The 2026 LLM Readers’ Travel Awards recognises and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the luxury travel and tourism industry.
Our team of experts have, for the eighth year, worked hard in order to identify everything from the very best hotels, airlines and tour operators through to highlighting the most sought-after destinations.
Now it is over to our discerning readers to vote for their favourites from the impressive selection of finalists below. And we’re offering one very lucky voter the chance to win a five-night stay for two at two of Lanzarote’s finest hotel’s – the five-star Hotel Fariones and Hotel Princesa Yaiza . Both hotels are part of the coveted Rosa Hotels group . More information on this fantastic prize can be read here .
The deadline for voting is 11.59pm on 15/11/26.
AIRLINES Best Airline
Emirates EVA Air Malaysia Airlines Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Vietnam Airlines
Best Airport
Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan Heathrow Airport, England Hong Kong International Airport iGA Istanbul Airport Munich Airport, Germany
CRUISE Best Ocean Cruise Line
AE Expeditions Aqua Expeditions Bhaya Cruises Oceania Cruises Royal Caribbean Silolona Sojourns
Best River Cruise Line
Amadeus Aqua Expeditions Crystal Cruises Riviera Travel Uniworld Viking
EVA Air is entered into the Best Airline category. Image Credit: Chad SlatteryDESTINATIONS Best City
Cape Town, South Africa Edinburgh, Scotland Lisbon, Portugal London, England Mexico City, Mexico Salzburg City, Austria San Diego, California, USA
Best Destination for LGBTQI+ travellers
Amsterdam, Netherlands Berlin, Germany Brighton, England San Francisco, USA Sitges, Spain Sydney, Australia
Best Honeymoon Destination
Antigua and Barbuda Bali, Indonesia Bora Bora, French Polynesia Guatemala Istria – Croatia, Slovenia, Italy Madeira, Portugal Maldives Monaco Somabay, Egypt
Best Island
Antigua and Barbuda Bali, Indonesia Bora Bora, French Polynesia Madeira, Portugal Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Thanda Island, Nr Tanzania
Best Ski Resort
Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy Deer Valley, Utah, USA Mürren, Switzerland Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Saalbach, Austria Val d’Isere, France
Best Visitor Attraction
Colosseum, Rome, Italy Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA Machu Picchu, Peru Taj Mahal, India The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA The National Gallery, London, England
Will Val d’Isere win in the Best Ski Resort category?HOTELS Best Beach/Coastal Hotel
Amada Colossos Resort, Rhodes, Greece Amara Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus Amilla Maldives, Baa Atoll, Maldives Anse Chastanet Resort, St Lucia Azerai Ke Ga Bay, Lam Dong, Vietnam Ballygally Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Banyan Tree Krabi, Thailand Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand Canne Bianche Lifestyle Hotel, Puglia, Italy Carbis Bay Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, England Casa Chameleon at Las Catalinas, Costa Rica Casa Cook El Gouna, Egypt Casa Cook Samos, Greece Casa de Campo Resort and Villas, Dominican Republic Chapel House PZ, Penzance, Cornwall, England Chia Laguna Nature Resort, Sardinia, Italy Chiva-Som, Hua Hin, Thailand COMO Uma Canggu, Bali, Indonesia Cosme, a Luxury Collection Resort, Paros, Greece Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Casa Noyale, Mauritius FERGUS Style Carema Beach, Menorca, Spain FERGUS Style Punta Arabi, Ibiza, Spain Gaya Island Resort, Sabah, Malaysia Hotel Costa Malaga by Pierre et Vacances, Malaga, Spain Hotel Martinez, Cannes, France Hotel Mediterraneo Sorrento, Italy Hotel Menorca Binibeca by Pierre et Vacances Premium, Menorca, Spain Hotel Plaza e de Russie, Viareggio, Italy Ifuru Island Maldives, Raa Atoll, Maldives Jade Mountain, Mamin, Saint Lucia Kuda Villingili, The Maldives ME Ibiza, Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain Mediterranean Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus Melia Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand Minos Beach Art Hotel, Crete, Greece No. 124 by GuestHouse Brighton, England 02 Beach Club and Spa, Dover Beach, Barbados OUTRIGGER Koh Samui Beach Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand Pangkor Laut Resort, Perak, Malaysia Paradis Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Le Morne Peninsula, Mauritius Paradisus by Melia Bali, Indonesia Paradisus by Melia Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Paradisus Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives Rox Resort, Koge, Denmark Royal Palm Beachcomber Luxury, Grand Baie, Mauritius Shandrani Beachcomber, Mahebourg, Mauritius Tanjong Jara Resort, Terengganu, Malaysia The Anam, Cam Ranh, Vietnam The Anam, Mui Ne, Lam Dong, Vietnam The Datai Langkawi, Malaysia The Dipping Lugger, Ullapool, Scotland The Elysium Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus The Grand Brighton, England The Leela Ashtamudi, A Raviz Hotel, Kollam, India The Leela Kovalam, A Raviz Hotel, Kerala, India The Residence Douz by Cenizaro, Tunisia The Residence Maldives, Gaafu Alifu Atoll, Maldives The Residence Mauritius, Belle Mare, Mauritius The Residence Tunis, Tunisia The Residence Zanzibar, Tanzania The Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui, Thailand The Surin Phuket, Thailand Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Hotel, Triolet, Mauritius Villa Maroc, Essaouira, Morocco Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, South Male Atoll, Maldives Yazz Collective, Fethiye, Turkey
Best Boutique Hotel
Aarunya Nature Resort, Sri Lanka Bequia Beach Hotel, Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bertrand’s Townhouse, London, England Cameron Highlands Resort, Tanah Rata, Malaysia Canne Bianche Lifestyle Hotel, Puglia, Italy Chapel House PZ, Penzance, Cornwall, England Chobe Water Villas, Namibia Culloden Estate and Spa, Holywood, Northern Ireland Dormy House Hotel and Spa, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, USA Enduata Camps, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Farlam Hall, Cumbria, England Foxhill Manor, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England Fulham Pier Hotel, London, England Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales Hinode Hills Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa, Cognac, France Hotel Crillon le Brave, Provence, France Hotel Le Coucou Meribel, France Hotel le Saint Roch, Courchevel, France Hotel Lou Pinet, St Tropez, France Hotel Pigalle, Gothenburg, Sweden Hotel Plaza e de Russie, Viareggio, Italy Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iniala Harbour House Malta, Valetta, Malta INNSiDE by Melia Bangkok Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand Istoria, a member of Design Hotels, Santorini, Greece Jashita Hotel and Villas, Riviera Maya, Mexico Kasara Niseko Village Townhouse, Hokkaido, Japan Killarney Royal Townhouse, County Kerry, Ireland La Sultana Marrakech, Morocco Le Grand Mazarin, Paris, France Les Jardins de Villa Maroc, Essaouira, Morocco Linthwaite House, Windermere, Cumbria, England Lolelunga Private Reserve, Zambia Marcliffe, Aberdeen, Scotland Melia London Kensington, London, England Monkey Island Estate, Berkshire, England MUSE Saint-Tropez, France No. 124 by GuestHouse Brighton, England Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford, England onefifty fenchurch, London, England Penmaenuchaf, Snowdonia-Eryri, Wales Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun, Malaysia The Academy, London, England The Anam Mui Ne, Lam Dong, Vietnam The Dipping Lugger, Ullapool, Scotland The First Arte, Rome by The Pavilions, Rome, Italy The First Dolce, Rome by The Pavilions, Rome, Italy The First Musica, Rome by The Pavilions, Rome Italy The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Bath, Somerset, England The Glasshouse, Edinburgh, Scotland The Inn of The Five Graces, New Mexico, USA The James Suite Hotel 1564, Florence, Italy The Langley, Buckinghamshire, England The Majestic Malacca, Malaysia The Pavilions Bali, Indonesia The Pavilions Himalayas, The Farm, Nepal The Pavilions Phuket, Thailand The Rockley, Bridgetown, Barbados The Roseate Edinburgh, Scotland The Roseate Villa Bath, Somerset, England The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand The Surin Phuket, Thailand The Witchery, Edinburgh, Scotland Threadneedles Hotel, London, England Villa Eden – The Private Retreat, Merano, Italy Villa Maroc, Essaouira, Morocco Yazz Collective, Fethiye, Türkiye
Madeira is entered into the Best Island and Best Honeymoon Destination categories. Image credit: Nick Fox/Bigstock.comBest City Hotel
Azerai La Residence, Hue, Vietnam Bertrand’s Townhouse, London, England Capella at Galaxy Macau Capella Bangkok, Thailand Capella Hanoi, Vietnam Capella Kyoto, Japan Capella Sydney, Australia Capella Taipei, Taiwan COMO The Halkin, London, England Fulham Pier Hotel, London, England Fusion Suites Sai Gon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Grand Central Hotel Belfast, Northern Ireland Grand Royal Riverside Hue – Fusion Collection, Hue, Vietnam Hart Shoreditch, London, England Hayfield Manor, Cork, Ireland HIVE by Fusion Binh Duong New City, Vietnam Hotel La Gemma, Florence, Italy Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iniala Harbour House, Valetta, Malta Jacy’z Hotel and Resort, Gothenburg, Sweden JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Le Grand Mazarin, Paris, France Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London, England ME Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ME Ibiza, Santa Eulalia, Ibiza Spain ME Lisbon, Portugal ME London, The Strand, London, England ME Malta, St Julian’s, Malta ME Marbella, Spain ME Milan Il Duca, Milan, Italy Melia Chiang Mai, Thailand Melia London Kensington, London, England Montcalm Royal London, England nhow London, Shoreditch, London, England Nobu Hotel Roma, Italy Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford, England onefifty fenchurch, London, England Palace Hotel Tokyo, Japan Palazzo Venezia, Como, Italy Patina Osaka, Japan Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom, Penh, Cambodia rhinoceros roma, Italy Roseate House London, England Ruby Giulia, Rome, Italy Ruby Stella, London, England Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Vietnam The Academy, London, England The Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland The First Arte, Rome by The Pavilions, Rome, Italy The First Dolce, Rome by The Pavilions, Rome, Italy The First Musica, Rome by The Pavilions, Rome, Italy The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Somerset, England The Glasshouse Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland The Hari Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Hong Kong The Leela Palace New Delhi, India The Midland Manchester, England The Rex Manchester, England The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Roseate Edinburgh, Scotland The Roseate Reading, Berkshire, England Threadneedles Hotel, London, England Town Hall Hotel, London, England TWA Hotel, New York, USA
Best Hotel for Business
Capella Bangkok, Thailand Capella Hanoi, Vietnam Fusion Suites Sai Gon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Grand Central Belfast, Northern Ireland H4 Wyndham Paris, Pleyel, Saint-Denis, Greater Paris, France HIVE by Fusion Binh Duong New City, Vietnam INNSiDE by Melia Bangkok Sukhumvit, Thailand JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Montcalm East, London, England onefifty fenchurch, London, England Roseate House London, England Savoy Palace, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal The Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland The Lands by Capella Sydney, Australia The Rex Manchester, England The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Roseate Reading, Berkshire, England
Best Hotel for Design
Anse Chastanet Resort, St Lucia Bahia Principe Escape Tenerife, Spain Bertrand’s Townhouse, London, England Capella at Galaxy Macau Capella Hanoi, Vietnam Capella Kyoto, Japan Capella Sydney, Australia Capella Taipei, Taiwan Capella Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, USA Familien Natur Resort Moar Gut, Grossarl, Austria Foxhill Manor, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England Fulham Pier Hotel, London, England Fusion Suites Sai Gon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Grand Royal Riverside Hue – Fusion Collection, Hue, Vietnam Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales Hart Shoreditch, London, England Higashiyama Niseko Village, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Japan Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa, Cognac, France Hotel Crillon le Brave, Provence, France Hotel La Gemma, Florence, Italy Hotel le Saint Roch, Courchevel, France Hotel Lou Pinet, St Tropez, France Hotel Martinez, Cannes, France Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Il Salviatino, Florence, Italy Iniala Harbour House, Valetta, Malta INNSiDE by Melia Bangkok Sukhumvit, Thailand InterContinental Halong Bay Resort, Vietnam Jade Mountain, Mamin, St Lucia La Sultana Marrakech, Morocco Le Grand Mazarin, Paris, France Les Jardins de Villa Maroc, Essaouira, Morocco Melia Chiang Mai, Thailand Minos Beach Art Hotel, Crete, Greece Montcalm Mayfair, London, England MUSE Saint-Tropez, France nhow London, Shoreditch, London, England No. 124 by GuestHouse Brighton, England onefifty fenchurch, London, England Parilio, a member of Design Hotels, Paros, Greece Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives Patina Osaka, Japan Penmaenuchaf, Snowdonia-Eryri, Wales Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, Scotland Roseate House London, England Royal Palm Beachcomber Luxury, Grand Baie, Mauritius Savoy Palace, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Schlosshotel Fiss, Tyrol, Austria The Anam Mui Ne, Lam Dong, Vietnam The Grand Brighton, England The Hari Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Hong Kong The Inn of The Five Graces, New Mexico, USA The James Suite Hotel 1564, Florence, Italy The Langley, Buckinghamshire, England The Leela Palace Bengaluru, India The Leela Palace Chennai, India The Leela Palace New Delhi, India The Leela Palace Udaipur, Rajasthan, India The Majestic Malacca, Malaysia The Roseate Edinburgh, Scotland The Roseate Reading, Berkshire, England The Sanctuary at Wilderness Mombo, Botswana The Surin Phuket, Thailand The Witchery, Edinburgh, Scotland Town Hall Hotel, London, England TWA Hotel, New York, USA WIESERGUT, Hinterglemm, Austria Wilderness Chikwenya Camp, Zimbabwe Wilderness Magashi Peninsula, Rwanda
Best Hotel for Families
Amada Colossos Resort, Rhodes, Greece Amilla Maldives, Baa Atoll, Maldives Azerai La Residence, Hue, Vietnam Candia Park Village, Crete, Greece Carbis Bay Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, England Casa de Campo Resort and Villas, Dominican Republic Chia Laguna Nature Resort, Sardinia, Italy Chobe Water Villas, Namibia COMO Maalifushi, Thaa Atoll, Maldives COMO Point Yamu, Phuket, Thailand Coquillade Provence, France Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Casa Noyale, Mauritius Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Enduata Camps, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Fairmont Windsor Park, Surrey, England Familien Natur Resort Moar Gut, Grossarl, Austria Farlam Hall, Cumbria, England FERGUS Style Carema Beach, Menorca, Spain Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Hillside Beach Club, Fethiye, Türkiye Hilton Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Hinode Hills Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Intercontinental Halong Bay Resort, Vietnam JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kasara Niseko Village Townhouse, Hokkaido, Japan Kuda Villingili, The Maldives Linthwaite House, Windermere, Cumbria, England Lujo Hotel Bodrum, Turkiye LUXME Costa Botanica, Corfu, Greece LUXME Olympia Oasis, Kyllini, Greece LUXME White, Crete, Greece Mediterranean Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus Melia Chiang Mai, Thailand Naturhotel Forsthofgut, Leogang, Austria OUTRIGGER Koh Samui Beach Resort, Thailand Paradis Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Le Morne Peninsula, Mauritius Paradisus by Melia Bali, Indonesia Paradisus by Melia Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Paradisus Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Paradisus Salinas Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives Quinta do Lago, Algarve, Portugal Savoy Palace, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Schlosshotel Fiss, Tyrol, Austria Sea Breeze Beach House, Christ Church, Barbados Shandrani Beachcomber, Mahebourg, Mauritius Sirru Fen Fushi Private Lagoon Resort, Maldives The Anam, Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, Vietnam The Elysium Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus The Fish Hotel, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England The Green Leaf Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan The Residence Zanzibar, Tanzania The Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui, Thailand The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Town Hall Hotel, London, England Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Triolet, Mauritius Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort, Santorini, Greece Wyndham Grand Costa del Sol, Malaga, Spain Zafiro Palace Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain
Previous winner Carbis Bay in Cornwall is hoping for another win this yearBest Hotel for Food
Amada Colossos Resort, Rhodes, Greece Amara Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus Bagni di Pisa Palace and Thermal Spa, Tuscany, Italy Bahia Principe Escape Tenerife, Spain Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand Bianca Relais, Lake Annone, Italy Cameron Highlands Resort, Tanah Rata, Malaysia Capella Bangkok, Thailand Carbis Bay Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, England Chia Laguna Nature Resort, Sardinia, Italy Culloden Estate and Spa, Holywood, Northern Ireland Enduata Camps, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Fairmont Windsor Park, Surrey, England Farlam Hall, Cumbria, England Grand Central Hotel Belfast, Northern Ireland Grand Hotel Bristol, Rapallo, Italy Grand Hotel Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy Grand Hotel Victoria Concept and Spa, Lake Como, Italy Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Great Southern Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland Grotta Giusti Thermal Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales Hayfield Manor, Cork, Ireland Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa, Cognac, France Hotel La Gemma, Florence, Italy Hotel Mediterraneo, Sorrento, Italy Hotel Plaza e de Russie, Viareggio, Italy Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ibiza Gran Hotel, Ibiza, Spain Iniala Harbour House, Valetta, Malta JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Linthwaite House, Windermere, Cumbria, England mama thresl, Leogang, Austria Melia Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand Minos Beach Art Hotel, Crete, Greece Monkey Island Estate, Berkshire, England Montana Lodge and Spa, La Thuile, Italy MUSE Saint-Tropez, France Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford, England Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives Schlosshotel Fiss, Tyrol, Austria The Datai Langkawi, Malaysia The Dipping Lugger, Ullapool, Scotland The Hari Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Hong Kong The Leela Palace Bengaluru, India The Leela Palace New Delhi, India The Leela Palace Udaipur, Rajasthan, India The Majestic Malacca, Malaysia The Midland Manchester, England The Residence Maldives, Gaafu Alifu Atoll, Maldives The Rex Manchester, England The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Roseate Edinburgh, Scotland The Roseate Reading, Berkshire, England The Roseate Villa Bath, Somerset, England The Samling, Windermere, Lake District, England The Witchery, Edinburgh, Scotland Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, South Male Atoll, Maldives WIESERGUT, Hinterglemm, Austria
Best Hotel for Golf
Casa de Campo Resort and Villas, Dominican Republic Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Casa Noyale, Mauritius Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Hilton Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Melia Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand Paradis Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Le Morne Peninsula, Mauritius The Residence Tunis, Tunisia Victoria Golf Resort and Spa, managed by Accor, Algarve, Portugal Villa d’Este, Lake Como, Italy
Best Hotel for Nature Lovers
Aarunya Nature Resort, Sri Lanka Ballygally Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Banyan Tree Krabi, Thailand Bianca Relais, Lake Annone, Italy Cameron Highlands Resort, Tanah Rata, Malaysia Casa Chameleon at Las Catalinas, Costa Rica Chapel House PZ, Penzance, Cornwall, England Chia Laguna Nature Resort, Sardinia, Italy Chobe Water Villas, Namibia Drovers’ Hill, Oxfordshire, England Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, USA Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Ellery Beach House, Stockholm, Sweden Enduata Camps, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Familien Natur Resort Moar Gut, Grossarl, Austria Farlam Hall, Cumbria, England Fonteverde Lifestyle and Thermal Retreat, Tuscany Italy Fyri Resort, Hemsedal, Norway Gaya Island Resort, Sabah, Malaysia Grand Hotel Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy Great Southern Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland Grotta Giusti Thermal Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy Hilton Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Hinode Hills Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan Jashita Hotel and Villas, Riviera Maya, Mexico Kamba Africa, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo Killarney Royal Townhouse, County Kerry, Ireland Lemala Osonjoi Lodge, Tanzania Lolelunga Private Reserve, Zambia mama thresl, Leogang, Austria Montana Lodge and Spa, La Thuile, Italy Naturhotel Forsthofgut, Leogang, Austria Naturhotel Waldklause, Otztal Valley, Austria Penmaenuchaf, Snowdonia-Eryri, Wales Premium Residence L’Hevana, Meribel, France Premium Residence Les Terrasses d’Helios, Flaine, France Schlosshotel Fiss, Tyrol, Austria Son Sabater by Zafiro, Mallorca, Spain The Anam Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, Vietnam The Chedi, Andermatt, Switzerland The Datai Langkawi, Malaysia The Dipping Lugger, Ullapool, Scotland The Fish Hotel, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England The Green Leaf Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan The Residence Mauritius, Belle Mare, Mauritius The Roseate Villa Bath, Somerset, England The Samling, Windermere, Lake District, England The Sanctuary at Wilderness Mombo, Botswana Victoria Falls Safari Club, Zimbabwe Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe WIESERGUT, Hinterglemm, Austria Wilderness Magashi Peninsula, Rwanda
Best Hotel for Pets
Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa, Cognac, France INNSiDE by Melia, Bangkok Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand ME Milan Il Duca, Milan, Italy Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, Scotland Roseate House London, England The Fish Hotel, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England The Langley, Buckinghamshire, England The Roseate Villa Bath, Somerset, England
Best Hotel for Romance
Amada Colossos Resort, Rhodes, Greece Amara Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus Bagni di Pisa Palace and Thermal Spa, Tuscany, Italy Bahia Principe Escape Tenerife, Spain Banyan Tree Krabi, Thailand Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand Bertrand’s Townhouse, London, England Bianca Relais, Lake Annone, Italy Cameron Highlands Resort, Tanah Rata, Malaysia Canne Bianche Lifestyle Hotel, Puglia, Italy Carbis Bay Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, England Casa Chameleon at Las Catalinas, Costa Rica Chiva-Som, Hua Hin, Thailand Chobe Water Villas, Namibia COMO Cocoa Island, Male Atoll, Maldives Culloden Estate and Spa, Holywood, Northern Ireland Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Casa Noyale, Mauritius Dormy House Hotel and Spa, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Fairmont Windsor Park, Surrey, England FERGUS Style Punta Arabi, Ibiza, Spain Fonteverde Lifestyle and Thermal Retreat, Tuscany, Italy Foxhill Manor, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England Grand Hotel Bristol, Rapallo, Italy Grand Hotel Victoria Concept and Spa, Lake Como, Italy Grand Royal Riverside Hue – Fusion Collection, Hue, Vietnam Grotta Giusti Thermal Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy Higashiyama Niseko Village, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Japan Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa, Cognac, France Hotel Costa Malaga by Pierre et Vacances, Malaga, Spain Hotel Crillon Le Brave, Provence, France Hotel Lou Pinet, St Tropez, France Hotel Menorca Binibeca by Pierre et Vacances Premium, Menorca, Spain Ifuru Island Maldives, Raa Atoll, Maldives Iniala Harbour House, Valletta, Malta InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort, Raa Atoll, Maldives Jashita Hotel and Villas, Riviera Maya, Mexico Kasara Niseko Village Townhouse, Hokkaido, Japan Kuda Villingili, The Maldives Kudadoo Maldives Private Island, Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives La Sultana Marrakech, Morocco Lemala Osonjoi Lodge, Tanzania Les Jardins de Villa Maroc, Essaouira, Morocco Linthwaite House, Windermere, Cumbria, England Maryhill Estate, Glumslov, Sweden Melia Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand MUSE Saint-Tropez, France Mystique, a Luxury Collection Resort, Santorini, Greece Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford, England Pangkor Laut Resort, Perak, Malaysia Paradisus by Melia Bali, Indonesia Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives Pemako Punakha, Bhutan Penmaenchaf, Snowdonia-Eryri, Wales Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, Scotland PRIESTEREGG Premium ECO Resort, Leogang, Austria Royal Palm Beachcomber Luxury, Grand Baie, Mauritius Savoy Palace, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Serenity at Coconut Bay, St Lucia Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun, Malaysia The Anam, Mui Ne, Lam Dong, Vietnam The Datai Langkawi, Malaysia The Elysium Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus The Inn of The Five Graces, New Mexico, USA The Langley, Buckinghamshire, England The Leela Palace Udaipur, Rajasthan, India The Majestic Malacca, Malaysia The Pavilions Bali, Indonesia The Pavilions Phuket, Thailand The Residence Douz by Cenizaro, Tunisia The Residence Zanzibar, Tanzania The Rex Manchester, England The Roseate Edinburgh, Scotland The Roseate Villa Bath, Somerset, England The Samling, Windermere, Lake District, England The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand The Surin Phuket, Thailand The Witchery, Edinburgh, Scotland Town Hall Hotel, London, England Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Triolet, Mauritius Villa La Massa, Tuscany, Italy Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, South Male Atoll, Maldives Zafiro Palace Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Best Hotel for Sustainability
Aarunya Nature Resort, Sri Lanka Anse Chastanet, St Lucia Banyan Tree Krabi, Thailand Casa Chameleon at Las Catalinas, Costa Rica Chiva-Som Hua Hin, Thailand Drovers’ Hill, Oxfordshire, England Enduata Camps, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Erema, a member of Design Hotels, Milos, Greece Gaya Island Resort, Sabah, Malaysia Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales HIIVE by fusion Binh Duong New City, Vietnam Jade Mountain, Mamin, Saint Lucia Kudadoo Maldives Private Island, Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives Les Jardins de Villa Maroc, Essaouira, Morocco Lolelunga Private Reserve, Zambia Melia Chiang Mai, Thailand Montcalm Mayfair, London, England Naturhotel Waldklause, Otztal Valley, Austria Pangkor Laut Resort, Perak, Malaysia Patina Maldives, Fari Islands, Maldives PRIESTEREGG Premium ECO Resort, Leogang, Austria Roseate House London, England Saccharum Resort and Spa, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal Sirru Fen Fushi Private Lagoon Resort, Maldives Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun, Malaysia The Anam Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, Vietnam The Datai Langkawi, Malaysia The Fish Hotel, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England The Hari Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Hong Kong The Leela Palace Udaipur, Rajasthan, India The Pavilions Bali, Indonesia The Pavilions Himalayas, The Farm, Nepal The Sanctuary at Wilderness Mombo, Botswana The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand Wilderness Chikwenya Camp, Zimbabwe Wilderness Magashi Peninsula, Rwanda
Best Hotel for Wine
COMO Le Montrachet, Burgundy, France Coquillade Provence, France Grand Central Hotel Belfast, Northern Ireland Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales INNSiDE by Melia Bangkok Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand Linthwaite House, Windermere, Cumbria, England The Dipping Lugger, Ullapool, Scotland The Samling, Windermere, Lake District, England The Witchery, Edinburgh, Scotland Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort, Santorini, Greece Villa d’Este, Lake Como, Italy
Banyan Tree Krabi in Thailand is hoping for a win across a number of categoriesBest Spa/Wellness Hotel
Aarunya Nature Resort, Sri Lanka Alba Wellness Valley by Fusion, Hue, Vietnam Amara Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus Bagni di Pisa Palace and Thermal Spa, Tuscany, Italy Banyan Tree Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand Cape Sounio, Athens Riviera, Greece Carbis Bay Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, England Casa de Campo Resort and Villas, Dominican Republic Chapel House PZ, Penzance, Cornwall, England Chiva-Som, Hua Hin, Thailand COMO Shambhala Estate, Bali, Indonesia Coquillade Provence, France Culloden Estate and Spa, Holywood, Northern Ireland Dharana at Shillim, Maharashtra, India Dormy House Hotel and Spa, Broadway, The Cotswolds, England Eha Retreat, Hiiumaa Island, Estonia Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Fairmont Windsor Park, Surrey, England Familien Natur Resort Moar Gut, Grossarl, Austria Fonteverde Lifestyle and Thermal Retreat, Tuscany, Italy Grand Hotel Bristol, Rapallo, Italy Grand Hotel Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy Grand Hotel Victoria Concept and Spa, Lake Como, Italy Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Grotta Giusti Thermal Spa Resort, Tuscany, Italy Higashiyama Niseko Village, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Japan Hotel La Gemma, Florence, Italy Hotel Nesslerhof, Grossarl, Austria Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort, Kotor, Montenegro Ifuru Island Maldives, Raa Atoll, Maldives Jashita Hotel and Villas, Riviera Maya, Mexico Kuda Villingili, The Maldives La Sultana Marrakech, Morocco Melia Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand Minos Palace Resort, Crete, Greece Montana Lodge and Spa, La Thuile, Italy Montcalm Mayfair, London, England Pangkor Laut Resort, Perak, Malaysia Paradis Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Le Morne Peninsula, Mauritius Park Igls Medical Spa Resort, Austria PRIESTEREGG Premium ECO Resort, Leogang, Austria REVIVO Wellness Resorts Bali, Indonesia Royal Palm Beachcomber Luxury, Grand Baie, Mauritius Saccharum Resort and Spa, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal Schlosshotel Fiss, Tyrol, Austria Shandrani Beachcomber, Mahebourg, Mauritius Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun, Malaysia The Chedi, Andermatt, Switzerland The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Bath, Somerset, England The Grand Brighton, England The Green Leaf Niseko Village, Hokkaido, Japan The Inn of The Five Graces, New Mexico, USA The Langley, Buckinghamshire, England The Leela Ashtamudi, a Raviz Hotel, Kollam, India The Leela Kovalam, a Raviz Hotel, Kerala, India The Leela Palace Udaipur, Rajasthan, India The Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui, Thailand The Roseate Reading, Berkshire, England The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort and Spa, Triolet, Mauritius Villa Eden – The Private Retreat, Merano, Italy Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, South Male Atoll, Maldives WIESERGUT, Hinterglemm, Austria Zel Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea, Alicante, Spain
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