HOTEL AWARDS 2024
National Geographic Traveller (UK)|November 2024
IT'S BEEN AN EPIC YEAR FOR HOTEL OPENINGS, REVAMPS AND EXTENSIONS, AND WE'VE SCOURED THE GLOBE FOR THE BEST OF THEM. WHETHER YOU WANT TO TUNE INTO THE JUNGLE FROM A TREEHOUSE, SLEEP IN A PIECE OF HISTORY OR WATCH THE SUN SET OVER MOUNTAIN PEAKS FROM YOUR BED, YOU'RE GUARANTEED A MEMORABLE STAY FROM OUR WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP
AMANDA CANNING, LEE COBAJ, ZOEY GOTO, ELLEN HIMELFARB, SHAFIK MEGHJI, JUSTIN MENEGUZZI, ALICIA MILLER, DANIEL STABLES, JONATHAN THOMPSON, KERRY WALKER
HOTEL AWARDS 2024

The Mansion Junior Suite, The Fifth Avenue Hotel

THE WINNERS

Revamped Hotel Badeschloss, Austria

Romantic Bolthole Hotel Corazón, Spain

City Star The Fifth Avenue Hotel, US

Food Hero Farasha Farmhouse, Morocco

Beach Sanctuary The Potlatch Club, Bahamas

Wellness Haven Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel, US

Remote Sleep Boca De Agua, Mexico

Clever Conversion Raffl es London at The Owo, England

Eco-stay Santo Mine, Greece

Mountain Refuge Odles Lodge, Italy

One-of-a-kind Sun Ranch, Australia

Budget Break Innside By Meliá Bangkok Sukhumvit, Thailand

REVAMPED HOTEL

These established beauties have been given a new lease of life thanks to recent works

The views from Badeschloss are as epic as the rooms;

Badeschloss

Austria

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