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Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	-	Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawaii	97.00
2	8	Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Lake Buena Vista, Florida	96.42
3	-	Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, South Carolina	95.83
4	9	Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia	95.76
5	13	Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Big Island, Hawaii	95.00
5	31	Hammock Beach, a Salamander Golf & Spa Resort, Palm Coast, Florida	95.00
5	7	Tides Inn, Irvington, Virginia	95.00
8	4	Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, Florida	94.82
9	-	Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa, Texas	94.55
10	26	Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida	94.50
11	10	Disney’s Beach Club Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida	94.39
12	11	Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Lake Buena Vista, Florida	94.23
13	-	LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Naples, Florida	94.19
14	3	Stowe Mountain Lodge, Vermont	94.05
15	15	Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Anaheim, California	93.89
16	17	Disney’s Boardwalk Inn & Villas, Lake Buena Vista, Florida	93.44
17	-	Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Hawaii	93.33
17	-	Hotel Terra Teton Village, Wyoming	93.33
17	-	Reunion, a Salamander Golf & Spa Resort, Kissimmee, Florida	93.33
17	-	Sandpearl Resort, Clearwater Beach, Florida	93.33
17	2	WaterColor Inn & Resort Santa Rosa Beach, Florida	93.33
22	30	Hotel Hershey, Pennsylvania	93.04
23	16	The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	92.98
24	34	Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, Maui, Hawaii	92.96
25	-	Stein Eriksen Lodge, Deer Valley, Utah	92.67
26	33	Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, South Carolina	92.57
27	41	Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, Hawaii	92.42
28	-	Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Arizona	92.41
28	22	Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami	92.41
30	-	Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee	92.17
32	-	Omni Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, Virginia	92.00
32	-	Waldorf Astoria Park City, Utah	92.00
34	28	Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida	91.77
34	-	Four Seasons Resort & Residences Vail, Colorado	91.77
36	32	Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii	91.65
37	-	Carmel Valley Ranch, Carmel, California	91.43
37	-	Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort & Spa at Grande Dunes, South Carolina	91.43
39	-	Viceroy Snowmass, Colorado	91.25
40	23	Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina	91.11
40	-	Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, Rancho Santa Fe, California	91.11
42	-	Hawks Cay Resort, Duck Key, Florida	91.03
43	-	The Peninsula Chicago	90.80
44	5	Mohonk Mountain House, Hudson Valley, New York	90.71
45	50	Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Avon, Colorado	90.67
45	-	Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa, Teton Village, Wyoming	90.67
47	-	Williamsburg Lodge, Virginia	90.53
48	-	The Sebastian Vail—A Timbers Resort, Colorado	90.48
49	25	Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, Missouri	90.44
49	-	JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, Texas	90.44

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Four Seasons Resort & Residences, Whistler, British Columbia	92.90
2	2	Fairmont Chateau Whistler, British Columbia	90.67
3	9	Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper, Alberta	88.46
4	8	Ritz-Carlton, Toronto	88.33
5	10	Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, British Columbia	87.06
6	-	Pan Pacific Vancouver	84.55
7	7	Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta	84.00
8	-	Ritz-Carlton Montreal	83.75
9	-	Westin Grand Vancouver	82.22
10	6	Fairmont Waterfront, Vancouver	80.87

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Castello di Casole—A Timbers Resort, Casole d’Elsa, Italy	94.29
2	9	Four Seasons Hotel Firenze, Florence	90.29
3	6	Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Budapest	89.63
4	-	Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet	89.52
5	-	Regina Hotel Baglioni, Rome	89.33
5	10	Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa, Interlaken, Switzerland	89.33
7	-	Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, Sorrento, Italy	89.09
8	-	Villa d’Este, Cernobbio, Italy	87.37
9	-	St. Regis Florence	86.40
10	8	Hotel Alfonso XIII, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Seville, Spain	86.00

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa	96.31
2	-	Beaches Negril Resort & Spa, Jamaica	92.00
3	-	Club Med Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	89.33
4	-	Bitter End Yacht Club, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands	88.97
5	6	Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	88.29
6	3	Casa de Campo La Romana, Dominican Republic	88.15
7	-	Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas	87.85
8	-	Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, British Virgin Islands	87.50
9	-	Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa, Cayman Islands	87.31
10	-	Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands	86.25

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	3	Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita	92.97
2	-	St. Regis Punta Mita Resort	91.77
3	-	Fairmont Mayakoba, Riviera Maya	91.11
4	4	Rosewood Mayakoba, Riviera Maya	90.00
5	-	Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort	89.52

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	5	Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo	90.00
2	-	Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Peru	89.47
3	-	JW Marriott Hotel, Lima, Peru	88.33
4	-	JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa, Costa Rica	88.18
5	-	Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort, Herradura, Costa Rica	87.06

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	10	JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, Thailand	92.94
2	5	Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India	92.17
3	-	Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Thailand	90.91
3	-	The Peninsula Bangkok	90.91
5	-	Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India	90.56
6	2	The Peninsula Shanghai	89.41
7	-	Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai	89.00
8	8	Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India	88.46
9	-	Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok	87.78
10	-	Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort, Siem Reap, Cambodia	87.37

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	-	Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya	93.33
2	1	Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park area, South Africa	91.77
3	4	Singita Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park area, South Africa	91.25
4	3	Singita Kruger National Park, South Africa	90.67
5	-	David Citadel Hotel, Jerusalem	89.33
5	-	Wilderness Safaris’ Mombo Camp and Little Mombo Camp, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana	89.33
7	-	One&Only, Cape Town	86.67
8	10	Cape Grace, Cape Town	86.36
9	-	Royal Livingstone, Victoria Falls, Zambia	86.25
10	9	Chobe Game Lodge, Chobe National Park, Botswana	85.71

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	-	InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa, French Polynesia	87.78
2	4	Sydney Harbour Marriott	84.76
3	-	Le Méridien Tahiti Resort, French Polynesia	80.00
4	-	Hilton Auckland Hotel	79.33
5	2	Park Hyatt Sydney	79.29

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Rothschild Safaris	97.38
2	-	Africa Adventure Company	96.30
3	2	Micato Safaris	95.27
4	-	Kensington Tours	90.44
5	-	Tauck	89.44

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Disney Cruise Line	96.68
2	2	Royal Caribbean International	84.67
3	5	Norwegian Cruise Line	80.81
4	3	Carnival Cruise Lines	79.16
5	-	Princess Cruises	77.18

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Royal Caribbean International	82.50
2	-	Carnival Cruise Lines	79.66
3	2	Norwegian Cruise Line	76.21
4	4	Princess Cruises	75.67
5	3	Holland America Line	75.40

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Paul Gauguin Cruises	77.14
2	5	Windstar Cruises	68.37
3	3	Regent Seven Seas Cruises	66.07
4	-	Silversea Cruises	58.37
5	4	Seabourn	58.36

Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Name	Score
1	1	Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection	86.25
2	2	Viking River Cruises	78.19
3	5	AmaWaterways	73.69
4	4	Grand Circle Cruise Line	69.94

 

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

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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.