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| The world’s best hotels | ||||
| 1997 | 1996 | Hotel | Country | Score |
| 1 | 1 | Mandarin Oriental | Hong Kong | 70 |
| 2 | 6 | Imperial | Tokyo | 49 |
| 3 | 3= | Grand | Stockholm | 47 |
| 4= | – | Arabella Grand | Frankfurt | 40 |
| 4= | 9= | Principe di Savoia | Milan | 40 |
| 4= | 15= | Shangri-La | Kuala Lumpur | 40 |
| 7 | 2 | Okura | Tokyo | 38 |
| 8= | – | Grand Hyatt | Jakarta | 36 |
| 8= | 9= | Le Royal | Luxembourg | 36 |
| 8= | – | Ritz | Madrid | 36 |
| 8= | 5 | Shangri-La | Singapore | 36 |
| 8= | 7 | Shangri-La Island | Hong Kong | 36 |
| 13 | 15= | Shangri-La | Manila | 35 |
| 14 | 3= | Oriental | Bangkok | 34 |
| 15 | – | Baur au Lac | Zurich | 31 |
| 16 | – | Grand Hyatt | Melbourne | 30 |
| Best hotels by region | |||
| Asia-Pacific | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| Bangkok | |||
| 1 | 1 | Oriental | 34 |
| 2 | 3 | Regent | 23 |
| 3= | 4 | Dusit Thani | 12 |
| 3= | 5 | Grand Hyatt | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Shangri-La | 11 |
| Beijing | |||
| 1 | 3 | Palace Hotel | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | China World | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | Shangri-La | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | Sheraton Great Wall | 9 |
| 5 | – | Jing Guang | 8 |
| Hong Kong | |||
| 1 | 1 | Mandarin Oriental | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | Shangri-La Island | 36 |
| 3 | 4 | Grand Hyatt | 27 |
| 4 | 8 | The Conrad | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | Peninsula | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | Regent | 13 |
| Jakarta | |||
| 1 | 2 | Grand Hyatt | 36 |
| 2 | 3 | Shangri-La | 14 |
| 3 | – | Hyatt Regency | 12 |
| 4= | 4 | Hilton Garden | 8 |
| 4= | 7 | Regent | 8 |
| Kuala Lumpur | |||
| 1 | 1 | Shangri-La | 40 |
| 2 | – | Regent | 29 |
| 3 | 3 | Hilton | 11 |
| Manila | |||
| 1 | 1 | Shangri-La | 35 |
| 2 | 2 | Peninsula | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Mandarin Oriental | 11 |
| Melbourne | |||
| 1 | 1 | Grand Hyatt | 30 |
| 2 | 3= | Sheraton Towers | 9 |
| Osaka | |||
| 1 | 1 | Hilton | 11 |
| 2 | – | Miyako Hotel | 6 |
| 3= | – | ANA | 5 |
| 3= | – | Okura | 5 |
| Seoul | |||
| 1 | 1 | Shilla | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Westin Chosun | 21 |
| 3 | 5= | Grand Hyatt | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | Hilton | 8 |
| Shanghai | |||
| 1 | 1 | Shangri-La | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Hilton | 9 |
| 3 | 6 | Mandarin | 6 |
| Singapore | |||
| 1 | 1 | Shangri-La | 36 |
| 2 | – | Ritz-Carlton | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | Raffles | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | Oriental | 19 |
| 5= | 4 | Westin Plaza | 10 |
| 5= | 12 | Westin Stanford | 10 |
| Sydney | |||
| 1 | 1 | Regent | 23 |
| 2 | 5 | Inter-Continental | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | Park Hyatt | 10 |
| 4 | 6 | Ritz-Carlton | 8 |
| Taipei | |||
| 1 | 1 | Grand Hyatt | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Sherwood | 11 |
| 3 | 4 | Regent | 10 |
| Tokyo | |||
| 1 | 2 | Imperial | 49 |
| 2 | 1 | Okura | 38 |
| 3 | 3 | ANA | 18 |
| 4 | 5 | Palace | 9 |
| Europe | |||
| Amsterdam | |||
| 1 | 4 | Pulitzer | 20 |
| 2 | 3 | Amstel | 15 |
| 3= | 1 | Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky | 13 |
| 3= | 2 | Hôtel de l’Europe | 13 |
| Athens | |||
| 1 | 1 | Grand Bretagne | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Athenaeum Inter-Continental | 12 |
| 3 | 2= | Hilton | 11 |
| Brussels | |||
| 1 | 4 | Royal Windsor | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | SAS Radisson | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | Amigo | 11 |
| 4 | 6 | Conrad | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | Sheraton | 7 |
| Copenhagen | |||
| 1 | 1 | D’Angleterre | 21 |
| 2= | 3= | Radisson | 6 |
| 2= | 5 | SAS Royal | 6 |
| Frankfurt | |||
| 1 | 3 | Arabella Grand | 40 |
| 2 | 1 | Frankfurter Hof | 24 |
| 3 | 4 | Hessischer Hof | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | Intercontinental | 17 |
| 5 | 5 | Steigenberger Hof | 16 |
| 6 | 6 | Sheraton | 12 |
| Geneva | |||
| 1 | 2 | Beau Rivage | 20 |
| 2 | 4 | Intercontinental | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | Hotel des Bergues | 10 |
| Hamburg | |||
| 1 | 2 | Vier Jahreszeiten | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Atlantic Kempinski | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | Inter-Continental | 8 |
| Lisbon | |||
| 1 | 1 | Ritz | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | Sheraton | 9 |
| 3= | – | Meridien | 6 |
| 3= | 7 | Tivoli | 6 |
| London | |||
| 1 | 2 | Savoy | 29 |
| 2 | 6= | Berkeley | 17 |
| 3= | 3 | Grosvenor | 13 |
| 3= | 1 | Inter-Continental | 13 |
| 3= | 16= | Landmark | 13 |
| 6 | 11 | Langham | 12 |
| 7 | 18 | Four Seasons | 11 |
| 8 | 8 | Hyde Park | 10 |
| Luxembourg | |||
| 1 | 1 | Royal Hotel | 36 |
| 2 | 2 | Inter-Continental | 18 |
| 3 | 6= | Cravat | 9 |
| Madrid | |||
| 1 | 3 | Ritz | 36 |
| 2 | 1 | Villa Magna | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | Palace Hotel | 20 |
| 4 | 5= | Inter-Continental | 15 |
| 5 | 11= | Santo Mauro | 8 |
| Milan | |||
| 1 | 1 | Principe di Savoia | 40 |
| 2 | 2 | Four Seasons | 13 |
| 3 | 5 | Grand Hotel Duomo | 7 |
| Munich | |||
| 1 | 2 | Bayrischer Hof | 27 |
| 2 | 1 | Vier Jahreszeiten | 21 |
| Paris | |||
| 1 | 2 | De Crillon | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | George V | 15 |
| 3= | 3 | Inter-Continental | 9 |
| 3= | 4 | Ritz | 9 |
| 5 | 14= | Meurice | 8 |
| Rome | |||
| 1 | 1 | Grand Hotel | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Hassler | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Eden | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | Excelsior | 8 |
| Stockholm | |||
| 1 | 1 | Grand | 47 |
| 2 | 3 | Sheraton | 9 |
| 3= | 5= | Sergel Plaza | 8 |
| 3= | – | Victory Hotel | 8 |
| Vienna | |||
| 1 | 1 | Inter-Continental | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Marriott | 14 |
| 3 | 6 | ANA | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | Hilton International | 9 |
| 5= | 3 | Bristol | 8 |
| 5= | 2 | Sacher | 8 |
| 5= | 7= | Vienna Plaza | 8 |
| Zurich | |||
| 1 | 1 | Baur au Lac | 31 |
| 2= | 2 | Dolder Grand | 12 |
| 2= | 8= | Widder | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | Schweizerhof | 11 |
| Middle East | |||
| Abu Dhabi | |||
| 1 | 1 | Inter-Continental | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | Hilton | 6 |
| Bahrain | |||
| 1 | 5= | Meridien | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | Sheraton | 6 |
| Dubai | |||
| 1 | 1 | Inter-Continental | 8 |
| 2 | – | Le Forte Grande | 5 |
| Jeddah | |||
| 1 | 1 | Inter-Continental | 13 |
| Kuwait | |||
| 1 | 2 | Sheraton | 9 |
| Riyadh | |||
| 1 | 1 | Inter-Continental | 11 |
| 2 | 3 | Hyatt | 6 |
| North America | |||
| Boston | |||
| 1 | – | Four Seasons | 6 |
| Chicago | |||
| 1 | 1 | Ritz-Carlton | 19 |
| 2 | 7= | Hyatt Regency | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | Four Seasons | 11 |
| Los Angeles | |||
| 1 | – | Biltmore | 5 |
| Montreal | |||
| 1 | – | Ritz-Carlton | 9 |
| 2 | – | Inter-Continental | 6 |
| 3 | – | Westin | 5 |
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