| New York, NY
(July 11, 2005) - The results are in: Travel + Leisure magazine readers'
favorite hotels, cities, islands, spas, cruise lines, airlines, tour outfitters,
and car-rental agencies are revealed today. The 10th annual World's Best
Awards readers' survey results are accessible at travelandleisure.com/worldsbest
and in the August issue of Travel + Leisure.
Nancy Novogrod, Editor-in-Chief, Travel + Leisure,
says, "Our readers' opinions and travel choices so often mirror the trends
that we report on in the magazine. Since the survey launched ten years
ago, there |
Four Seasons Resort Bali
at Sayan |
have been significant shifts in reader taste. For
example:
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smaller, independent hotels now hold more appeal
than larger ones;
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interest in off-the-beaten path locations continues
to increase;
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low-cost and regional airlines have become favorites
among domestic airlines."
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD'S BEST AWARDS READERS'
SURVEY 2005
WORLD'S BEST HOTEL Four Seasons Resort Bali
at Sayan
WORLD'S BEST CITY Sydney
WORLD'S BEST ISLAND Bali
WORLD'S BEST LARGE-SHIP CRUISE LINE Crystal
Cruises
WORLD'S BEST SMALL-SHIP CRUISE LINE Yachts
of Seabourn
WORLD'S BEST TOUR OPERATOR/SAFARI OUTFITTER
Micato Safaris
WORLD'S BEST DOMESTIC AIRLINE Midwest Airlines
WORLD'S BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE Singapore
Airlines
WORLD'S BEST CAR-RENTAL AGENCY Hertz
WORLD'S BEST HOTEL FOR $250 OR LESS Aerie
Resort
WORLD'S BEST DESTINATION SPA Miraval, Life
in Balance
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD'S BEST HOTELS BY REGION
BEST HOTEL, CONT. U.S + CANADA Rusty Parrot
Lodge & Spa
BEST HOTEL, HAWAII Four Seasons Resort
Hualalai
BEST HOTEL, CARIBBEAN/BERMUDA/BAHAMAS Four
Seasons Resort Nevis
BEST HOTEL, EUROPE Château Les Crayères
BEST HOTEL, ASIA Four Seasons Resort Bali
at Sayan
BEST HOTEL, AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/S. PACIFIC
Lizard Island
BEST HOTEL, AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST Singita
Private Game Reserve
BEST HOTEL, MEXICO/CENTRAL + SOUTH AMERICA
La Casa Que Canta
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD'S BEST CITIES + ISLANDS
BY REGION
REGION CITY ISLAND
CONTINENTAL U.S. + CANADA New York
Vancouver Island
EUROPE Rome Santorini
ASIA Bangkok Bali
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/S. PACIFIC Sydney
Great Barrier Reef Islands
AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST Cape Town Seychelles
MEXICO/CENTRAL + SOUTH AMERICA Oaxaca,
Mexico Galápagos Islands
HAWAII Maui
CARIBBEAN/BERMUDA/BAHAMAS Harbour
Island, Bahamas
TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD'S BEST HOTEL SPAS BY
REGION
BEST HOTEL SPA, U.S. + CANADA Four Seasons
Resort Hualalai, Hualalai Sports Club & Spa
BEST HOTEL SPA, INTERNATIONAL Four Seasons
Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay
Novogrod continues, "The world has become more
accessible and travelers are more adventurous�seeking out new, lesser-known
destinations. They continue to value great travel experiences and will
return to places and companies that deliver them."
HIGHLIGHTS FROM TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD'S BEST
AWARDS 1996 - 2005
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Eight hotels have ranked on the list of top 100 hotels
worldwide every year: Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay; The Oriental,
Bangkok; Halekulani; The Peninsula, Hong Kong; Four Seasons Resort Maui
at Wailea; Ritz-Carlton Cancún; Ritz-Carlton, Chicago (A Four Seasons
Hotel); and the Inn at Spanish Bay.
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Three travel companies�Crystal Cruises, Hertz, and
Singapore Airlines-have been ranked #1 in their respective categories every
year for the past ten years
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Low cost and regional airlines now dominate the list
of top domestic airlines. Midwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Independence
Air, Song, Frontier Airlines, Horizon Airlines are on the list this year
and were not included in 1996.
Interactive lists of all the World's Best Winners
will be available on the Web site at www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest
along with contact information for all of the hotels and comparisons with
last year's winners. Travelandleisure.com has created geographically related
listings, including hotel slide shows and guides to many of the award-winning
cities. Plus, users can easily find past Travel + Leisure articles on World's
Best Award winning properties via our online hotels database, "Hotels:
A Select Guide."
The Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2005
winners will be honored at a luncheon at the Four Seasons restaurant in
New York City on July 14, followed by a gala event in NYC.
Methodology: A questionnaire developed
by the editors of Travel + Leisure, in association with Harris Interactive,
was made available to Travel + Leisure subscribers at www.tlworldsbest.com
during the first quarter of this year. Respondents reported where they
had traveled worldwide and how, and rated only the destinations, properties,
and companies that were relevant to their recent travel experiences. Respondents
were asked to rate hotels, cities, islands, spas, hotel spas, tour operators/safari
outfitters, cruise lines, airlines and car rental companies on several
characteristics. The scores are indexed averages of responses concerning
applicable characteristics. The complete survey methodology is available
in the August issue of Travel + Leisure, and online at travelandleisure.com/worldsbest.
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