This year marks the 25th anniversary of Virtuoso's Best of the Best Awards, which is one of the longest-running awards programs in the travel industry.
Nominees include 55 contenders in 11 categories.
Winners will be announced at the upcoming Virtuoso Travel Week, which will take place at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas Aug. 12-18. The awards will be handed out on Aug. 16 during Virtuoso Travel Week's Hotels & Resorts Dinner.
"From its inception in 1992 with just 20 hotels to today's robust total of more than 1,200, Virtuoso Hotels & Resorts has set itself apart in the luxury travel world as a carefully curated collection of the world's finest properties," said Albert Herrera, Virtuoso senior vice president, global product partnerships in a statement.
"It's this commitment to excellence that has served as the hallmark of our program and it's the reason for both its longevity and resounding respect, both within the industry and, more importantly, with Virtuoso clients," he added.
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Over the next few weeks, Virtuoso travel advisors will be able to vote for these Best of the Best nominees.
Best Achievement in Design
Baoase Luxury Resort, Willemstad, Curaçao
Park Hyatt Mallorca, Majorca, Spain
Six Senses Douro Valley, Lamego, Portugal
The Strand Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar
The William Vale, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Best Dining Experience
Le Louis XV - Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco
La Terrazza - Hotel Eden, Rome, Rome, Italy
Meo Modo - Relais Borgo Santo Pietro, Siena, Italy
Manta - The Cape, A Thompson Hotel, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Majorelle - The Lowell, New York, New York, U.S.
Best Bar
The Blue Bar - The Berkeley, London, UK
Aquarium Bar - Castelbrac Hotel, Dinard, France
Saxony - Faena Hotel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Bar Hemingway - Ritz Paris, Paris, France
The Long Bar - Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, Shanghai, China
Best Family Program
Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxford, UK
Hotel Castello at Forte Village Resort, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
Hotel Sacher Wien, Vienna, Austria
The Reef Atlantis, Nassau, Bahamas
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Naples, Florida, U.S.
Best Wellness Program
Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Golden Door Luxury Resort & Spa, San Marcos, California, U.S.
Kempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Rosewood San Miguel de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
SHA Wellness Clinic, Alicante, Spain
Best Virtuoso Experience
Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort, Tangalle, Sri Lanka
Hotel Solar de las Animas, Tequila, Mexico
The Mark, New York, New York, U.S.
Sao Lourenco do Barrocal, Monsaraz, Portugal
Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Sustainable Tourism Leadership
Cavallo Point - the Lodge at Golden Gate, Sausalito, California, U.S.
CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa, Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla
Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley, Wolgan Valley, Australia
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Machu Picchu Pueblo, Peru
UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa, Trancoso, Brazil
Best Virtuoso Newcomer
Amanemu, Shima, Japan
Chablé Resort and Spa, Chocholá, Mexico
Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown, New York, New York, U.S.
Park Hotel Vitznau, Vitznau, Switzerland
The St. Regis Langkawi, Langkawi, Malaysia
Best Virtuoso Ambassador
Kees Hogetoorn - AccorHotels
Leslie Dodson - AccorHotels
Tets Kato - Banyan Tree Mayakoba
Gillian Greenwood - InterContinental Hotel Group
Janet Kato White - Montage Hotels
Hotelier of the Year
Taparahi Tibble - Aman Sveti Stefan, Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
Eric Boonstoppel - Cheval Blanc Courchevel, Courchevel, France
Timothy Ananiadis - Hotel Grand Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens, Athens, Greece
Frank Marrenbach - Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa, Oetker Collection, Baden-Baden, Germany
Susanne Hatje - Mandarin Oriental, New York, New York, New York, U.S.
Hotel of the Year
Four Seasons Resort Lana'i, Lanai City, Hawaii, U.S.
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Palazzo Seneca, Norcia, Italy
The Peninsula Beijing, Beijing, China
The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection, London, UK
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