How Many of Fodor’s World’s Best 100 Hotels for 2014 Have You Stayed At?
Fodor’s announced the winning properties today for their top 100 hotels list of 2014. Properties were critiqued on service, setting, style and amenities. This year for the first time, a new category was created called Readers Choice where travelers could nominate properties that the staff editors made final selections on.
The list of properties is meant to “celebrate and recognize the most incredible hotels around the world”, per their website. The process of selecting this year’s winners started in 2013 when their team stayed at more than 5,000 properties to narrow the list down to a more manageable group of nominations. After judging and eliminating, the remaining properties were put into 9 categories that highlight the best attributes of the winning hotels.
Here are the categories and the winners in each –
Enduring Classics
Edinburgh, Scotland
BALMORAL HOTEL
Venice, Italy
BAUER IL PALAZZO
Baden-Baden, Germany
BRENNER’S PARK HOTEL & SPA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
COPACABANA PALACE
Berlin, Germany
HOTEL ADLON KEMPINSKI BERLIN
Hanoi, Vietnam
HOTEL SOFITEL LEGEND METROPOLE HANOI
Paris, France
LE ROYAL MONCEAU RAFFLES PARIS
Bangkok, Thailand
MANDARIN ORIENTAL BANGKOK
Belfast, Northern Ireland
THE MERCHANT HOTEL
London, England
THE SAVOY
Mumbai, India
TAJ MAHAL PALACE
Beach Getaways –
Oahu, Hawaii
AULANI, A DISNEY RESORT & SPA
Palm Beach, Florida
THE BREAKERS PALM BEACH
St. James, Barbados
CORAL REEF CLUB
Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
THE COVE ELEUTHERA
Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica
FOUR SEASONS RESORT COSTA RICA
Grand Cul de Sac, St. Barthélemy
HOTEL GUANAHANI AND SPA
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
HOTEL ST. REGIS PUNTA MITA
Los Cabos, Mexico
LAS VENTANAS AL PARAÃSO
Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands
MERIDIAN CLUB
New Castle, Nevis
NISBET PLANTATION BEACH CLUB
Cancún, Mexico
NIZUC RESORT & SPA
West End, Anguilla
VICEROY ANGUILLA
Country Retreats –
Chantilly, France
AUBERGE DU JEU DE PAUME
Taplow, England
CLIVEDEN HOUSE
County Clare, Ireland
DROMOLAND CASTLE HOTEL AND COUNTRY ESTATE
Banff National Park, Canada
FAIRMONT BANFF SPRINGS
Hermanus, South Africa
GROOTBOS PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE
Aylesbury, England
HARTWELL HOUSE
Elciego, Spain
HOTEL MARQUÉS DE RISCAL
Watch Hill, Rhode Island
OCEAN HOUSE
Half Moon Bay, California
THE RITZ-CARLTON
Los Angeles, California
TERRANEA
Stowe, Vermont
TOPNOTCH RESORT
Trip of a Lifetime –
Canyon Point, Utah
AMANGIRI
Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana
BELMOND KHWAI RIVER LODGE
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya
COTTAR’S 1920S SAFARI CAMP
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
EXPLORA ATACAMA
Soufrière, St. Lucia
JADE MOUNTAIN
Alagoas, Brazil
KENOA
Lamington National Park, Australia
O’REILLY’S RAINFOREST RETREAT, VILLAS & LOST WORLD SPA
Praslin, Seychelles
RAFFLES PRASLIN SEYCHELLES
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
SONG SAA PRIVATE ISLAND
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
ST. REGIS RESORT, BORA BORA
Alghero, Italy
VILLA LAS TRONAS
Featherstone, New Zealand
WHAREKAUHAU
Readers Choice –
Canyon Point, Utah
AMANGIRI
Morris Bay, Antigua
CURTAIN BLUFF
CBD, Singapore
THE FULLERTON BAY HOTEL
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
HOTEL ST. REGIS PUNTA MITA
Soufrière, St. Lucia
JADE MOUNTAIN
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
JAMAICA INN
Grand Case, St. Martin
LE PETIT HOTEL
Bangkok, Thailand
MANDARIN ORIENTAL BANGKOK
New Castle, Nevis
NISBET PLANTATION BEACH CLUB
Watch Hill, Rhode Island
OCEAN HOUSE
Madrid, Spain
ONLY YOU HOTEL & LOUNGE
Paris, France
PARK HYATT PARIS VENDÔME
Beverly Hills, California
PENINSULA BEVERLY HILLS
Half Moon Bay, California
THE RITZ-CARLTON
Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
THE ROYAL PALMS
London, England
THE SAVOY
Puerto Natales, Chile
THE SINGULAR PATAGONIA
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
ST. REGIS RESORT, BORA BORA
Mumbai, India
TAJ MAHAL PALACE
Los Angeles, California
TERRANEA
Stowe, Vermont
TOPNOTCH RESORT
Darby, Montana
TRIPLE CREEK RANCH
West End, Anguilla
VICEROY ANGUILLA
Waipoua, New Zealand
WAIPOUA LODGE
Porto, Portugal
THE YEATMAN
All-Inclusive Vacations –
Manaus, Brazil
ANAVILHANAS JUNGLE LODGE
Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos Islands
BEACHES TURKS & CAICOS RESORT VILLAGES & SPA
Soufrière, St. Lucia
CAP MAISON
Cayo Espanto, Belize
CAYO ESPANTO
Morris Bay, Antigua
CURTAIN BLUFF
Juanillo, Dominican Republic
EDEN ROC CAP CANA
Fogo Island, Canada
FOGO ISLAND INN
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
JAMAICA INN
Puerto Natales, Chile
THE SINGULAR PATAGONIA
Darby, Montana
TRIPLE CREEK RANCH
Barnard, Vermont
TWIN FARMS
Boutique Chic –
Mendoza, Argentina
CAVAS WINE LODGE
Hua Hin, Thailand
CHIVA-SOM
London, England
COVENT GARDEN HOTEL
London, England
DEAN STREET TOWNHOUSE
Toronto, Canada
THE DRAKE HOTEL
Cape Town, South Africa
ELLERMAN HOUSE
New York, New York
THE GREENWICH HOTEL
Barcelona, Spain
H1898
Washington, D.C.
THE HOTEL GEORGE
Vienna, Austria
HOTEL LAMÉE
Paris, France
HÔTEL MAMA SHELTER
Madrid, Spain
ONLY YOU HOTEL & LOUNGE
New York, New York
REFINERY HOTEL
Calistoga, California
SOLAGE CALISTOGA
Zürich, Switzerland
WIDDER
Small Hotels –
Cappadocia, Turkey
ARGOS IN CAPPADOCIA
Montréal, Québec
AUBERGE DU VIEUX-PORT
Crete, Greece
AVLI
Sorrento, Italy
BELLEVUE SYRENE
Ia, Greece
ESPERAS HOTEL
Holualoa, Hawaii
HOLUALOA INN
San Francisco, California
HOTEL DRISCO
Grand Case, St. Martin
LE PETIT HOTEL
Capri Town, Italy
PUNTA TRAGARA
Harbour Island, Bahamas
ROCK HOUSE
Pembroke Parish, Bermuda
THE ROYAL PALMS
Waipoua, New Zealand
WAIPOUA LODGE
Modern City –
Prague, Czech Republic
THE AUGUSTINE
Las Vegas, Nevada
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL LAS VEGAS
CBD, Singapore
THE FULLERTON BAY HOTEL
Rome, Italy
HOTEL D’INGHILTERRA
San Diego, California
HOTEL SOLAMAR
Chicago, Illinois
THE LANGHAM CHICAGO
Jerusalem, Israel
MAMILLA HOTEL
Paris, France
PARK HYATT PARIS VENDÔME
Sydney, Australia
PARK HYATT SYDNEY
Tokyo, Japan
PARK HYATT TOKYO
Beverly Hills, California
PENINSULA BEVERLY HILLS
Shanghai, China
THE PULI HOTEL & SPA
Montevideo, Uruguay
SOFITEL MONTEVIDEO CASINO CARRASCO & SPA
Miami, Florida
ST. REGIS BAL HARBOUR RESORT
Hong Kong, China
THE UPPER HOUSE
Porto, Portugal
THE YEATMAN
Click here for a link to Fodor’s website.
I’ve only stayed at 7 of the winning 100 properties, and reviewed just four – St Regis Bal Harbour, Park Hyatt Tokyo, Park Hyatt Paris Vendome, and the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay. Some of the places on the list look pretty amazing. Guess I have some more traveling to do! 🙂
How many have you stayed at?
Just got back from one of them – The St Regis Punta Mita – it was awesome.
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There are many lovely hotels in the Far East and in the Middle East and North and South Africa that are not on this list. This is not ‘the list’! Conde Nast publishes a much more representative global list.
I love Conde Nast’s list but thought it would be interesting to take a look at this one as well. Thanks for reading Giuseppe!
Just one, Park Hyatt Sydney, using my two free credit card nights and diamond challenge. Got an opera house view. Stunning.