• 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
• Small City Hotels
• Resorts
• Inns and Small Country Hotels

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

Debut denotes a World's Best Awards debut.

Great Value denotes a rate of $250 or less

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.