savannah Harbor Lake Placid, N.Y. 97.04 1 The Moorings Village & Spa, Golf Resort & Spa, Ga. 93.57 2 The Lodge at Woodloch, Islamorada 94.29 16 Grand Hotel Marriott Resort Golf Hawley, Pa. 96.61 2 Ocean Key Resort & Spa, Club & Spa, Point Clear, Ala. 92.53 3 The Point, Saranac Lake, N.Y. 96.00 Key West 93.84 17 The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island 4 Falling Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands, 3 The Marker Waterfront Resort Golf Resort, S.C. 92.32 Farmington, Pa. 94.89 Key West 93.75 18 The Greenbrier, 5 Lake Placid Lodge, N.Y. 94.56 4 Pier House Resort & Spa, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. 91.01 6 Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Key West 93.38 19 The Omni Homestead Resort, Golf Resort Spa & Marina, Cambridge, 5 Sunset Key Cottages Hot Springs, Va. 90.66 Md. 93.68 (Luxury Collection), Key West 92.50 20 Wild Dunes Resort, 7 Mirbeau Inn & Spa, 6 Hawks Cay Resort, Duck Key 91.84 Isle of Palms, S.C. 85.40 Skaneateles, N.Y. 93.67 7 Southernmost Beach Resort 8 Omni Bedford Springs Resort, Key West 89.94 Pa. 91.96 8 Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, 9 The Sagamore Resort, Little Torch Key 87.75 91.88 Lake George, N.Y. nº. 20 9 Cheeca Lodge & Spa, Islamorada 81.30 10 Mohonk Mountain House, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, 10 Westin Key West New Paltz, N.Y. 90.58 Big Island Resort & Marina 80.29 11 Whiteface Lodge, (page 124) Lake Placid, N.Y. 85.05

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FLORIDA (GULF) 13 Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale TOP 12 at Troon North 90.41 14 Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, 1 The Gasparilla Inn & Club, Austin 89.86 Boca Grande 97.04 15 La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa 2 Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina, (Luxury Collection) 89.82 Fort Myers 96.35 16 The Phoenician (Luxury Collection), 3 LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Scottsdale 89.11 Naples 94.85 17 Ten Thousand Waves, Santa Fe 88.93 4 Sandpearl Resort, 18 Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, Clearwater Beach 94.82 Marana, Ariz. 88.69 5 Naples Grande Beach Resort 93.73 19 Canyon Ranch in Tucson 87.98 6 South Seas Island Resort, 20 JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Captiva 93.67 Inn Resort & Spa 86.91 7 The Resort at Longboat Key Club 92.21 21 Westin Kierland Villas, Scottsdale 8 WaterColor Inn & Resort, 86.90 Santa Rosa Beach 92.06 22 Four Seasons Resort Rancho 9 TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, Encantado Santa Fe 86.16 St. Pete Beach 90.66 23 JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge 10 The Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Spa 85.81 St. Petersburg Resort & Spa 90.54 24 Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, 11 Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples 90.48 Phoenix 85.71 12 Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota 88.64 25 Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch 85.23 FLORIDA (CENTRAL) 26 Royal Palms Resort and Spa, TOP 20 Phoenix 84.96 27 Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, 1 Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Tucson 84.19 World Resort 96.32 28 Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder 84.10 2 Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, 29 Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Orlando 94.29 Tucson 83.48 3 Reunion Resort & Spa, 30 Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort Kissimmee 94.15 and Spa, Lost Pines, Tex. 82.14 4 Waldorf Astoria Orlando 92.57 5 Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando 92.35 6 Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, TOP 15 Orlando 92.14 1 Gateway Canyons Resort, 7 Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, Gateway 97.93 Lake Buena Vista 90.88 2 Sonnenalp, Vail 97.87 8 Omni Orlando Resort at nº. 1 3 C Lazy U Ranch, Granby 97.28 ChampionsGate 90.39 L’Horizon Resort & Spa, 4 Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa 9 Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Palm Springs at Beaver Creek Mountain 96.89 Orlando 90.30 (page 124) 5 The Osprey at Beaver Creek 96.79 10 Disney’s Grand Floridian 6 Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa, Lake Buena Vista 90.18 Resort and Spa 94.73 11 Ritz-Carlton Orlando, 7 Four Seasons Resort Vail 93.84 Grande Lakes 89.91 8 Viceroy Snowmass 93.49 12 Wyndham Bonnet Creek Resort, 9 St. Regis Aspen Resort 93.45 TEXAS & THE SOUTHWEST 2 Orlando 89.44 10 The Pines Lodge, Beaver Creek 91.13 13 Hard Rock Hotel at TOP 30 11 The Broadmoor, 89.01 Universal Orlando Resort 1 Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson 97.42 2 Colorado Springs 91.06 14 Disney’s Beach Club Resort, 12 The Hotel Telluride 88.94 2 Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa, Number of years Lake Buena Vista 88.35 Tucson 96.59 13 The Peaks Resort and Spa, 15 Maui has been Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, 3 Lake Austin Spa Resort, Austin 96.10 Telluride 88.49 87.50 your favorite Lake Buena Vista 4 Mii Amo, Sedona 95.97 14 Dunton Hot Springs, Dolores 84.75 16 U.S. island. With Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, 5 Sanctuary Camelback Mountain 15 Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, 86.46 contenders Orlando Resort and Spa, Scottsdale 95.73 Avon 83.24 17 like Hilton Head Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at 6 Travaasa Austin 94.82 85.61 and Kiawah Universal Orlando 7 JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass 18 nipping at its Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Resort & Spa 94.05 83.33 heels, we might Orlando 8 Fairmont Scottsdale Princess 93.63 19 have a Low Cabana Bay Beach Resort, 9 Enchantment Resort, Sedona 92.78 82.25 Country winner Orlando 10 JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country 20 in 2017. JW Marriott Orlando, Resort & Spa 92.14 80.32 Grande Lakes 11 The Boulders Resort and Spa, Carefree, Ariz. 91.96 12 Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at

Montelucia 91.87 Lauridsen Dave Photographby

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THE WEST 11 Four Seasons Resort HAWAII TOP 15 The Biltmore Santa Barbara 93.16 TOP 30 12 Surf & Sand Resort, 1 The Lodge & Spa at Brush Creek Laguna Beach 92.57 1 Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort 95.88 Ranch, Saratoga, Wyo. 99.15 13 The Lodge at Torrey Pines, 2 Montage Kapalua Bay, Maui 95.54 2 Montage Deer Valley, Utah 96.56 La Jolla 91.88 3 Wailea Beach Villas, Maui 94.56 3 Shore Lodge, McCall, 96.54 14 San Ysidro Ranch, Santa Barbara 91.79 4 Hotel Wailea Maui 94.41 4 The Chateaux Deer Valley, Utah 96.08 15 Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach 5 Travaasa Hana, Maui 94.01 5 Waldorf Astoria Park City, Utah 95.37 Resort and Spa 91.75 6 Ko‘a Kea Hotel & Resort at Po‘ipu 6 Lodges at Deer Valley, Utah 95.06 16 Omni Rancho Las Palmas Beach, Kauai 93.35 7 Stein Eriksen Lodge Deer Valley, Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage 91.46 7 Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Utah 94.22 17 Kona Kai Resort & Spa, Big Island 92.63 8 St. Regis Deer Valley, Utah 93.75 San Diego 90.79 8 Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui 91.63 9 Triple Creek Ranch, 18 Bacara Resort & Spa, 9 Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Maui 91.29 Darby, Mont. 93.41 A number Santa Barbara 89.51 10 Grand Hyatt Kauai 10 Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa, 19 , San Diego 88.90 Resort and Spa 91.23 Jackson Hole, Wyo. 93.37 of new 20 Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, 11 Fairmont Orchid, Big Island 90.00 11 Amangiri, Canyon Point, Utah 92.86 Dana Point 88.06 12 12 Sundance Mountain Resort, 21 Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage 87.92 at Wailea 89.79 Utah 91.60 properties 22 Paradise Point Resort & Spa, 13 Turtle Bay Resort, Oahu 89.39 13 Amangani, Jackson, Wyo. 91.33 San Diego 86.91 14 Hilton Waikoloa Village, 14 Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, are set 23 Monarch Beach Resort (formerly Big Island 88.92 Wyo. 91.19 St. Regis), Dana Point 86.55 15 Wailea Beach Marriott 15 Red Mountain Resort, Ivins, Utah 88.74 to open 24 La Quinta Resort & Club Resort & Spa, Maui 87.83 (Waldorf Astoria) 85.94 16 Waikiki Beach Marriott NORTHERN CALIFORNIA in Napa and 25 JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Oahu 87.73 Resort & Spa, Palm Desert 84.09 17 Hyatt Regency Maui TOP 10 Resort and Spa 87.58 1 Carmel Valley Ranch 95.56 Sonoma 18 Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, 2 Solage Calistoga 95.25 & THE PACIFIC Big Island 87.51 3 Bernardus Lodge & Spa, in 2017. NORTHWEST 19 Four Seasons Resort Lanai 87.50 Carmel Valley 94.09 TOP 5 20 Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, 4 Calistoga Ranch 93.61 With so many 1 Brasada Ranch, Big Island 87.18 5 Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay 92.47 Powell Butte, Ore. 94.76 21 St. Regis Princeville Resort, 6 The Lodge at Pebble Beach, people now 2 Salish Lodge & Spa, Kauai 86.76 Monterey 91.53 Snoqualmie, Wash. 92.44 22 Four Seasons Resort Lanai, 7 Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe 90.06 traveling 3 Salishan Spa & Golf Resort, The Lodge at Koele 86.61 8 The Lodge at Sonoma Renaissance Gleneden Beach, Ore. 92.15 23 Grand Wailea (Waldorf Astoria), Resort & Spa 89.88 4 Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge, Maui 86.11 9 The Landing Resort & Spa, for good wine, Gold Beach, Ore. 90.52 24 Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa South Lake Tahoe 88.39 5 Alyeska Resort, at Keauhou Bay, Big Island 86.09 10 Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa 80.76 SoCal’s Girdwood, Alaska 89.29 25 Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort, Oahu 86.01 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA monopoly 26 Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, Oahu 85.81 TOP 25 27 Kaua‘i Marriott Resort 85.80 1 L’Horizon Resort & Spa, on Left Coast 28 Honua Kai Resort & Spa, Maui 85.20 Palm Springs 98.48 29 The Kahala Hotel & Resort, 2 Cal-a-Vie, Vista 96.31 resorts Oahu 84.82 3 The Resort at Pelican Hill, 30 Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Newport Beach 96.26 may just Resort, Oahu 83.92 4 Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, Rancho Santa Fe 95.09 be shifting 5 Ojai Valley Inn & Spa 94.88 6 Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, north. Carlsbad 94.76 7 The Ranch at Live Oak, Malibu 94.47 8 Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego 93.78 9 Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, METHODOLOGY Carlsbad 93.62 The Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards survey was made available through a secure website 10 Terranea Resort, at cntraveler.com/vote. This year’s tabulation of results from more than 300,000 respondents submitted Rancho Palos Verdes 93.31 during the sweepstakes period of April 1 through July 1, 2016, was done by CNP DS&I. The questionnaire contains lists of candidates in various categories (Cities, Hotels, etc.). Candidates must receive a required minimum number of responses and a minimum overall rating to be eligible for a Readers’ Choice Award. Candidates are judged on a set of criteria relevant to their category, based on a standard five-point scale: excellent, very good, good, fair, and poor. The mean average of these ratings determines the final score published. For example, the score of 95.88 for the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, No. 1 in Hawaii (above), represents the mean average of ratings it received from respondents for all criteria relevant to hotels and resorts: rooms, service, food, design, location, activities/facilities, and value.

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nº. 16 REST OF Hotel Esencia, THE WORLD Riviera Maya

CANADA 19 St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, TOP 10 Punta de Mita 91.96 20 Pueblo Bonito Los Cabos Beach 1 Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre, Resort 91.11 B.C. 96.43 21 Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués, 2 Mountain Trek Fitness Retreat & Acapulco 90.72 Health Spa, Ainsworth Hot Springs, 22 Viceroy Zihuatanejo 90.60 B.C. 96.30 23 Playa Grande Resort & Grand Spa, 3 Nita Lake Lodge, Whistler, B.C. 95.37 Cabo San Lucas 90.00 4 Westin Resort & Spa, 24 Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit, Whistler, B.C. 95.18 Nuevo Vallarta 89.29 5 Fairmont , 25 Sheraton Grand Los Cabos Jasper, Alberta 93.02 del Mar 87.20 6 Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Alberta 93.01 7 Fairmont , CARIBBEAN ISLANDS Alberta 90.23 TOP 60 8 Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside, 1 Le Sereno, St. Barts 98.28 B.C. 89.97 25 Club Med Cancún Yucatán 89.29 2 Le Soleil d’Or, Cayman Brac, 9 Wickaninnish Inn, 26 Mahekal Beach Resort, Cayman Islands 98.05 Vancouver Island, B.C. 89.76 Playa del Carmen 88.72 3 Montpelier Plantation & Beach, 10 Fairmont Chateau Whistler, B.C. 89.29 27 Hard Rock Hotel Cancun 88.06 Nevis 97.55 28 Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraíso, 4 Jade Mountain, St. Lucia 97.29 MEXICO (EASTERN) Punta Maroma 87.96 Americans 5 Eden Rock–St Barths 97.23 TOP 30 29 Moon Palace Cancun 87.86 6 Jake’s Hotel, Treasure Beach, 30 Barceló Maya Palace Deluxe, are catching 97.17 1 El Dorado Maroma 99.21 Riviera Maya 87.46 7 GoldenEye, Oracabessa, 2 Generations Riviera Maya 99.07 Jamaica 96.82 3 Belmond Maroma Resort & Spa 97.86 on to what MEXICO (WESTERN) 8 Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia 96.15 4 Nizuc Resort & Spa, Cancún 96.09 9 Petit St. Vincent Resort, St. Vincent 5 El Dorado Seaside Suites, TOP 25 Europeans and the Grenadines 96.07 Riviera Maya 95.90 1 Cuixmala, Costa Careyes 98.91 10 Guana Island, BVI 96.00 6 Viceroy Riviera Maya 94.51 2 The Cape, Cabo San Lucas 98.81 have 11 Le Guanahani, St. Barts 95.35 7 Rosewood Mayakoba 94.40 3 The Resort at Pedregal, 12 Palm Island Resort, St. Vincent 8 Banyan Tree Mayakoba 94.33 Cabo San Lucas 97.51 long known: and the Grenadines 95.24 9 Zoëtry Paraiso de la Bonita 4 Rancho La Puerta, Tecate 96.87 13 Dorado Beach (A Ritz-Carlton Riviera Maya 93.88 5 Las Alamandas, Costalegre 96.50 Reserve), Puerto Rico 94.99 10 Le Blanc Spa Resort, Cancún 93.67 6 Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Golf & All-inclusive 14 Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, 11 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya 92.69 Spa Resort, Cabo San Lucas 95.91 Cayman Islands 94.69 12 Excellence Playa Mujeres 92.57 7 Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita 95.44 resorts 15 Jumby Bay (Rosewood), 94.55 13 Azul Sensatori Hotel, 8 Las Ventanas al Paraíso (Rosewood), 16 Malliouhana (An Auberge Resort), Puerto Morelos 92.27 San José del Cabo 95.11 can be Anguilla 94.21 14 Grand Velas Riviera Maya 92.06 9 Esperanza (An Auberge Resort), 17 Ladera Resort, St. Lucia 93.99 15 Secrets Maroma Beach Riviera Cabo San Lucas 94.71 affordable 18 Cheval Blanc St-Barth Cancun 92.01 10 Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta, Isle de France 93.98 16 Hotel Esencia, Riviera Maya 91.74 Nuevo Vallarta 94.49 and sophis- 19 Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas, USVI 93.95 17 Azul Beach Hotel, 11 Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Golf & Spa 20 The BodyHoliday, St. Lucia 93.94 Puerto Morelos 91.52 Resort, Cabo San Lucas 94.41 21 Rockhouse, Negril, Jamaica 93.85 18 Secrets the Vine Cancun 91.43 12 Marquis Los Cabos Resort & Spa 94.18 ticated. 22 Jamaica Inn, Ocho Rios, Jamaica 93.58 19 Royal Hideaway Playacar 91.40 13 Grand Solmar Land’s End 23 Caneel Bay, St. John, USVI 93.40 20 Fairmont Mayakoba 91.28 Resort & Spa, Cabo San Lucas 94.10 Many in 24 The Buccaneer, St. Croix, USVI 93.37 21 The Royal Playa del Carmen 91.23 14 Pueblo Bonito Mazatlán 93.54 25 Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall (formerly Ritz- 22 Live Aqua Cancun 90.71 15 Hacienda Encantada Resort & Spa, Mexico Carlton), Montego Bay, Jamaica 93.30 23 Azul Fives Hotel, Cabo San Lucas 92.95 26 Blue Waters, Antigua 93.11 Playa del Carmen 90.66 16 Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay are getting 27 Ritz-Carlton, Aruba 93.10 24 Ritz-Carlton, Cancun 89.85 Resort & Spa, Mazatlán 92.80 28 Cap Maison, St. Lucia 92.27 17 One&Only Palmilla, 29 Nisbet Plantation Beach Club, San José del Cabo 92.72 it right. Nevis 91.94 18 Pueblo Bonito Rosé Resort & Spa, 30 Barceló Bávaro Palace Deluxe, Punta

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31 Round Hill Hotel and Villas, 10 Fairmont Southampton, EUROPE Montego Bay, Jamaica 91.62 Bermuda 89.41 TOP 25 32 Sugar Beach (A Viceroy Resort), 11 Amanyara, Turks and Caicos 89.29 St. Lucia 91.21 12 Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort 1 Caresse Resort & Spa (Luxury 33 Carlisle Bay, Antigua 91.16 Villages & Spa 88.52 Collection), Bodrum, Turkey 99.15 34 Sandals LaSource Grenada 91.07 13 West Bay Club, 2 Borgo Santo Pietro, 35 Sandals Grande Antigua 90.98 Turks and Caicos 86.94 Tuscany, Italy 98.57 36 Chic by Royalton Resorts, 14 Sandals Emerald Bay, 3 Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 90.92 Great Exuma, Bahamas 86.74 Resort & Spa, Italy 98.00 37 Casa de Campo, La Romana, 15 Sandals Royal Bahamian, 4 Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, Italy 97.92 Dominican Republic 90.71 Nassau, Bahamas 86.69 5 Ashford Castle, 38 The Landings Resort and Spa, 16 The Cove Atlantis, Co. Mayo, Ireland 97.54 St. Lucia 90.70 Paradise Island, Bahamas 85.71 6 Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa, 39 Westin Grand Cayman 17 Rosewood Tucker’s Point, Baden-Baden, 97.50 Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa, St. Barts Bermuda 85.70 7 Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco, Cayman Islands 90.55 18 Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, Tuscany, Italy 96.75 40 Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, still dazzles, Bermuda 85.09 8 , Krün, Germany 96.60 Aruba 90.29 19 Valentine’s Resort and Marina, 9 Castello di Casole, Tuscany, Italy 96.20 41 The Hermitage Plantation Inn, Harbour Island, Bahamas 85.05 10 Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, Nevis 89.61 but interest 20 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Going am Wilden Kaiser, 96.04 42 St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, Bahamas 81.43 11 Six Senses Douro Valley, Puerto Rico 89.50 is growing Portugal 94.64 12 Barceló Asia Gardens Hotel & 43 Bitter End Yacht Club, CENTRAL & Virgin Gorda, BVI 89.29 Thai Spa, Alicante, Spain 94.29 in other SOUTH AMERICA 44 The Caves, Negril, Jamaica 89.16 13 Vila Vita Parc, 45 Royalton Punta Cana Resort & Casino, TOP 20 Alporchinhos, Portugal 93.85 French 14 Dominican Republic 88.90 1 Unique Garden Hotel & Spa, Blue Palace Resort and Spa (Luxury 46 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Mairiporã, Brazil 98.90 Collection), Crete, Greece 93.84 Caribbean 15 Cana, Dominican Republic 88.76 2 Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort, Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa, 47 El Resort Belize 98.81 Soldeu, Andorra 93.75 16 (Waldorf Astoria), Puerto Rico 88.73 islands that 3 Tierra Chiloé Hotel & Spa, Chile 98.54 Hotel Cristallo, 92.93 48 Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, 4 Tierra Patagonia Hotel & Spa, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy BVI 88.57 are now Chile 98.39 17 The Romanos (Luxury Collection), 92.86 49 St. Kitts Marriott Resort & 5 Hacienda Hotel Vira Vira, Messinia, Greece The Royal Beach Casino 88.53 Pucón, Chile 98.21 18 Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa, easier to 92.85 50 Baoase Luxury Resort, Curaçao 88.32 6 Nayara Springs, New Milton, England 51 Couples Swept Away, Arenal, Costa Rica 97.64 19 JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa, get to with 92.58 Negril, Jamaica 88.28 7 Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa, Italy 52 Rosewood Little Dix Bay, Trancoso, Brazil 97.48 20 Trump International Hotel & Golf 92.35 Virgin Gorda, BVI 88.17 nonstop 8 Hacienda AltaGracia Links, Co. Clare, Ireland 21 53 Secret Bay, Dominica 88.03 (An Auberge Resort), Pérez Zeledón, Hotel & Golf Resort, 54 Rosalie Bay Resort, Dominica 87.95 seasonal Costa Rica 97.46 Co. Limerick, Ireland 91.96 22 55 Curtain Bluff, Antigua 87.86 9 Tierra Atacama Hotel & Spa, Belmond La Residencia, 56 W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island, flights from Chile 97.15 Mallorca, Spain 91.67 23 Puerto Rico 87.85 10 Nayara Hotel, Spa & Gardens, Castello Banfi–Il Borgo, 57 Four Seasons Resort Nevis 87.32 Arenal, Costa Rica 96.94 Tuscany, Italy 89.97 the U.S. 24 58 Peter Island Resort & Spa, BVI 87.23 11 Sumaq Machu Picchu Hotel, Hotel & Country 59 Belmond La Samanna, St. Martin 86.91 Peru 96.60 Estate, Co. Clare, Ireland 88.27 Look for more 25 87.30 60 Eden Roc at Cap Cana, 12 Westin Golf Resort & Spa, Playa Cheval Blanc Courchevel, France Dominican Republic 86.21 Conchal, Costa Rica 96.15 news from 13 Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort, ASIA ATLANTIC ISLANDS Arenal, Costa Rica 95.58 TOP 40 Guadeloupe 14 El Silencio Lodge & Spa, TOP 20 Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica 95.27 1 ITC Grand Bharat (Luxury Collection), 98.82 1 Kamalame Cay, Bahamas 98.30 and 15 Andaz Peninsula Papagayo Resort, Gurgaon, India 2 One&Only Ocean Club, Costa Rica 94.46 2 The Mulia, Bali, 98.81 3 98.43 Paradise Island, Bahamas 97.70 16 Explora Patagonia, Chile 93.88 The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Martinique. 4 3 The Palms Turks and Caicos 96.43 17 Mukul Beach, Golf & Spa, Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden 4 The Reefs Resort & Club, Guacalito de la Isla, 91.39 Triangle, Chiang Rai, Thailand 98.41 5 Bermuda 95.19 18 Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica Iniala Beach House, 98.09 5 The Cove, Eleuthera, Bahamas 94.64 at Peninsula Papagayo 90.92 Phuket, Thailand 6 6 Seven Stars Resort, 19 Llao Llao Hotel & Resort, San Carlos Anantara Golden Triangle Turks and Caicos 94.55 de Bariloche, Argentina 90.77 Elephant Camp & Resort, 97.95 7 Pink Sands, 20 JW Marriott Guanacaste Chiang Rai, Thailand 7 Harbour Island, Bahamas 94.05 Resort & Spa, Costa Rica 86.11 Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa, 97.89 8 COMO Parrot Cay, Cebu, Philippines Turks and Caicos 93.75 8 Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, 97.86 9 Grace Bay Club, Thailand Turks and Caicos 91.16

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9 Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle 37 El Nido Resorts Pangulasian Island, AFRICA Resort, Galle, Sri Lanka 97.82 Philippines 89.84 TOP 20 10 Anantara Hua Hin Resort & Spa, 38 Ayana Resort and Spa, Thailand 97.27 Bali, Indonesia 89.64 1 Ulusaba Private Game Reserve, 11 InterContinental Danang Sun 39 Six Senses Yao Noi, Sabi Sand, South Africa 99.26 Peninsula Resort, Vietnam 96.87 Koh Yao Noi, Thailand 89.29 2 Richard’s River Camp, Mara North 12 Amanpulo, Pamalican Island, 40 Alila Villas Uluwatu, Conservancy, 99.05 Philippines 96.63 Bali, Indonesia 87.74 3 Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & 13 COMO Uma Ubud, Wellness Retreat, Cederberg Mountains, South Africa 98.98 Bali, Indonesia 96.43 INDIAN OCEAN 14 Four Seasons Resort Bali at 4 Makanyi Private Game Lodge, Jimbaran Bay, Indonesia 96.42 TOP 10 Timbavati, South Africa 98.95 15 Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang 1 Anantara Kihavah Villas 99.41 5 Royal Malewane, Hoedspruit, Resort & Spa, Penang, 96.39 2 Cheval Blanc Randheli, Maldives 98.63 South Africa 98.63 16 The Nam Hai Hoi An, Vietnam 96.14 3 One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives 98.28 6 Segera Retreat, Laikipia, Kenya 98.57 17 Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra 4 Four Seasons Resort 97.86 7 Singita Sabi Sand, South Africa 97.74 Golf and Spa Resort, Siem Reap, 5 Per Aquum Niyama, Maldives 97.48 8 Madikwe Safari Lodge, Madikwe Cambodia 96.03 6 One&Only Le Saint Géran, Game Reserve, South Africa 97.57 18 Nihiwatu, Sumba Island, 1+ 97.45 9 andBeyond Benguerra Island, Mozambique 97.37 Indonesia 95.83 Once-in-a-lifetime 7 Four Seasons Resort Maldives 19 Banyan Tree Lang Co, Vietnam 95.51 at 96.68 10 Royal Chundu Luxury Lodges, experiences Zambezi River, Zambia 97.08 20 Angsana Lang Co, Vietnam 95.30 no more, safaris 8 Anantara Veli Resort & Spa, 21 JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, Maldives 95.13 11 Singita Kruger National Park, are drawing you South Africa 96.75 Thailand 94.58 back to Africa 9 W Maldives 94.29 22 Anantara Uluwatu Bali Resort, 10 Conrad Maldives Rangali Island 90.71 12 Angama Mara, Great Rift Valley, for repeat visits. Kenya 96.66 Indonesia 94.55 Specialized camps 23 Anantara Si Kao Resort, 13 Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, in previously AUSTRALIA & South Africa 96.62 Trang, Thailand 94.42 under-explored THE SOUTH PACIFIC 14 andBeyond Phinda Private Game 24 Kata Rocks, Phuket, Thailand 93.70 locations are TOP 20 Reserve, South Africa 96.38 25 Hard Rock Hotel Goa, India 93.65 all the rage. Gorilla 15 Londolozi Private Game Reserve, 26 Four Seasons Resort Langkawi, watching in 1 The Brando, Tetiaroa, French Malaysia 93.37 Polynesia 99.80 Sabi Sand, South Africa 96.37 , anyone? 16 27 St. Regis Lhasa Resort, 2 Aro Hā Wellness Retreat, andBeyond Grumeti Serengeti Tibet, China 92.50 Glenorchy, New Zealand 98.21 Tented Camp, Tanzania 95.79 17 28 Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort & Spa, 3 Laucala Island Resort, Fiji 97.62 Sanctuary Olonana, 95.71 Philippines 92.41 4 Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley, Masai Mara, Kenya 29 The Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai, Australia 96.64 18 Lion Sands Game Reserve, 95.38 Thailand 92.31 5 InterContinental Le Moana Sabi Sand, South Africa 19 30 Anantara Chiang Mai Resort & Spa, Bora Bora, 96.43 Mombo Camp and Little Mombo, 95.15 Thailand 91.20 6 The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs, Moremi, Botswana 31 Banyan Tree Phuket, Thailand 90.87 Matauri Bay, New Zealand 96.28 20 MalaMala Game Reserve, 94.64 32 Ananda in the Himalayas, 7 Southern Ocean Lodge, Sabi Sand, South Africa Uttarakhand, India 90.68 Kangaroo Island, Australia 96.10 33 Phulay Bay (A Ritz-Carlton Reserve), 8 Qualia, Hamilton Island, THE MIDDLE EAST Krabi, Thailand 90.56 Australia 96.01 TOP 5 34 Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, 9 Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Thailand 90.23 Malolo Island, Fiji 96.00 1 One&Only Royal Mirage, Dubai 98.44 2 35 Ritz-Carlton, Bali, Indonesia 90.18 10 Malolo Island Resort–Fiji 95.87 Qasr al Sarab Desert Resort by 97.45 36 Mandapa (A Ritz-Carlton Reserve), 11 Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora, Anantara, Al Gharbia, U.A.E. Bali, Indonesia 89.88 French Polynesia 95.04 3 Anantara The Palm Dubai 96.69 12 InterContinental Bora Bora Resort Resort 4 96.43 & Thalasso Spa, French Polynesia 94.91 Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai 5 One&Only The Palm, Dubai 95.19 nº. 43 13 St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, Bitter End Yacht Club, French Polynesia 93.26 Virgin Gorda 14 Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort & Spa, (page 128) French Polynesia 91.78 15 InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa, French Polynesia 91.60 16 InterContinental Resort Tahiti, French Polynesia 90.31 17 Longitude 131º, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia 90.14 18 Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa, French Polynesia 89.61 19 One&Only Hayman Island, Australia 88.39 20 Sofitel Moorea Ia Ora Beach Resort, French Polynesia 85.89 Photograph by Tom Gorman Tom Photographby

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UNITED STATES REST OF THE WORLD 13 Cayman Islands 84.44 TOP 10 TOP 20 14 , Italy 84.23 15 Tahiti, French Polynesia 84.06 1 Maui 88.43 1 Boracay, Philippines 91.18 16 Ibiza, Spain 83.69 2 Oahu 86.91 2 Palawan, Philippines 89.46 17 Santorini, Greece 83.58 3 Hilton Head Island, S.C. 86.69 3 Mallorca, Spain 87.37 18 British Virgin Islands 82.97 4 Amelia Island, Fla. 86.25 4 , Australia 86.67 19 St. John, USVI 82.85 5 Sea Island, Ga. 86.06 5 Cebu, Philippines 85.89 20 St. Lucia 82.59 6 Kauai 85.58 6 Vancouver Island, Canada 85.87 7 Kiawah Island, S.C. 84.78 7 Turks and Caicos 85.55 8 Big Island 84.02 8 Bermuda 85.50 9 Longboat Key, Fla. 83.35 9 Crete, Greece 85.22 10 Aquidneck Island, R.I. 83.34 10 Bali, Indonesia 85.16 11 Mykonos, Greece 84.81 nº. 6

12 St. Barts 84.63 Kauai Gaut Adrian Photographby

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DOMESTIC TOP 5 AIRLINES 1 Virgin America 86.48 2 JetBlue Airways 82.08 3 Hawaiian Airlines 81.35 4 Alaska Airlines 78.34 5 Southwest Airlines 75.58

REST OF THE WORLD TOP 20 AIRLINES 1 Singapore Airlines 90.63 2 Emirates 88.28 3 Air New Zealand 88.27 4 Airways 87.88 5 ANA (All Nippon Airways) 87.09 6 Virgin Australia Airlines 86.89 7 Virgin Atlantic 86.68 8 Korean Air 85.32 9 Porter Airlines 85.26 10 Qantas 84.75 11 Cathay Pacific 84.59 12 Turkish Airlines 83.90 13 EVA Air 83.24 14 Etihad Airways 82.97 15 Swiss 81.85 16 KLM 81.42 17 Avianca 81.32 18 Thai 81.02 19 Asiana Airlines 80.48 20 Lufthansa 80.45

DOMESTIC TOP 10 AIRPORTS 1 Indianapolis (IND) 88.68 2 Portland (PDX), Ore. 85.44 3 Tampa (TPA) 82.97 4 Dallas Love Field (DAL) 81.15 5 Savannah/Hilton Head (SAV) 80.38 6 Palm Beach (PBI) 78.42 7 Long Beach (LGB) 77.92 8 Pittsburgh (PIT) 76.77 9 Austin (AUS) 76.70 10 Minneapolis–St. Paul (MSP) 76.22

REST OF THE WORLD TOP 10 AIRPORTS 1 Singapore (SIN) 93.42 2 Seoul-Incheon (ICN) 89.44 3 Doha (DOH) 88.79 4 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) 86.67 5 Dubai (DXB) 86.41 6 Hong Kong (HKG) 86.14 7 Copenhagen (CPH) 83.97 8 Tokyo Haneda (HND) 83.68 9 Helsinki (HEL) 83.42

10 Zurich (ZRH) 82.91 Pozniak/GalleryJonathan StockPhotographby

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