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News / Preferred Hotels & Resorts celebrates 98 member hotels honored in Forbes Travel Guide 2023 Star Awards
Compiled by Forbes Travel Guide’s expert mystery inspectors, more than 900 standards were taken into consideration
Preferred Hotels & Resorts - the world’s largest independent hotel brand with over 650 hotels, resorts, and residences in more than 80 countries - is proud to celebrate 98 of its member hotels recognized in the 65th annual Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards. The rising presence of the brand’s global portfolio in these, and other, prestigious annual travel awards demonstrates the value and enthusiasm the travel community places on the inspiring, personalized, and memorable guest experiences offered by independently owned and managed luxury hotels and resorts globally.
Compiled by Forbes Travel Guide’s expert mystery inspectors, more than 900 standards were taken into consideration with 70% of a property’s final rating focused on service and the remaining 30% attributed to the quality and condition of guest facilities and amenities.
The winning Preferred Hotels & Resorts properties were awarded across the following categories:
Five-Star Rating Awards
- Baccarat Hotel New York (New York, New York, United States) – Legend Collection
- Boston Harbor Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) – Legend Collection
- Chatham Bars Inn (Chatham, Massachusetts, United States) – Legend Collection
- Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa (Palm Beach, Florida, United States) – Legend Collection
- Encore Boston Harbor (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) – Legend Collection
- Encore at Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) - Legend Collection
- Grand Velas Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- Hotel New Otani Tokyo, "EXECUTIVE HOUSE ZEN" (Tokyo, Japan) – L.V.X. Collection
- INIALA HARBOUR HOUSE & RESIDENCES (Valetta, Malta) – Legend Collection
- Montage Deer Valley (Park City, Utah, United States) – Legend Collection
- Montage Healdsburg (Healdsburg, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- Montage Kapalua Bay (Maui, Hawaii, United States) – Legend Collection
- Montage Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- Montage Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- Montage Palmetto Bluff (Bluffton, South Carolina) – Legend Collection
- Salamander® Resort & Spa (Middleburg, Virginia, United States) – Legend Collection
- The Alpina Gstaad (Gstaad, Switzerland) – Legend Collection
- The Broadmoor (Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States) – Legend Collection
- The Capitol Hotel Tokyu (Tokyo, Japan) – Legend Collection
- The Fullerton Bay Hotel (Singapore) – Legend Collection
- The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston (Houston, Texas, United States) – Legend Collection
- The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Kiawah Island, South Carolina, United States) – Legend Collection
- Wequassett Resort and Golf Club (Harwich, Massachusetts, United States) – Legend Collection
- Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) – Legend Collection
Four-Star Rating Awards
- ATELIER Playa Mujeres (Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – L.V.X Collection
- Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club (Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla) – L.V.X. Collection
- Balboa Bay Resort (Newport Beach, California, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Carneros Resort and Spa (Napa, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- Casa Palmero™ at Pebble Beach® (Pebble Beach, California, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Condado Vanderbilt Hotel (San Juan, Puerto Rico) – Legend Collection
- Edgewood Tahoe Resort (Stateline, Nevada, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Grand Hotel Tremezzo (Tremezzina, Italy) – Legend Collection
- Grand Velas Riviera Maya (Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit (Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort (Tucson, Arizona, United States) – Lifestyle Collection
- Half Moon (Montego Bay, Jamaica) – Legend Collection
- Hotel Bayerischer Hof (Munich, Germany) – Legend Collection
- Hotel Californian (Santa Barbara, California, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) – L.V.X. Collection
- Hotel New Otani Tokyo, "The Main" (Tokyo, Japan) – Lifestyle Collection
- Hotel Nikko San Francisco (San Francisco, California, United States) – Lifestyle Collection
- Hotel Xcaret Arte (Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Hotel Xcaret Mexico (Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – L.V.X. Collection
- Inn at Perry Cabin (St. Michaels, Maryland, United States) – Legend Collection
- La Casa de la Playa (Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti (Pinzolo, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) – Legend Collection
- Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda (Gargnano, Lombardy, Italy) – Legend Collection
- Live Aqua Urban Resort San Miguel de Allende (San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- NIZUC Resort & Spa (Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – Legend Collection
- Ojai Valley Inn (Ojai, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- Pendry Manhattan West (New York, New York, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Post Ranch Inn (Big Sur, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- Shutters on the Beach (Santa Monica, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- St Julien Hotel & Spa (Boulder, Colorado, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Beaumont Hotel (London, United Kingdom) – Legend Collection
- The Dominick (New York, New York, United States) – Legend Collection
- The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (Singapore) – Legend Collection
- The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa (Houston, Texas, United States) - L.V.X Collection
- The Inn & Club at Harbour Town (Hilton Head, South California, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Kahala Hotel & Resort (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Mark (New York, New York, United States) – Legend Collection
- The Prince Park Tower Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Siam (Bangkok, Thailand) – Legend Collection
- The Stafford London (London, United Kingdom) – Legend Collection
- The Watergate Hotel (Washington D.C., United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Trump International Beach Resort Miami (Miami, Florida, United States) – Lifestyle Collection
- The Windsor Court (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) – Legend Collection
- XV Beacon (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) – Legend Collection
Recommended
- Alchymist Grand Hotel & Spa (Prague, Czech Republic, Czechia) – L.V.X. Collection
- Altis Avenida Hotel (Lisbon, Portugal) – Lifestyle Collection
- Amerikalinjen (Oslo, Norway) – Lifestyle Collection
- Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa (Sandys, Bermuda) – L.V.X. Collection
- Farmhouse Inn (Forestville, California, United States) – Legend Collection
- Grand Hotel Palace (Rome, Italy) – L.V.X. Collection
- Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba (Tokyo, Japan) – Lifestyle Collection
- Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa (Palm Coast, Florida, United States) - Lifestyle Collection
- Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Hotel München Palace (Munich, Germany) – L.V.X. Collection
- Hotel Napoleon Paris (Paris, France) – L.V.X. Collection
- Hotel Unique (Sao Paulo, Brazil) – Legend Collection
- Monument Hotel (Barcelona, Spain) – Legend Collection
- Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel & Spa (Rome, Italy) – L.V.X. Collection
- Park Lane New York (New York, New York, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Pendry Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Pendry San Diego (San Diego, California, United States) – L.V.X Collection
- Pendry West Hollywood (West Hollywood, California, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Pulitzer Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – Legend Collection
- Sagamore Pendry Baltimore (Baltimore, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- Smyth Tribeca (New York, New York, United States) – Lifestyle Collection
- Sundance Resort (Sundance, Utah, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin (Dublin, Ireland) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Garden City Hotel (Garden City, New York, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Henderson Beach Resort & Spa (Destin, Florida, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Jefferson Hotel (Richmond, Virginia) - Legend Collection
- The K Club (Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland) – Legend Collection
- The Leela Mumbai (Mumbai, India) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Peabody Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee, United States) – L.V.X. Collection
- The Sherry-Netherland (New York, New York, United States) – L.V.X. Collection