Where to stay in 84 cities around the world

Institutional Investor’s September ranking of the world’s best hotels covered establishments in 36 cities.

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)

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