Jaipur's Oberoi Rajvilas and Rambagh Palace amongst the World's Best in a travel poll

World's Best Awards - the annual readers' survey of the Travel+Leisure magazine - are out with their 2011 poll results; so let's see how our Jaipur hotels have fared this year. From the listings below, it can be summarized that Oberoi Rajvilas has maintained its 3rd spot amongst the Top Resorts of Asia. Whereas Rambagh Palace has lost its position from Asia's Top Resorts list, but has found itself ranked 6th among the Top City Hotels in Asia. Both these hotels also won places on the World's Best Hotels top 100 list - with Oberoi Rajvilas ranked 8th and Rambagh Palace much lower in the list at 80th.
This year marks the 16th of the popular survey that lists out and showcases the best of the travel and tourism industry as voted by readers.

Top Resorts in Asia 2011

2011 2010 2009 Hotel, City
   1    4    3 Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
   2     9  15 Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai
   3   3 10Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur
   4    2    5 Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra
   5    -    - La Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang
   6    8  11 Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur
   7    5    4 Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai
   8  14    - Discovery Shores, Boracay (Phillippines)
   9    -    - Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
 10  10    - Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur
   -    1    1 Oberoi Vanyavila, Rajasthan
   -   7 14Rambagh Palace, Jaipur

source: http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2011/hotels/resorts-asia/300



Top City Hotels in Asia 2011

201120102009Hotel, City
   1    7    1 Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
   2    6    7 Ritz-Carlton, Beijing
   3  14    - Sofitel Legend Metropole, Hanoi
   4    1    6 The Peninsula, Bangkok
   5    -    - Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
   6   -   -Rambagh Palace, Jaipur
   7    -    - The Peninsula, Tokyo
   8    -    - St. Regis Hotel, Singapore
   9  20    - The Imperial, New Delhi
 10    1    - Park Hyatt, Ho Chi Minh City
 12    -    - Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi
 14    -    - The Oberoi, Mumbai
   -    5  16 Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
 21    -    - The Oberoi, New Delhi
   -  10    - Leela Palace Kempinski , Udaipur

source: http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2011/hotels/city-hotels-asia/301



World's Best Hotels 2011

201120102009(India hotels ranking)
   5   15     8 Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur
   8  13  70Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur
 14     5   28 Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra
 43   39   78 Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur
 75     -     - Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
 80  35  87Rambagh Palace, Jaipur
 87     -     - Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur
   -     1     2 Oberoi Vanyavilas, Ranthambhore

source: http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2011/hotels

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