The World S Greatest Hotels Resorts And Spas

Presents a variety of luxury hotels and resorts from around the world, compiled from Travel & Leisure's readers survey and choices from the editors "Best Picks."

Travel + Leisuremagazine, the world's leading authority on hotels, resorts, and spas, presents the ultimate guide to the top places to stay around the globe. Exclusive, up-to-date rankings of the best properties-as determined by T+L'ssavvy readers-are combined with editors' picks for the hottest new hotels of the year, the classics worth a second look, and the all-time favorites. The nearly 500 entries are arranged by region and illustrated with over 100 breathtaking color photographs from the magazine's award-winning photographers.

A great hotel can set the tone for an entire journey. Travel and Leisure highlights the newest and best places to stay around the globe, previewing the most exciting discoveries and showcasing affordable finds while providing a fresh take on the classics. In turn, T+L's well-travelled readers select their own favourite hotels in the magazine's annual World's Best Awards survey. In this, the fifth edition of Travel + Leisure's annual compendium The World's Greatest Hotels, Resorts, and Spas, the editors present the most noteworthy properties of the year as well as the top reader-ranked places to stay from the World's Best Awards. Dynamic images by Travel and Leisure's team of award winning photographers convey each destination's atmosphere and mood. These one-of-a-kind properties will appeal to travellers of every taste and budget. And with a resource section that includes a directory of hotels, maps of each region, and a themed index of trips, it's easier than ever to get the most out of your stay.

"A great hotel can set the tone for an entire journey. As part of its editorial mission - to inspire readers to explore the world and equip them with advice they can trust - here, Travel+Leisure magazine highlights the newest and best places to stay around the globe."--Publisher description.

A guide to the year's most dazzling properties, featuring more than 450 hotels around the globe.

Travel + Leisure's Best of 2008 is the authoritative guide to where to stay this year. In one volume, the magazine's up-to-the-minute picks for the best hotels right now-from sleek urban skyscrapers to exotic safari camps-are combined with photographs from T+L's world-renowned photographers to bring you evocative descriptions of the best places to stay.

This is a book for lovers of remarkable hotels. Whether you are a long-term luxury hotel addict, or just fantasising about a visit to one of the world's great hotels, this book is for you. This book features stories about great, grand and famous hotels sourced from history, legend and the occasional snippet of gossip. Take a peek inside and discover a treasure trove of famous or forgotten anecdotes. See the dramas unfold in lobbies, dining rooms, bars and ballrooms, or behind the closed doors of guest rooms and Presidential Suites. Marvel at those who made these hotels what they are: daring financiers, visionary owners, inventive architects, cutting-edge designers, devoted hoteliers and renowned chefs. Remember the great, grand and famous celebrity guests and meet the new breed of visionaries who are creating the great hotels of the future. Visit historic hotels, including The Ritz, Paris; the Waldorf-Astoria, New York; the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles; the Savoy, London; the Hassler, Rome; The Peninsula, Hong Kong; Raffles, Singapore; Mena House, Cairo; Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur; Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta; the Cipriani, Danieli and Gritti Palace, Venice; Reid's Palace, Madeira; and the Baur au Lac, Zurich, alongside modern masterpieces such as The Burj al Arab, Icehotel and other futuristic hotels. The book is intended to give the traveller a better understanding of, and greater insight into, the hotels they admire and love. It is also a reference book for the passionate hotel professional and provides knowledge for young hoteliers, helping them to understand the history and the development of their industry. Combining four years of research, assisted by many students in various hotel schools around the world, and with contributions by six travel writers, it is hoped this book will entice more people to seek out the world's great, grand and famous hotels, and to stay in them for an unforgettable experience, not just as a place to spend the night.