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In Travel + Leisure’s 13th annual poll, our readers once again select their favorite hotels, spas, airlines, cruise lines, outfitters, cities, and islands around the globe. Browse around for complete list of winners and a closer look at who’s on top.

—Edited by John Newton, with additional research and reporting by Adam Bisno and Jennifer Flowers.

Top 100 Hotels Overall

Rank	2007	Name	Score
16	24	Kichwa Tembo , Masai Mara, Kenya	91.59
17	12	The Peninsula, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand	91.51
18	82	Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India	91.43
19	19	Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand	91.25
20	45	The Peninsula, Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA	91.15
21	92	Hotel Hassler, Rome, Italy	91.10
22	20	Cape Grace, Cape Town, South Africa	91.05
23	37	The Peninsula, Hong Kong, China	91.04
24	-	Voyages Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia	90.94
25	-	Treetops Lodge & Wilderness Experience, Rotorua, New Zealand	90.77
26	50	Four Seasons Resort, Maui at Wailea, Wailea, HI	90.64
27	9	Four Seasons Resort, Hualalai, Kaupulehu-kona, HI	90.63
27	-	Wickaninnish Inn, Vancouver Island, Canada	90.63
29	85	Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong, China	90.37
30	-	Hotel Amigo, Brussels, Belgium	90.20
31	-	Hotel Monasterio, Cuzco, Peru	90.16
32	72	Il San Pietro, Positano, Italy	90.13
33	29	Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, France	90.08
34	15	Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Budapest, Hungary	90.00
35	-	Four Seasons Hotel, New York, New York, NY	89.94
36	-	The Peninsula, Beijing, Beijing, China	89.92
37	-	Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, CA	89.89
38	-	Four Seasons Hotel, Mexico D.F., Mexico City, Mexico	89.82
39	-	Mount Kenya Safari Club, Nanyuki, Kenya	89.71
40	-	Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA	89.65
41	4	Four Seasons Hotel at Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey	89.57
42	-	Montage Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach, CA	89.55
43	28	Four Seasons Hotel, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic	89.47
44	38	Halekulani, Honolulu, HI	89.45
45	86	The Peninsula, Chicago, IL	89.38
46	55	Four Seasons Resort, Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, WY	89.36
47	-	Grace in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa	89.32
48	-	One&Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas	89.29
49	87	Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley, California	89.27
50	98	Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago, Chicago, IL	89.24
51	-	San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort, Venice, Italy	89.17
52	40	Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Singapore	89.03
53	-	Grand Hotel Baglioni, Bologna, Italy	89.00
54	-	Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows, Beverly Hills, California	88.99
55	-	Four Seasons Resort, Whistler, Whistler, British Columbia	88.94
56	-	Four Seasons Resort ,The Biltmore, Santa Barbara, CA	88.82
57	-	Le Méridien Bristol, Warsaw, Poland	88.81
58	-	Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek, Colorado	88.78
59	23	La Casa Que Canta, Zihuatanejo, Mexico	88.75
60	-	St. Regis, Shanghai, China	88.70
61	26	Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania	88.67
62	-	Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel, Interlaken, Switzerland	88.65
63	-	Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Virginia	88.58
64	97	Four Seasons Hotel, Shanghai, Shanghai, China	88.51
65	-	Hotel Goldener Hirsch, Salzburg, Austria	88.50
65	-	Tides Zihuatanejo, Zihuatanejo, Mexico *Formerly Hotel Villa del Sol	88.50
67	-	Çiragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey	88.41
68	-	Hotel Hana-Maui & Honua Spa, Hana, Hawaii	88.40
69	-	Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Italy	88.39
70	-	Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, UT	88.38
71	-	Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Niguel, CA	88.35
72	-	Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai, China	88.28
73	32	Post Hotel & Spa, Lake Louise, Alberta	88.26
74	-	Little Nell, Aspen, CO	88.23
75	-	Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia	88.16
76	-	Royal Palms Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona	88.15
77	-	Park Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	88.09
78	96	Four Seasons Resort, Charlestown, Nevis	88.05
79	-	Royal Hideaway Playacar, Playa del Carmen, Mexico	88.04
80	-	Hotel Bristol, Vienna, Austria	87.93
81	-	The Dorchester, London, England	87.88
82	-	The Ritz, Paris, Paris, France	87.86
83	-	Le Meridien Cancun Resort & Spa, Cancún, Mexico	87.84
84	-	Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg, California	87.77
85	84	Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City, Quebec	87.72
85	-	Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, HI	87.72
87	-	Grand Hotel Quisisana, Capri, Italy	87.67
87	75	The Westcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa	87.67
89	42	Four Seasons Hotel, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	87.66
90	-	Baur au Lac, Zürich, Switzerland	87.63
91	25	Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy	87.60
92	-	Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga, CA	87.58
93	-	InterContinental, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China	87.57
94	-	Hotel Punta Islita, Guanacaste, Costa Rica	87.50
94	-	Rusty Parrot Lodge & Spa, Jackson Hole, Wyoming	87.50
94	-	Westin Sydney, Australia	87.50
97	-	The Cloister at Sea Island, Sea Island, Georgia	87.38
98	-	Inkaterra Machu Picchu Hotel, Cuzco, Peru	87.24
99	68	Ritz-Carlton, Santiago, Santiago, Chile	87.16
100	-	St. Regis, Beijing, Beijing, China	87.08

* "-" means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.

Press Release | Methodology

Throughout the World’s Best Awards, scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point; in the event of an exact tie, properties, companies, or destinations share the same ranking.

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