Every year Travel + Leisure releases their list of the world’s best hotel awards ranking the top accommodation options. Looking at the top hotels list for hotels and resorts in Asia 2009, India, Thailand, China and Hong Kong dominate the list.
Following are the top Asian hotels in the best world hotels list for the year 2009:
1 Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok 93.34
2 Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong 92.75
3 The Peninsula, Hong Kong 92.23
4 Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai 91.30
5 Westin Bund Center, Shanghai 90.82
6 The Peninsula, Bangkok, Thailand 90.55
7 Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street, China 90.52
8 St. Regis, Shanghai 90.44
9 Four Seasons Hotel, Shanghai, China 90.35
10 Four Seasons Hotel, Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan 89.69
11 Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan 89.55
12 Le Méridien Bangkok, Thailand, 89.48
13 Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 89.25
14 Park Hyatt, Beijing, China, 89.19
15, Pan Pacific, Singapore, Singapore, 89.02
16, Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai, India, 88.95
17, Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong, 88.93
18, dusitD2, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 88.60
19, Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, 88.58
If you’re looking for slightly more affordable options for Hong Kong or Taiwan check out the following :
More excellent Asian hotels and resort on the Travel & Leisure list can be found here and here. If you’re interested in other hotel options for the rest of Asia, you may want to check out and compare the rankings of other Asian hotels online.
What are your favorite hotels in Asia?
If you found this page useful, consider linking to it.
Simply copy and paste the code below into your web site (Ctrl+C to copy)
It will look like this: Top Accommodation in Asia – Best Asian Hotels 2009