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TOP 50 HOTELS IN ASIA
| Rank |
2007 |
Name |
Score |
| 4 |
2 |
The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand |
91.94 |
| 5 |
5 |
The Peninsula, Bangkok, Thailand |
91.51 |
| 7 |
6 |
Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
91.25 |
| 19 |
17 |
Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand |
86.88 |
| 26 |
25 |
JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, Thailand |
86.00 |
| 36 |
49 |
Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand |
84.41 |
| 39 |
35 |
JW Marriott, Bangkok, Thailand |
82.57 |
| 41 |
* |
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand |
82.50 |
* means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last yearSurvey Methodology
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13th ANNUAL TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD�S BEST AWARDS READER�S SURVEY RESULTS FOR THAILAND
TOP 10 CITIES OVERALL
|
Rank
|
2007
|
Name |
Score |
| 1 |
3 |
Bangkok |
87.61 |
| 2 |
2 |
Buenos Aires |
87.24 |
| 3 |
10 |
Cape Town |
86.59 |
| 4 |
5 |
Sydney |
86.49 |
| 5 |
1 |
Florence |
86.24 |
| 6 |
* |
Cuzco, Peru |
86.15 |
| 7 |
4 |
Rome |
85.12 |
| 8 |
6 |
New York |
85.03 |
| 9 |
8 |
Istanbul |
84.61 |
| 10 |
9 |
San Francisco |
84.42 |
* means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year
TOP 10 CITIES ASIA
|
Rank
|
2007
|
Name |
Score |
| 1 |
1 |
Bangkok |
87.61 |
| 2 |
6 |
Kyoto |
84.27 |
| 3 |
3 |
Chiang Mai, Thailand |
84.14 |
| 4 |
7 |
Hong Kong |
83.69 |
| 5 |
2 |
Udaipur, India |
83.51 |
| 6 |
- |
Shanghai |
81.83 |
| 7 |
9 |
Siem Reap, Cambodia |
81.15 |
| 8 |
10 |
Beijing |
81.05 |
| 9 |
- |
Hanoi |
80.87 |
| 10 |
- |
Jaipur |
80.78 |
* means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year
PHUKET RANKS SECOND AMONG TOP 3 ISLANDS IN ASIA FOR A CONSECUTIVE YEAR
TOP 3 ISLANDS IN ASIA
|
Rank
|
2007
|
Name |
Score |
| 1 |
1 |
Bali |
86.32 |
| 2 |
2 |
Phuket, Thailand |
82.64 |
| 3 |
* |
Penang, Malaysia |
81.67 |
* means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year
WORLD�S BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE
TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL AMONG THE TOP 3
TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
|
Rank
|
2007
|
Name |
Score |
| 1 |
1 |
Singapore Airlines |
90.22 |
| 2 |
3 |
Emirates Airline |
82.44 |
| 3 |
5 |
Thai Airways International |
81.44 |
| 4 |
4 |
Cathay Pacific Airway |
80.06 |
| 5 |
9 |
SilkAir |
79.86 |
| 6 |
8 |
Japan Airlines (JAL) |
79.70 |
| 7 |
- |
All Nippon Airways (ANA) |
79.24 |
| 8 |
6 |
Virgin Atlantic Airways |
79.18 |
| 9 |
- |
Air Tahiti Nui |
76.89 |
| 10 |
- |
Korean Air |
76.24 |
* means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year
TRAVEL + LEISURE 2008 WORLD�S BEST HOTELS 2008 � TOP 100 OVERALL
 |
#14 The Oriental Bangkok, Thailand |
|
#17 The Peninsula, Bangkok, Thailand |
|
#19 Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
WORLD�S BEST HOTEL
EIGHT OF THE TOP 50 HOTELS IN ASIA ARE IN THAILAND
TOP 50 HOTELS IN ASIA
|
Rank
|
2007
|
Name |
Score |
| 4 |
2 |
The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand |
91.94 |
| 5 |
5 |
The Peninsula, Bangkok, Thailand |
91.51 |
| 7 |
6 |
Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
91.25 |
| 19 |
17 |
Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand |
86.88 |
| 26 |
25 |
JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, Thailand |
86.00 |
| 36 |
49 |
Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand |
84.41 |
| 39 |
35 |
JW Marriott, Bangkok, Thailand |
82.57 |
| 41 |
* |
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand |
82.50 |
* means that the property was not among the top-ranked in this category last year
TRAVEL + LEISURE 2008 WORLD�S BEST HOTEL SPAS
TOP 20 HOTEL SPAS
|
Rank
|
2007
|
Name |
Score |
| 2 |
- |
Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
92.19 |
| 12 |
- |
The Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand |
89.58 |
TRAVEL + LEISURE 2008 WORLD�S BEST HOTEL SPAS BY REGION
TOP HOTEL SPA � ASIA-PACIFIC/AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST
Top Hotel Spas by Region � Asia
Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand
The complete 2008 results, including the Top 100 Hotels Worldwide, Top 100 Hotels in the Continental U.S. + Canada, and Top 10 Cities in the World, are featured on www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest and in Travel + Leisure�s August issue, available on newsstands July 22.
The Travel + Leisure World�s Best Awards winners for 2008 will be honoured in New York City on July 24 at an awards luncheon at the Four Seasons Restaurant, followed by a gala event at Hudson Terrace that evening.
Travel + Leisure Press Release
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2008/press.cfm
Interactive lists of all the 2008 World�s Best Awards winners and a slide show of the Top 10 World�s Best Hotels are available at www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest, along with contact information for winning hotels. Users can also find past Travel + Leisure magazine articles on World�s Best Award-winning hotels and resorts on the site.
WBA 2008 SURVEY METHODOLOGY
How Travel + Leisure Conducts the World�s Best Awards
A questionnaire developed by the editors of Travel + Leisure, in association with Harris Interactive, was made available to Travel + Leisure subscribers at tlworldsbest.com from January 16, 2008, to March 22, 2008. In the February and March 2008 issues of Travel + Leisure, subscribers were invited to participate. A select group of subscribers also received an invitation via e-mail. Travel + Leisure subscribers were asked to enter their complete name (as it appears on their mailing label), as well as their five-digit ZIP code, at tlworldsbest.com before completing the survey. Only those responses from subscribers whose personal information entered at tlworldsbest.com exactly matched Travel + Leisure�s subscriber file were counted in the final tally. Respondents were permitted to complete the survey only once. To protect the integrity of the data, after March 22, 2008, respondents were screened by Travel + Leisure and responses from any identified travel-industry professionals who completed the survey were eliminated from the final tally. The survey website, tlworldsbest.com, was maintained, monitored, and kept secure by Harris Interactive, which collected and tabulated the responses and kept them confidential.
The scores are indexed averages of responses concerning applicable characteristics. Respondents were required to rate hotels, islands, airlines, destination spas, and rental-car agencies on five characteristics; cities, cruise lines, and tour operators and safari outfitters on six characteristics; and hotel spas on four characteristics.
Categories and Characteristics:
|
For hotels: rooms/facilities, location, service, restaurants/food, value Optional: for business, for families |
|
For destination spas: accommodations/ambience, treatments, service, food, value |
|
For hotel spas: ambience, treatments, service, value |
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For cities: sights, culture/arts, restaurants/food, people, shopping, value |
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For islands: natural attractions, activities/sights, restaurants/food, people, value |
|
For cruise lines: cabins, food, service, itineraries/destinations, activities, value |
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For tour operators and safari outfitters: staff/guides, itineraries/destinations, activities, accommodations, food, value |
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For airlines: cabin comfort, food, in-flight service, customer service, value |
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For rental-car agencies: vehicle selection, vehicle availability, car rental location, service, value |
In the “hotel” category, respondents could also rate properties on additional optional characteristics; these ratings were not included in final scores. For each characteristic, respondents were asked to rate a candidate on a scale of 1 to 5, where “5″ means excellent and “1″ means poor.
Required ratings were then averaged, creating an overall score. A minimum number of responses was necessary for a candidate to be eligible for inclusion in the World�s Best Awards listings. Some companies were rated in both the “cruise lines” and “tour operators and safari outfitters” categories, and some properties were rated in both the “destination spas” and “hotel spas” categories. In both cases, companies and properties have different scores for each category.
Source: http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2008/methodology.cfm
The complete survey methodology is available in the August issue of Travel + Leisure, and online at www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest.
Contact information:
Travel + Leisure magazine editors are available for interviews.
Please contact Liz Marsh at 212-382-5684
E-mail: elizabeth.c.marsh@aexp.com
or Jill S. Davison at 212-382-5679
E-mail: jill.s.davison@aexp.com
More About Travel + Leisure
The premier chronicler of the way we travel now, Travel + Leisure examines the places, the ideas, and the trends that define modern global culture. The magazine and its website, www.travelandleisure.com, inspire millions of people to explore the world, equipping them with reliable advice and a clearer understanding of how travel can change their lives. Travel + Leisure has a network of international editions, including Travel + Leisure Mexico, Travel + Leisure Australia, Travel + Leisure Turkey, Travel + Leisure China, Travel + Leisure South Asia, and Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia.
Source:Travel + Leisure press release dated 10 July 2008
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