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World's Best Business Hotels 2009

By Clare O'Shea
November 13, 2009
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These top hotels combine service, technology, and comfort—everything that today’s business traveler needs on the road.

One morning at a hotel in the Bahamas, Sheri Rosenow, a lawyer for the World Trade Organization, spent an hour and a half sorting her documents into neat piles for a week’s worth of meetings. Then she stepped out. When she returned, she found that housekeeping had helpfully combined all her papers into a single, useless stack. “So instead of getting my one afternoon at the beach,” she recalls ruefully, “I had to stay and sort all my papers again.”

Every business traveler can tell stories about hotel stays gone wrong—from lost reservations to lousy Internet connections to the $8 soda or sock-cleaning bill. But what makes a hotel great? To many travelers, business is personal. The hotel that can provide a welcome snack and a coffeemaker, give a choice of pillows, greet a guest by name—and know how to spell it—makes it on the top 10 list for some travelers.

All would agree, however, that the best business hotels first and foremost make it easy to accomplish the work you came to do. At the very least, that means a central location, efficient check-in and checkout, reliable and high-quality technology, comfortable work spaces, attention when you need it and quiet when you don’t.

It also means value. Instead of adding amenities, says Jeff Higley, vice president of digital media and communications for Smith Travel Research, hotels are concentrating on packaging: “They’re including free Internet access or parking or breakfast whereas before they might have charged for it.”

In our annual World’s Best survey, Travel + Leisure asked readers to pick the best business hotels—properties that met the highest standards of convenience, service, and comfort for the business traveler. The stylish London in West Hollywood, for example, combines free Internet access and a 24-hour business center with spacious suites, a rooftop pool, and an award-winning Gordon Ramsay restaurant. The Eliot, a lovely boutique hotel in the heart of Boston (and No. 1 on our list of this year’s best small city hotels in the U.S. and Canada), features touch-screen monitors that guests use to order room service, make restaurant reservations, even print out boarding passes.

Another winner (not surprisingly) is the Peninsula Hong Kong, a place Rosenow says made her “feel like royalty”—she was transported in a Rolls-Royce, treated to tea upon arrival, and always greeted by name. Business can even be a pleasure, as at New York City’s Ritz-Carlton Central Park, with its panoramic park views, full-service spa, and acclaimed BLT Market restaurant.

Whether it’s a modern boutique or a palatial landmark, the best business hotel is one that understands exactly what travelers need from the minute they step in the door. Says Arnie Rusinek, vice president for international operations at Teknion and a 30-year veteran traveler: “A big smile and a friendly reception go a long way when you’ve been in the same clothes for two days.”

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#20 Ritz-Carlton Central ParkNew York

Credit: Courtesy of Ritz-Carlton

(800) 241-3333 or (212) 308-9100
www.ritzcarlton.com

Business category score: 89.66

2009 overall score: 87.09

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# 19 Four Seasons HotelBuenos Aires

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(800) 332-3442 or 54-11-4321-1200
fourseasons.com/buenosaires

Business category score: 89.77

2009 overall score: 86.40

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#18 Conrad CentennialSingapore

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(800) 445-8667 or 65/6334-8888
www.conradhotels.com

Business category score: 90 $

2009 overall score: n/a

$ Denotes Great Value (starting room rates of $250 or less)

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#17 Mandarin OrientalNew York

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(866) 801-8880 or (212) 805-8800
www.mandarinoriental.com

Business category score: 90.39

2009 overall score: 83.88

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#16 Peninsula Beverly HillsBeverly Hills

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(800) 462-7899 or (310) 551-2888
www.peninsula.com

Business category score: 90.63

2009 overall score: 87.57

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#15 St. RegisBeijing

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(877) 787-3447 or 86-10-6460-6688
www.starwoodhotels.com/stregis

Business category score: 90.79

2009 overall score: 87.04

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#14 InterContinental BuckheadAtlanta

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(800) 327-0200 or (404) 946-9000
www.intercontinental.com

Business category score: 91.67

2009 overall score: n/a

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#13 Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las ColinasDallas

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(972) 556-0800
www.omnihotels.com

Business category score: 92.27 $

2009 overall score: 87.88

$ Denotes Great Value (starting room rates of $250 or less).

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#12 Pudong Shangri-LaShanghai

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(866) 565-5050 or 86-21-6882-6888
www.shangri-la.com

Business category score: 92.35

2009 overall score: 91.30

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#11 Peninsula Hong KongHong Kong

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(866) 382-8388 or 852-2920-2888
www.peninsula.com

Business category score: 92.42

2009 overall score: 92.23

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#10 Mandarin OrientalHong Kong

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852-2522-0111
www.mandarinoriental.com

Business category score: 92.5

2009 overall score: 87.50

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#9 Sofitel Shanghai Jin Jiang Oriental PudongShanghai

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86-21-50-50-4888
www.sofitel.com

Business category score: 92.5 $

2009 overall score: 86.06

$ Denotes Great Value (starting room rates of $250 or less)

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#8 Rosewood Mansion on Turtle CreekDallas

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(800) 527-5432 or (214) 559-2100
www.rosewoodhotels.com

Business category score: 92.74

2009 overall score: 89.04

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#7 Eliot HotelBoston

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(800) 443-5468 or (617) 267-1607
www.eliothotel.com

Business category score: 93.75

2009 overall score: 93.40

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#6 The London West HollywoodWest Hollywood

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(310) 854-1111
www.thelondonwesthollywood.com

Business category score: 93.75 $

2009 overall score: 92.07

$ Denotes Great Value (starting room rates of $250 or less)

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#5 Four Seasons HotelHong Kong

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(800) 332-3442 or 852-3196-8888
www.fourseasons.com/hongkong

Business category score: 94.12

2009 overall score: 89.25

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#4 XV BeaconBoston

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(877) 982-3226 or (617) 670-1500
www.xvbeacon.com

Business category score: 94.44

2009 overall score: 86.58

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#3 St. RegisShanghai

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(877) 787-3447 or 86-21/5050-4567
www.stregis.com

Business category score: 94.57 $

2009 overall score: 90.44

$ Denotes Great Value (starting room rates of $250 or less)

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#2 Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza HotelTaipei

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(866)565-5050 or 886-2/2378-8888
www.shangri-la.com

Business category score: 95.24 $

2009 overall score: 89.55

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#1 Palacio Duhau—Park HyattBuenos Aires

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(800) 223-1234 or 54-11-5171-1234
www.buenosaires.park.hyatt.com

Business category score: 97.5

2009 overall score: 94.68

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2 of 21 #20 Ritz-Carlton Central ParkNew York
3 of 21 # 19 Four Seasons HotelBuenos Aires
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7 of 21 #15 St. RegisBeijing
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9 of 21 #13 Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las ColinasDallas
10 of 21 #12 Pudong Shangri-LaShanghai
11 of 21 #11 Peninsula Hong KongHong Kong
12 of 21 #10 Mandarin OrientalHong Kong
13 of 21 #9 Sofitel Shanghai Jin Jiang Oriental PudongShanghai
14 of 21 #8 Rosewood Mansion on Turtle CreekDallas
15 of 21 #7 Eliot HotelBoston
16 of 21 #6 The London West HollywoodWest Hollywood
17 of 21 #5 Four Seasons HotelHong Kong
18 of 21 #4 XV BeaconBoston
19 of 21 #3 St. RegisShanghai
20 of 21 #2 Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza HotelTaipei
21 of 21 #1 Palacio Duhau—Park HyattBuenos Aires

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