For a more encompassing guide, we offer here our top picks in 48 additional cities that made a good, though not winning, showing in the annual hotel survey. Returning to this year's best-by-city roster are Auckland, Dubai, Manama, Monterrey and Wellington. Fallouts from last year's list are Adelaide, Amman, Beirut, Caracas, Jakarta, Jerusalem, Osaka, Panama City, Quito, Stuttgart and Tel Aviv.
2001's top hotels by city
Abu Dhabi: Inter-Continental
Amsterdam: Amstel Inter-Continental*
Ankara: Sheraton & Towers
Athens: Astir Palace (Vouliagmeni)
Atlanta: Ritz-Carlton Buckhead*
Auckland: Stamford Plaza
Bangkok: Oriental*
Barcelona: Arts
Basel: Drei Konige am Rhein
Beijing: China World (Shangri-La)
Berlin: Adlon Kempinski
Bombay: Oberoi
Boston: Four Seasons*
Brussels: Conrad International*
Budapest: Kempinski Corvinus
Buenos Aires: Alvear Palace
Cairo: Four Seasons Cairo at The First Residence
Cape Town: Mount Nelson
Chicago: Four Seasons*
Copenhagen: D'Angleterre
Dallas: Mansion on Turtle Creek*
Dubai: Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Dublin: Méridien Shelbourne
Düsseldorf: Steigenberger Parkhotel
Edinburgh: Balmoral
Frankfurt: Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof*
Geneva: Des Bergues*
Guangzhou: White Swan
Hamburg: Vier Jahreszeiten
Hanoi: Sofitel Metropole
Helsinki: Kämp
Hong Kong: Peninsula*
Honolulu: Kahala Mandarin Oriental
Houston: Four Seasons*
Istanbul: Ciragan Palace Kempinski*
Johannesburg: Sandton Sun & Towers Inter-Continental
Kuala Lumpur: Ritz-Carlton
Kuwait City: Sheraton & Towers
Lima: Sonesta Lima Hotel El Olivar
Lisbon: Lapa Palace
London: Ritz*
Los Angeles: Shutters on the Beach (Santa Monica)*
Luxembourg: Royal*
Madrid: Villa Magna*
Manama: Méridien
Manila: Makati Shangri-La
Melbourne: Park Hyatt
Mexico City: Four Seasons*
Miami: Delano*
Milan: Principe di Savoia*
Monterrey: Quinta Real
Montreal: Ritz-Carlton*
Moscow: Metropol Inter-Continental
Munich: Bayerischer Hof*
Muscat: Al Bustan Palace Inter-Continental
New Delhi: Oberoi
New York: St. Regis*
Oslo: Radisson SAS Scandinavia
Paris: Bristol*
Philadelphia: Ritz-Carlton
Phoenix: Phoenician*
Prague: Inter-Continental
Rio de Janeiro: Caesar Park Ipanema*
Riyadh: Inter-Continental
Rome: Hassler Villa Medici
St. Petersburg: Grand Hotel Europe
San Francisco: Ritz-Carlton*
Santiago: Sheraton Cristobal Towers
Sao Paulo: Inter-Continental
Seattle: Four Seasons*
Seoul: Shilla*
Shanghai: Grand Hyatt
Singapore: Ritz-Carlton Millenia*
Stockholm: Grand Hotel*
Sydney: Park Hyatt*
Taipei: Sherwood
Tokyo: Okura*
Toronto: Four Seasons*
Vancouver: Pan Pacific
Vienna: Sacher
Warsaw: Marriott*
Washington: Four Seasons*
Wellington: Parkroyal
Zurich: Baur au Lac*
*One of "The World's Best Hotels"
(Institutional Investor, September 2001)
