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Top 100 Hotels Overall

RANK	'12	NAME	SCORE
1	17	Mombo Camp and Little Mombo Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana	96.60
2	-	Castello di Casole—A Timbers Resort, Casole d'Elsa, Italy	96.18
3	7	Singita Kruger National Park, South Africa	96.14
4	6	Nayara Hotel, Spa & Gardens, La Fortuna-Arenal, Costa Rica	96.14
5	42	Four Seasons Resort, Bora Bora, French Polynesia	96.00
5	-	Ritz-Carlton, Berlin	96.00
5	16	The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs, North Island, New Zealand	96.00
8	4	The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India	95.73
9	13	Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park Area, South Africa	95.71
10	-	Singita Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park Area, South Africa	95.64
11	5	Discovery Shores, Boracay, Phillippines	95.57
12	49	Four Seasons Hotel, Gresham Palace, Budapest	95.52
13	2	Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, Montana	95.36
14	-	Jade Mountain, St. Lucia	95.33
14	36	Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India	95.33
16	-	The Lodge, Sea Island, Georgia	95.29
17	-	Post Hotel & Spa , Lake Louise, Alberta	94.93
18	31	The Peninsula, Hong Kong	94.88
19	28	The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India	94.84
20	-	Cavas Wine Lodge, Mendoza, Argentina	94.80
21	-	Anse Chastanet Resort, St. Lucia	94.78
22	-	Nisbet Plantation Beach Club, Nevis	94.67
23	-	The Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia	94.63
23	-	Old Edwards Inn & Spa, Highlands, North Carolina	94.63
25	-	Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, Amelia Island, Florida	94.60
26	44	Cape Grace, Cape Town	94.55
27	72	La Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos	94.53
28	98	The Peninsula, Beverly Hills	94.51
29	66	Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India	94.50
29	-	Wickaninnish Inn , Tofino, British Columbia	94.50
31	18	Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok	94.47
32	-	Rosewood Mayakobá, Riviera Maya	94.40
33	-	Stafford London by Kempinski	94.37
34	27	andBeyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya	94.35
35	39	Amansara, Siem Reap, Cambodia	94.18
35	-	Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong	94.18
35	23	The Peninsula, Shanghai	94.18
38	-	Farmhouse Inn, Forestville, California	94.09
39	-	Londolozi Game Reserve, Kruger National Park Area, South Africa	94.08
40	-	Four Seasons Hotel, Nile Plaza, Cairo	94.00
41	57	Capella Pedregal, Los Cabos	93.81
42	-	Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires	93.77
43	90	Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, Thailand	93.76
44	22	Waldorf Astoria, Chicago	93.75
45	-	St. Regis, Punta Mita	93.64
46	-	Primland, Meadows of Dan, Virginia	93.63
47	-	Four Seasons Hotel, Amman, Jordan	93.60
47	-	Grand Hyatt Istanbul, Istanbul	93.60
47	45	Palazzo Avino (formerly Palazzo Sasso), Ravello, Italy	93.60
50	33	Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa, Johannesburg, South Africa	93.50
51	47	The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India	93.44
52	-	Augustine Hotel, Prague	93.33
52	-	Market Pavilion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina	93.33
52	-	The Oberoi, Gurgaon, India	93.33
52	-	Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Vietnam	93.33
56	-	Grand Del Mar, San Diego	93.27
57	-	Mandarin Oriental, Munich	93.25
58	92	Domaine Les Crayères, Reims, France	93.24
59	-	Cavallo Point—The Lodge at the Golden Gate, Sausalito, California	93.22
60	-	Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas	93.19
61	-	Ashford Castle, County Mayo, Ireland	93.17
62	-	The Peninsula, Tokyo	93.11
63	49	Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand	93.07
64	-	Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, Santa Fe, New Mexico	93.03
65	-	Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai	93.02
66	-	Ritz-Carlton, Financial Street, Beijing	93.00
67	-	Pueblo Bonito, Mazatlán	92.94
68	40	Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Big Island	92.90
69	11	The Peninsula, Bangkok	92.87
70	90	Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, Tucson	92.77
71	-	Four Seasons Resort, Whistler, British Columbia	92.74
71	26	Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi, Italy	92.74
73	-	The Oberoi, Mumbai	92.71
73	-	Sunset Key Guest Cottages, Key West, Florida	92.71
75	-	Hotel Imperial, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna	92.69
76	-	Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa, Baden-Baden, Germany	92.67
77	54	Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet	92.65
78	-	Esperanza, an Auberge Resort, Los Cabos	92.62
79	69	Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort, Siem Reap, Cambodia	92.57
80	12	Wentworth Mansion, Charleston, South Carolina	92.56
81	-	Four Seasons Hotel, Cairo at the First Residence	92.53
82	-	White Elephant, Nantucket, Massachusetts	92.47
83	-	Four Seasons Hotel, St. Louis	92.46
83	43	The Peninsula, Chicago	92.46
85	-	Fullerton Bay Hotel, Singapore	92.44
86	-	The Connaught, a Maybourne Hotel, London	92.36
86	-	Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver	92.36
88	55	Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy	92.31
89	-	Il San Pietro di Positano, Italy	92.28
90	-	Stephanie Inn, Cannon Beach, Oregon	92.26
91	-	One&Only Palmilla, Los Cabos	92.26
92	-	Corinthia Hotel, London	92.24
93	-	Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris	92.18
94	-	Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo	92.13
95	60	Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island	92.07
96	79	Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Resort, Bluffton, South Carolina	92.06
97	-	Hotel Punta Islita, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica	92.00
97	-	Ritz-Carlton, Toronto	92.00
97	30	The Sebastian, Vail, Colorado	92.00
97	-	WaterColor Inn & Resort, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida	92.00

- means that the winner was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.

denotes a World's Best Awards debut.

denotes a rate of $250 or less

denotes Hall of Fame

denotes T+L Find

Throughout the World’s Best Awards, scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point; in the event of an exact tie, properties, companies, or destinations share the same ranking.