Following is a more encompassing list combining the top picks from the original 38 cities as well as 52 additional cities that merit special mention, according to survey participants. New to this year's best-by-city lineup are Caracas, Hanoi, Lima, Panama City and Quito. Gone from last year are Auckland, Bucharest, Charlotte, Dubai, Manama, Shenzhen and Wellington.
2000's top hotels by city
Abu Dhabi - Inter-Continental
Adelaide - Hyatt Regency
Amman - Jordan Inter-Continental
Amsterdam - Amstel Inter-Continental*
Ankara - Sheraton & Towers
Athens - Grande Bretagne
Atlanta - Ritz-Carlton Buckhead
Bangkok - Oriental*
Barcelona - Ritz*
Basel - Drei Kånige am Rhein
Beijing - Shangri-La
Beirut - Vendçme Inter-Continental
Berlin - Adlon Kempinski
Bombay - Oberoi*
Boston - Four Seasons*
Brussels - Amigo
Budapest - Kempinski Corvinus
Buenos Aires - Alvear Palace*
Cairo - Nile Hilton
Cape Town - Mount Nelson
Caracas - Tamanaco Inter-Continental
Chicago - Four Seasons*
Copenhagen - D'Angleterre*
Dallas - Mansion on Turtle Creek
Dublin - Shelbourne MÄridien
Dèsseldorf - Steigenberger Parkhotel
Edinburgh - Caledonian
Frankfurt - Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof*
Geneva - Beau Rivage*
Guangzhou - White Swan
Hamburg - Vier Jahreszeiten*
Hanoi - Sofitel Metropole
Helsinki - K,mp
Hong Kong - Island Shangri-La*
Honolulu - Halekulani
Houston - Four Seasons
Istanbul - éira_gan Palace Kempinski*
Jakarta - Shangri-La
Jerusalem - Hilton
Johannesburg - Sandton Sun & Towers
Inter-Continental
Kuala Lumpur - Mandarin Oriental
Kuwait City - Sheraton & Towers
Lima - Sonesta Lima Hotel El Olivar
(formerly El Olivar de San Isidro)
Lisbon - Four Seasons Ritz*
London - Lanesborough*
Los Angeles - Four Seasons*
Luxembourg - Royal
Madrid - Westin Palace*
Manila - Makati Shangri-La*
Melbourne - Grand Hyatt
Mexico City - Four Seasons*
Miami - Delano
Milan - Principe di Savoia*
Montreal - Ritz-Carlton*
Moscow - Metropol
Inter-Continental*
Munich - Bayerischer Hof*
Muscat - Al Bustan Palace
Inter-Continental
New Delhi - Oberoi
New York - Four Seasons*
Osaka - Imperial
Oslo - Grand
Panama City - Miramar
Inter-Continental
Paris - Ritz*
Philadelphia - Four Seasons*
Phoenix - Arizona Biltmore*
Prague - Savoy
Quito - Swissçtel
Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana Palace
Riyadh - Inter-Continental
Rome - Westin Excelsior*
St. Petersburg - Grand Hotel Europe
San Francisco - Mandarin Oriental*
Santiago - Hyatt Regency
S_o Paulo - Caesar Park
Seattle - Four Seasons
Seoul - Shilla*
Shanghai - Grand Hyatt
Singapore - Raffles*
Stockholm - Grand*
Stuttgart - Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin
Sydney - Park Hyatt*
Taipei - Far Eastern Plaza Shangri-La
Tel Aviv - David Inter-Continental
Tokyo - Okura*
Toronto - Four Seasons*
Vancouver - Four Seasons
Vienna - Imperial*
Warsaw - Royal MÄridien Bristol
Washington - Four Seasons*
Zurich - Baur au Lac*
*One of "The World's Best Hotels"
(Institutional Investor, September 2000).
