BEST IN THE WORLD
In the search for the "World's
Best", the New York-based Travel
+ Leisure Magazine, one of the world's
most prominent travel magazines with
a readership of about 950,000 per issue
invited select subscribers to participate
in the World's Best Awards Reader's
Poll in which participants were asked
to name their favourite cities, islands,
hotels, tour operators, airlines, cruise
lines and car rental agencies. Data
provided by nearly 200,000 respondents
was tallied by Harris Interactive, a
research group. The results provide
a definitive guide to the very best
in travel based on the evaluations from
the most discerning travellers.
Bangkok was named the Best Tourism
City in Asia and in the Top 3 World's
Best Cities. The Peninsula Bangkok
was named the "World's Best Hotel."
Cities were rated according to the
following characteristics - sights,
culture/arts, restaurants/food, people,
shopping, and value. While hotels
were rated in terms of rooms/facilities,
location, service, restaurants/food,
value, with an optional criteria-
for business, and for families.
The winners of the 2003 World's Best
Awards were honoured at a presentation
ceremony luncheon held at the Four
Seasons restaurant in New York City
and at a celebratory party.
CITIES: ASIA
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TOP 5 IN ASIA |
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Bangkok |
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87.11 |
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Hanoi |
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82.13 |
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Hong Kong |
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80.22 |
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Kyoto |
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80.13 |
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Shanghai |
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79.26 |
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THE WORLD'S
BEST CITIES
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Sydney |
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87.62 |
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Florence |
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87.14 |
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Bangkok |
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87.11 |
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Rome |
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86.64 |
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Cape Town |
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84.88 |
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New York |
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84.67 |
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San Francisco |
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83.86 |
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Venice |
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83.23 |
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Istanbul |
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83.18 |
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Santa Fe |
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83.08 |
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HOTELS IN THAILAND IN THE TOP-100 IN
THE WORLD
The Peninsula Bangkok, ranked No. 2
World's Best Hotel in the 2002 moves
into the top spot this year.
Travel + Leisure notes that "the
Thai capital is no stranger to hotels
in the No. 1 position: since we began
our survey, no property has dominated
like the Oriental, Bangkok, which
readers rated the best hotel in the
world a record three times (1996,
1999, and 2000)."
Seven other hotels in Thailand made
the "Top 100 Hotels" list
with The Oriental Bangkok in the Top
10 with a score of 88.74, Amanpuri
Phuket ranking 12th with a score of
88.34, The Regent Chiang Mai Resort
& Spa scoring 86.71, The Regent
Bangkok 85.90, the Royal Orchid Sheraton
Hotel & Towers Bangkok 83.36,
and the Shangri-la Bangkok 83.11.
For details, please visit
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/results.cfm?cat=citiesasia
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/results.cfm?cat=cities
READER SURVEY METHODOLOGY
A questionnaire developed by the editors
of Travel + Leisure in association
with NFO Plog Research was made available
to Travel + Leisure subscribers at www.tlworldsbest.com during the first quarter of 2003.
Respondents were asked to rate hotels,
islands, and airlines of 5 characteristics;
spas and hotel spas on 4 characteristics;
and cities, cruise lines and tour
operators on 6 characteristics. Respondents
reported where they had travelled
worldwide and how, and rated only
the attributes that were relevant
to their recent travel experiences.
The scores are indexed averages of
responses concerning applicable characteristics.
For further details on methodology,
please click to view
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/methodology.cfm
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