Quick, what’s the best place to stay in Paris or London or, for that matter, Dubai or Shanghai? That is the question our fast-picks guide to the world’s best hotels is designed to answer. Institutional Investor’s no-frills Baedeker to hostelries that are anything but no-frills is based on our annual survey of the world’s best hotels, the results of which appeared in the November issue. Here we’ve added 18 cities to the 30 that are covered in that best-hotels ranking. New to the best-by-city club this year: Amsterdam’s De l’Europe, Brussels’ Amigo and Philadelphia’s Four Seasons.
Best hotels by city 2003
Abu Dhabi: InterContinental*
Amsterdam: De l’Europe
Atlanta: Ritz-Carlton Buckhead*
Bangkok: Grand Hyatt Erawan*
Barcelona: Arts
Beijing: Grand Hyatt
Berlin: Adlon Kempinski*
Bombay: Taj Mahal
Boston: Four Seasons*
Brussels: Amigo
Budapest: Hilton
Buenos Aires: Alvear Palace
Chicago: Four Seasons*
Copenhagen: D’Angleterre
Dallas: Mansion on Turtle Creek
Dubai: Burj Al Arab*
Frankfurt: Arabella Sheraton Grand*
Geneva: Beau Rivage*
Hong Kong: Mandarin Oriental*
Houston: Four Seasons
Istanbul: Çira(breve)gan Palace Kempinski*
Kuala Lumpur: Mandarin Oriental
Lisbon: Four Seasons Ritz*
London: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park*
Los Angeles: Peninsula*
Madrid: Ritz*
Manila: Makati Shangri-La*
Mexico City: Four Seasons
Miami: Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne*
Milan: Principe di Savoia*
Montreal: Ritz-Carlton
Munich: Bayerischer Hof
New York: Four Seasons*
Paris: Four Seasons George V*
Philadelphia: Four Seasons
Phoenix: Phoenician*
Riyadh: InterContinental
San Francisco: Ritz-Carlton*
Seattle: Fairmont Olympic (fka Four Seasons)
Seoul: Grand Hyatt*
Shanghai: Grand Hyatt
Singapore: Raffles*
Stockholm: Grand Hotel*
Sydney: Park Hyatt*
Tokyo: Four Seasons Chinzan-So*
Toronto: Four Seasons*
Washington, D.C.: Ritz-Carlton*
Zurich: Baur au Lac*
* Included in “The World’s Best Hotels” feature (Institutional Investor, November 2003).
