Why Hotel Brands Matter in Our SelectionTo identify the world’s best hotels, we focused on luxury hotel brands that have proven their commitment to excellence through global recognition. Every brand in our selection has received multiple awards from respected travel authorities, including:
- Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards
- Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards
Only hotel brands that consistently meet these independent standards are included. To ensure exceptional independent properties are equally represented, we also evaluated hotels from the two leading luxury independent hotel collections —
Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) and
The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) — using the same editorial criteria.
Our database currently includes
48 hotel brands:
- Aman
- Armani Hotels
- Auberge Resorts Collection
- Belmond
- Bulgari Hotels & Resorts
- Dorchester Collection
- Fasano Hotels
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- Jumeirah
- The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW)
- The Luxury Collection
- Mandarin Oriental
- Maybourne Hotel Group
- Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
- Oetker Collection
- One&Only
- The Peninsula Hotels
- Raffles Hotels & Resorts
- The Ritz-Carlton
- Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
- Six Senses
- Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH)
- Soneva
- St. Regis Hotels & Resorts
- Taj Hotels
- Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
- Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
- W Hotels
- Park Hyatt
- Banyan Tree
- EDITION Hotels
- The Langham Hotels & Resorts
- Alila
- Regent Hotels & Resorts
- Capella Hotels and Resorts
- Sofitel Legend
- The Chedi
- Impression by Secrets
- Firmdale Hotels
- Cheval Blanc
- Faena
- COMO Hotels and Resorts
- Pendry Hotels & Resorts
- Anantara Hotels & Resorts
- JW Marriott
- Emblems Collection
