Readers’ Choice Platinum List
Top10Caribbean
1. Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
(800) 285-2684, atlantis.com
2. TheRitz-Carlton, GrandCayman
(800) 542-8680, ritzcarlton.com
3. TheRitz-Carlton, St. Thomas,
U.S. Virgin Islands
(800) 241-3333, ritzcarlton.com
4. Caneel Bay, ARosewoodResort,
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
(888) 767-3966, caneelbay.com
5. El Conquistador Resort, TheWaldorf
AstoriaCollection, PuertoRico
(888) 543-1282, elconresort.com
6. HalfMoon,MontegoBay, Jamaica
(888) 830-5974, halfmoon.com
7. TheRitz-Carlton,
San Juan, PuertoRico
(800) 241-3333, ritzcarlton.com
8. Rosewood LittleDixBay,
VirginGorda, BritishVirgin Islands
(888) 767-3966, littledixbay.com
9. Sandy Lane, Barbados
(866) 444-4080, sandylane.com
10. Parrot Cay, Turks andCaicos
(866) 388-0036, parrotcay.com
Top10 International
BusinessHotels
1. Four SeasonsHotel GeorgeV, Paris
(800) 332-3442,
fourseasons.com/paris
2. TheDorchester, London
(800) 727-9820,
thedorchester.com
3. ThePeninsulaHongKong
(866) 382-8388, peninsula.com
4. St. RegisGrandHotel, Rome
(877) 787-3447, stregis.com
5. Hotel RitzMadrid
(800) 237-1236,
6. GrandHyatt Shanghai
(tie)
011-86-21-5049-1234,
shanghai.grand.hyatt.com
6. TheStaffordLondon, byKempinski
(tie)
011-44-207-493-0111,
kempinski.com
8. Sofitel Riode Janeiro
Copacabana, Brazil
011-55-21-25251232, sofitel.com
9. Baur au Lac, Zurich, Switzerland
011-41-44-220-50-20,
10. FourSeasonsHotel Toykoat Chinzan-so
(800) 819-5053,
fourseasons.com/tokyo
Top5Africa
1. TheTableBayHotel,
CapeTown, SouthAfrica
(954) 331-8135,
2. FairmontMount KenyaSafari Club,
Nanyuki, Kenya
(800) 257-7544,
fairmont.com/kenyasafariclub
3. CapeGrace, CapeTown, SouthAfrica
(800) 223-6800, capegrace.com
4. MaraSerenaSafari Lodge,
Nairobi, Kenya
011-254-050-22253,
serenahotels.com
5. One&Only, CapeTown, SouthAfrica
(888) 877-7528,
oneandonlyresorts.com
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