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Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report 2016 ANDREW HARPER’S Readers Choice Awards 2016 HIDEAWAYSTOP CITY20 HOTELS SAFARI LODGES BEACH RESORTS SPA RESORTS GOLF RESORTS FOOD & WINE RESORTS FAMILY RESORTS PLUS TOP 10 CRUISE LINES Aman Venice (at left), voted No. 1 International Hideaway / COURTESY AMAN Your Favorite Hideaways, Hotels and Resorts INDEX OVER THE YEARS, Hideaway Report readers have also illustrates a consistent preference for Four Hideaways .................3 displayed intense loyalty to their favorite hotels Seasons hotels, with Four Seasons Maui at Wailea City Hotels ...............3 and resorts. Each time the annual Reader Survey is and Four Seasons Hualalai each appearing in Safari Lodges compiled, I see new entries — very often properties four diferent award categories. Although some and Camps ...............4 that I have reviewed in the previous 12 months familiar European names are absent this year, Family Resorts .............4 — but a lock of familiar names returns with the despite recent terrorist atrocities and the ongoing Golf Resorts ................4 reassuring reliability of swallows in springtime. Syrian refugee crisis, Europe remains the region Beach Resorts .............5 For an astonishing eight years in a row, the of the world where you are most interested to Spa Resorts ................5 Post Ranch Inn atop Big Sur was voted your No. 1 travel. No fewer than 75 percent of respondents Food and Wine Resorts ....5 U.S. Hideaway. This year it was inally dethroned, said that they hoped to cross the Atlantic during Cruise Lines ..............6 but only to No. 2, having been replaced by the 2016, with Italy, France and Great Britain being Auberge du Soleil in the Napa Valley. Your favorite the three most favored destinations. Elsewhere, International Hideaway of 2015, Otahuna Lodge in you identiied South Africa, Japan, New Zealand COVER New Zealand, was similarly demoted by a single and Argentina as countries of particular allure. Auberge du Soleil, place thanks to the popularity of Aman Venice. And, despite the prevailing global uncertainty, Napa Valley, California, But, The Lowell Hotel in New York topped the 40 percent of readers intend to travel more than in voted No. 1 U.S. Hideaway City Hotel listing, just as it did 12 months ago. 2015. For a comprehensive version of the Reader © TRINETTE REED For more than 20 years, Aman resorts have Survey, accompanied by extensive illustration, featured prominently in the Survey, and this time visit AndrewHarper.com. Safe travels for 2016 around is no exception. Both Amangiri in Utah and, who knows, perhaps our paths may cross! and Amangani in Wyoming made the Top 20 U.S. Hideaways, while the new Aman Tokyo is already at No. 11 on the City Hotels list. The 2016 Survey Thank you for downloading the 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards results. Visit AndrewHarper.com/who-is-andrew-harper to learn more. 2 ANDREW HARPER 2016 READER SURVEY RESULTS City Hotels The Lowell 1 New York City, New York Four Seasons George V 2 Paris, France Four Seasons 3 San Francisco, California Beverly Wilshire 4 Beverly Hills, California Four Seasons 5 Chicago, Illinois Auberge du Soleil / © TRINETTE REED Four Seasons Firenze 6 Florence, Italy Hideaways (Hotels and resorts with fewer than 50 rooms) Four Seasons 7 New York City, New York UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL Belmond Hotel Cipriani Auberge du Soleil Aman Venice 8 Venice, Italy 1 Rutherford, California 1 Venice, Italy The Peninsula Post Ranch Inn Otahuna Lodge 9 Chicago, Illinois 2 Big Sur, California 2 Christchurch, New Zealand Alvear Palace Hotel Calistoga Ranch The Meridian Club 10 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3 Calistoga, California 3 Pine Cay, Turks & Caicos Aman Tokyo The Inn at Little Washington Abbaye de la Bussière 11 Tokyo, Japan 4 Washington, Virginia 4 La Bussière-sur-Ouche, France Le Bristol San Ysidro Ranch Eden Rock 12 Paris, France 5 Santa Barbara, California 5 St. Jean Bay, St. Barths Four Seasons Amangiri Château Saint-Martin & Spa 13 Seattle, Washington 6 Canyon Point, Utah 6 Vence, France Baccarat Hotel Amangani &Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge 14 New York City, New York 7 Jackson, Wyoming 7 Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania Mandarin Oriental Little Palm Island Algodon Mansion 15 Hong Kong 8 Little Torch Key, Florida 8 Buenos Aires, Argentina Hotel Bristol Lake Placid Lodge Amandari 16 Vienna, Austria 9 Lake Placid, New York 9 Bali, Indonesia Hotel de Russie Twin Farms Ballyfin 17 Rome, Italy 10 Barnard, Vermont 10 County Laois, Ireland Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek L’Auberge Carmel Jumby Bay 18 Dallas, Texas 11 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 11 Long Island, Antigua The St. Regis Jenny Lake Lodge Abu Camp 19 New York City, New York 12 Moran, Wyoming 12 Abu Concession, Botswana Mandarin Oriental Rancho Valencia Château Eza 20 Bangkok, Thailand 13 Rancho Santa Fe, California 13 Eze Village, France The Lodge at Sea Island Amanyara The Lowell 14 St. Simons Island, Georgia 14 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Triple Creek Ranch Castello del Nero 15 Darby, Montana 15 Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy Wheatleigh Cavas Wine Lodge 16 Lenox, Massachusetts 16 Mendoza, Argentina Farmhouse Inn Huka Lodge 17 Forestville, California 17 Taupo, New Zealand The White Barn Inn Belmond Hotel Caruso 18 Kennebunk Beach, Maine 18 Ravello, Italy Old Monterey Inn Blanket Bay 19 Monterey, California 19 Glenorchy, New Zealand The Point Petit St. Vincent 20 Saranac Lake, New York 20 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 2016 READER SURVEY RESULTS ANDREW HARPER 3 .
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