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Intimate river cruises score high in Condé Nast Traveler's annual Readers’ Choice Awards

Condé Nast Traveler today announced the results of its 29th annual Readers’ Choice Awards, ranking the best hotels, resorts, cities, islands, airlines, and cruise lines in the world.

Condé Nast Traveler today announced the results of its 29th annual Readers’ Choice Awards, ranking the best hotels, resorts, cities, islands, airlines, and cruise lines in the world.

Over 300,000 dedicated Condé Nast Traveler readers cast votes for 7,394 hotels, 606 cities, 500 cruise ships, 236 islands, in the travel publication’s annual survey.

The breadth of the readers top-rated experiences was impressive, from elegant castles in the Irish countryside to tented safari camps trailing the Great Migration across the Serengeti.

The readers chose tiny private islands in the tropics, small culture rich cities in Europe, and intimate river cruises.

Most notably, they declared a passion for the authentic, the personalised, the unexpected—finding all three in both newcomers and stalwarts around the world.

Condé Nast Traveler readers rated COMO The Treasury in Perth the top hotel in Australia followed by Hotel DeBrett in Auckland, New Zealand.

Here are all the results:

 

The 2016 Readers’ Choice Award Winners

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Top Island in the World: Boracay, Philippines

Top Large and Small U.S. Cities: New York City for the second year in a row and Charleston, S.C.,for the sixth year in a row!

Top Hotel in the U.S.: Virgin Hotels Chicago

Top Resort in the U.S.: TheLodge & Spa at Brush Creek Ranch, Saratoga, Wyoming

Top Island in the World: Boracay, Philippines

Top Hotel in Europe: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland

Top Hotel in Asia: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

Top Hotel in South America: Hotel Unique, São Paulo

Top Safari Camp: Ulusaba Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sand, South Africa

Top Airline in the World: Singapore Airlines

Top U.S. Airline:Virgin America

Top Large Cruise Line: Disney

Top Midsize Cruise Line: Crystal Cruises

Top Small Cruise Line: Seabourn Cruise Line

Top River Cruise Line: Grand Circle Cruise Line

Top Beach Resort in Mexico: El Dorado Maroma, Playa del Carmen

Top Beach Resort in the Caribbean: Le Sereno, St. Barths

 

New Travel Trends

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Caribbean properties are stronger than ever. Montpelier Plantation & Beach, Nevis, St. Kitts & Nevis. Image Credit: Courtesy Montpelier Plantation & Beach

Luxury, all-inclusive resorts are for a wide cadre of travellers, not just couples.

Caribbean properties are stronger than ever despite recent health alarms.

Italy cannot be beat.

U.S. secondary cities are more popular than ever.

The Readers’ Choice Awards are announced in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveler, on newsstands nationwide on October 25, 2016. The full list is published exclusively online, at www.CNTraveler.com/rca

What do you think about the results from this year’s Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards?