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Top10Europe
1. Four SeasonsHotel GeorgeV, Paris
(800)332-3442, fourseasons.com/paris
2. TheRitz London
(877) 748-9536, theritzlondon.com
3. Hotel RitzParis
011-33-1-43-16-30-30, ritzparis.com
4. TheDorchester, London
(800) 727-9820, thedorchester.com
5. St. RegisGrandHotel, Rome
(877) 787-3447, stregis.com
6. Hotel Cipriani, Venice
(800) 237-1236, hotelcipriani.com
7. Palace Luzern, Switzerland
011-41-416-16-16, palace-luzern.ch
8. ParkHyatt Paris-Vendôme, Paris
(877) 875-4658,
paris.vendome.hyatt.com
9. TheBalmoral, Edinburgh, Scotland
(tie)
(888) 667-9477, thebalmoralhotel.com
9. Hôtel deCrillon, Paris
(tie)
011-33-1-44-71-15-00, crillon.com
Top5Asia
1. ThePeninsulaHongKong
(866) 382-8388, peninsula.com
2. MandarinOriental, HongKong
011-852-2820-4202,
mandarinoriental.com
3. ParkHyatt Tokyo
(877) 875-4658, tokyo.park.hyatt.com
4. RafflesHotel, Singapore
(800) 768-9009, raffleshotel.com
5. Shangri-LaHotel, Singapore
(866) 565-5050, shangri-la.com
H
range fromurbansophisticates like
the
GEORGE V, PARIS
,newlyofferingspa
treatmentsby theSwissskin-care
brandL.raphael, tobeachresortsand
businesshotels.Credit thestaff.
“itstartswithwhogetshired. if
youhire therightperson,youcan
teach functionalskills,”saysSusan
Helstab,executivevicepresidentof
marketingatFourSeasons,explain-
ing thateach jobcandidate is inter-
viewedat least four times.Training is
weeks longandcontinual, teaming
newhireswithestablishedpros for
rolemodeling,practices thathave
landed thecompanyon
Fortune
maga-
zine’sbest-places-to-work list for13
years. “Theultimatesecretofsuccess
isbeingable toreplicate thatstrategy
andculture ineveryhotelweoperate.”
ClassicEuropeanhotels rank
highnot juston reputationbutalso
onmodernization.
THERITZ LONDON
and
theunrelated
RITZPARIS
bothagain
scorewell, the formerwithanew
amenitycollectiondeveloped in the
gardensatHighgrove, prince
Charles’ estate, and the latterwith
thenewritzBarshowcasingcelebri-
tyDJs. London’s
DORCHESTER
recently
launchedculinarymasterclasses
with itschef aswell asprivatemarti-
nimasterclasses. in italy,rome’s
ST.
REGISGRAND
justopened thefirstEuro-
peanoutpostofAsia-basedKamispa,
Venice’s
HOTEL CIPRIANI
windsupa
three-year top-to-bottom renovation,
andLakeComo’sstately
VILLAD’ESTE
rejuvenatedwithanewkidsclub.
Europewas the thirdmostpopu-
lardestination ina recent surveyby
LuxuryLink.com, awebsitedevoted
toupscale travel.Topping itwas
Asiaand theSouthpacific, and there
isplentyofnews to reporton the
Easternground.The81-year-old
PENINSULAHONGKONG
, forexample, now
offersaccess tozippyBMWMini
Coopers inaddition to themore tra-
ditionalrolls-roycephantoms.
The
PARKHYATT TOKYO
just releaseda
recordingby thecelebratedDJnigo.
The Peninsula Hong Kong
