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The 19th annual World’s Best Awards survey results reveal rankings of hotels, cities, islands, airlines, tour companies, spas, and more, based on readers’ ratings in a range of categories.
NEW YORK – Kyoto, Japan; Charleston, South Carolina; and Florence, Italy are the top-rated cities worldwide in the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2014 readers’ survey announced and available now on www.TravelandLeisure.com. The 19th annual World’s Best Awards survey results reveal rankings of hotels, cities, islands, airlines, tour companies, spas, and more, based on readers’ ratings in a range of categories.
Triple Creek Ranch is the top-ranked hotel worldwide, with Nayara Springs in La Fortuna, Costa Rica coming in second and Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Budapest ranking third overall. Amanresorts is the Top Hotel Brand, followed by Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, and One&Only Resorts, respectively.
National Car Rental is ranked the No. 1 Car-Rental Agency for the first time in the survey, and Disney Cruise Line achieves a No. 1 ranking among Mega-Ship Cruise Lines for the first time. Kyoto rises to the No. 1 spot among cities overall, moving up from its fifth place finish last year. Charleston is ranked the No. 1 City in the U.S. and Canada for the second consecutive year and earns its highest ranking ever among cities worldwide at No. 2.
Savannah also receives its highest ranking ever among cities in the U.S. and Canada this year at No. 3. And, the top two cities in the U.S. – Charleston and New Orleans—are named to the list of Top Ten Cities Overall. Santorini is No. 1 Island Overall once again, having last held the honor in 2011.
TOP TEN CITIES OVERALL 2014
1. Kyoto, Japan
2. Charleston, South Carolina
3. Florence
4. Siem Reap, Cambodia
5. Rome
6. Istanbul
7. Seville, Spain
8. Barcelona
9. Mexico City
10. New Orleans
Two companies have held on to their No. 1 rankings every year since the poll began in 1996: Crystal Cruises (Top Large-Ship Cruise Line) and Singapore Airlines (Top International Airline). The 2014 results, including the Top 100 Hotels, Top 50 Resorts in the Continental U.S., Top 10 Cities Overall, and Top 10 Islands Overall, among other lists, are posted on www.TravelandLeisure.com/worldsbest now. The survey results are featured in the August issue of Travel + Leisure®, on newsstands July 18, as well as in the digital editions of Travel + Leisure.
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS 2014 WINNERS OVERALL
WORLD’S BEST CITY Kyoto Japan
WORLD’S BEST HOTEL Triple Creek Ranch Darby, Montana
WORLD’S BEST HOTEL BRAND Amanresorts
WORLD’S BEST ISLAND Santorini Greece
WORLD’S BEST MEGA-SHIP CRUISE LINE Disney Cruise Line
WORLD’S BEST LARGE-SHIP CRUISE LINE Crystal Cruises
WORLD’S BEST SMALL-SHIP CRUISE LINE Paul Gauguin Cruises
WORLD’S BEST RIVER CRUISE LINE Tauck
WORLD’S BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE Singapore Airlines
WORLD’S BEST DOMESTIC AIRLINE Virgin America
WORLD’S BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Singapore Changi Airport
WORLD’S BEST DOMESTIC AIRPORT Portland International Airport Oregon
WORLD’S BEST SAFARI OUTFITTER Rothschild Safaris
WORLD’S BEST TOUR OPERATOR Classic Journeys
WORLD’S BEST CAR-RENTAL AGENCY National Car Rental
WORLD’S BEST DESTINATION SPA Rancho La Puerta Tecate, Mexico
WORLD’S BEST HOTEL SPA St. Regis Aspen Resort Colorado
Travel + Leisure Editor-in-Chief Nancy Novogrod said, “Even after 19 years of these Awards, it is still enormously exciting to see what T+L readers select as the top travel experiences to be had around the globe. Although the infatuation with far-flung hotels remains in full force, with Africa, Asia, and Australia accounting for 28 percent of the properties in the Top 100 Hotels, the number of U.S. hotels on the list grew by more than 19 percent, and the number of Caribbean ones doubled. We have a brand-new winner for Top City, Kyoto, Japan, which broke Bangkok’s four-year winning streak. And it is noteworthy that the top three cities in the U.S. and Canada are all in the South.”
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST HOTEL 2014 WINNERS BY REGION
CONTINENTAL U.S.
TOP LARGE CITY HOTEL The Langham Chicago
TOP SMALL CITY HOTEL Planters Inn Charleston, South Carolina
TOP RESORT Ocean House Watch Hill, Rhode Island
TOP INN/SMALL LODGE Triple Creek Ranch Darby, Montana
HAWAII
TOP HOTEL/RESORT Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Hawaii, the Big Island
CANADA
TOP CITY HOTEL Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver
TOP RESORT Wickaninnish Inn Tofino, British Columbia
THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, AND THE BAHAMAS
TOP HOTEL/RESORT Jade Mountain St. Lucia
MEXICO
TOP HOTEL/RESORT Capella Pedregal Los Cabos
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
TOP CITY HOTEL Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires
TOP RESORT Nayara Springs La Fortuna, Costa Rica
EUROPE
TOP LARGE CITY HOTEL Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
TOP SMALL CITY HOTEL Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet
TOP RESORT Castello di Casole—A Timbers Resort Casole d’Elsa, Italy
TOP INN/SMALL COUNTRY HOTEL Domaine Les Crayeres Reims, France
ASIA
TOP CITY HOTEL Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
TOP RESORT Oberoi Udaivilas Udaipur, India
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
TOP CITY HOTEL Cape Grace Cape Town
TOP LODGE/RESORT Singita Sabi Sand Kruger National Park Area, South Africa
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
TOP CITY HOTEL The Langham Melbourne
TOP RESORT Southern Ocean Lodge Kangaroo Island, Australia
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST CITY AND ISLAND 2014 WINNERS BY REGION
REGION CITY ISLAND
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND CANADA
CITY Charleston South Carolina
ISLAND Vancouver Island British Columbia
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
CITY Mexico City
ISLAND Galapagos Ecuador
EUROPE
CITY Florence
ISLAND Santorini Greece
ASIA
CITY Kyoto Japan
ISLAND Bali Indonesia
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
CITY Sydney
ISLAND Fiji
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
CITY Jerusalem
HAWAII
ISLAND Maui
THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, AND THE BAHAMAS
ISLAND Virgin Gorda British Virgin Islands
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST HOTEL SPAS 2014 WINNERS BY REGION
CONTINENTAL U.S. St. Regis Aspen Resort Colorado
CANADA Four Seasons Resort & Residences Whistler British Columbia
HAWAII Fairmont Kea Lani Maui
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA Rosewood Mayakoba Riviera Maya, Mexico
THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, AND THE BAHAMAS Jamaica Inn Ocho Rios, Jamaica
EUROPE Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris
ASIA The Peninsula Bangkok Thailand
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Cape Grace Cape Town
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora French Polynesia
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST FAMILY 2014 WINNERS
TOP ADVENTURE OUTFITTER FOR FAMILIES Rothschild Safaris
TOP MEGA-SHIP CRUISE LINE FOR FAMILIES Disney Cruise Line
TOP LARGE-SHIP CRUISE LINE FOR FAMILIES Royal Caribbean International
TOP SMALL-SHIP CRUISE LINE FOR FAMILIES Paul Gauguin Cruises
TOP RIVER CRUISE LINE FOR FAMILIES Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection
TOP HOTELS FOR FAMILIES BY REGION
UNITED STATES Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa Hawaii
CANADA Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler
THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, AND THE BAHAMAS Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa Providenciales
MEXICO Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo
EUROPE Castello di Casole—A Timbers Resort Casole d’Elsa, Italy
ASIA JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa Thailand
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Giraffe Manor Nairobi, Kenya
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND InterContinental Moorea Resort and Spa French Polynesia
The top winners in each category will be honored at an awards ceremony in New York City on Thursday, July 24 hosted by Editor-in-Chief Nancy Novogrod and VP/Publisher Jay Meyer.
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