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In Focus: Read More about the winners

  • Top 100 Hotels Overall
  • Hotel Brands
  • CANADA
  • City Hotels
  • Resorts
  • CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, AND THE BAHAMAS
  • Hotels and Resorts
  • MEXICO
  • Hotels and Resorts
  • ASIA
  • City Hotels
  • Resorts
  • CONTINENTAL U.S.
  • Large City Hotels
  • Small City Hotels
  • Resorts
  • Inns and Small Lodges
  • HAWAII
  • Hotels and Resorts
  • AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
  • City Hotels
  • Lodges and Resorts
  • CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
  • City Hotels
  • Resorts
  • AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND SOUTH PACIFIC
  • City Hotels
  • Resorts
  • EUROPE
  • Large City Hotels
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  • Inns and Small Country Hotels
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Top Small City Hotels in the Continental U.S
Rank 2014 Rank 2013 Name Score
1 7 Planters Inn Charleston, South Carolina 94.78
2 4 French Quarter Inn Charleston, South Carolina 93.58
3 - Inn at the Market, Seattle 93.56
4 3 Wentworth Mansion, Charleston, South Carolina 92.76
5 1 Market Pavilion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina 92.20
6 8 XV Beacon, Boston 91.62
7 - 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky 90.93
8 - The Jefferson, Washington, D.C. 90.86
9 2 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, Santa Fe, New Mexico 90.77
10 - Eliot Hotel, Boston 90.50

- means that the winner was not among the top-ranked in this category last year.

Debut Debut denotes a World's Best Awards debut.

Budget Great Value denotes a rate of $250 or less

Hall of Fame Hall of Fame denotes Hall of Fame

Throughout the World’s Best Awards, scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth of a point; in the event of an exact tie, properties, companies, or destinations share the same ranking.

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