International luxury travel network Virtuoso has announced the winners of its 2014 Best of the Best hotel awards last night at its 26th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference.
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Virtuoso selected 10 winners, including Rosewood London as “Hotel of the Year,” from the network’s renowned Hotels & Resorts Program. With a portfolio of 1,030 hotels, resorts, villas and private island retreats in more than 100 countries, the hospitality program is the first of its kind, serving the needs of its member travel agencies and their discerning clientele.
Editors of VIRTUOSO LIFE, the network’s magazine, researched and selected the Best of the Best nominees in ten categories that ranged from most innovative guest experience to top hotel and hotelier of the year. Then Virtuoso polled its 340 agencies and their nearly 9,000 travel advisors to vote on and ultimately select the winners.
“This year we are pleased to honor some exceptional hotels and one outstanding hotelier,” says Albert Herrera, senior vice president of Global Product Partnerships for Virtuoso. “Our portfolio consists of the world’s finest hotels, whose properties possess a quality that separates them from the rest – Virtuosos in true form.”
Besides Best Hotel, the other categories and winners are as follows:
Best Achievement in Design
?Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace – St. Petersburg, Russia
Best Culinary Experience
L’Abeille, Shangri-La Hotel – Paris, France
Best Bar
King Cole Bar, The St. Regis New York – New York, U.S.
Best Family Program
“The Pinocchio Experience,” Rocco Forte Hotel Savoy – Florence, Italy
Best Spa
The Bulgari Spa, Bulgari Hotel & Residences – London, United Kingdom
Most Innovative Guest Experience
Qasr al Sarab Desert Resort – Liwa Desert, U.A.E.
Sustainable Tourism Leadership
HotelsCuixmala – Costalegre, Mexico
One to Watch
Park Hyatt New York – New York, U.S.
Hotelier of the Year
Rainy Chan, Peninsula Hong Kong
Hotel of the Year
Rosewood London – London, United Kingdom
