There are rankings of the very best hotels on the planet.
But a brand-new list, launched by the members-only group LTI– Luxury Travel Intelligence, ranks hotel brand names instead of private homes.
The ranking evaluates lots of hotels within a brand name in “granular detail,” utilizing more than 100 “touch points” to assess “a brand’s ability to deliver,” varying from its principles to personnel, according to a news release.
Luxury Travel Intelligence subscriptions cost $700 annually and grant access to the group’s travel research study. It does not offer marketing, and research study is independent and moneyed by memberships, according to its site.
The finest high-end hotel brand names
Luxury Travel Intelligence’s ranking for 2023 is:
- Mandarin Oriental
- Oetker Collection
- Auberge Resorts Collection
- Six Senses
- Aman
- Belmond
- Four Seasons
- One&&Only
- RoccoForteHotels
- Rosewood
- Peninsula
- Raffles
For the very first time,MandarinOriental took the leading area– topping Oetker Collection by an extremely narrow margin, according to the outcomes.
Mandarin Oriental Singapore.
Source: LTI– Luxury Travel Intelligence
Oetker Collection runs 12 hotels around the world, consisting of Le Bristol in Paris, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, and The Lanesborough, London, according to Oetker Collection’s website.
Auberge Resorts Collection– ranked 3rd on the list– runs hotels like Mauna Lani in Hawaii, The Lodge at Blue Sky in Park City, Utah, and The Vanderbilt in Newport, RhodeIsland Those are simply 3 of the 27 hotels and resorts under the Auberge brand name.
In 2022, Six Senses was rankedNo 1, followed by Mandarin Oriental (No 2) and Rosewood (No 3).
Oetker Collection’s Hotel La Palma in Capri, Italy.
Source: LTI– Luxury Travel Intelligence
Two brand names are brand-new to the list this year: Peninsula Hotels and Raffles Hotels & & Resorts.
Michael Crompton, co-founder of Luxury Travel Intelligence, informed CNBC Travel that “matching the sector’s continuing explosive growth with the highest caliber of management and staff is proving to be a significant challenge.”
He stated he anticipates this to be a figuring out consider the group’s rankings in the future.
The scoring system
Luxury Travel Intelligence utilizes an algorithm to examine hotel brand names, which has an optimum of 4,663 points, stated Crompton.
This year, it determined 130 “touch points,” assessing aspects like in-room dining, visitors’ pre-arrival procedure and a brand name’s social networks engagement, Crompton informed CNBCTravel The group utilizes a points-based system to eliminate “inevitable emotiveness and personal opinion” from the ranking, he stated.
Raffles Doha, Qatar.
Source: LTI– Luxury Travel Intelligence
Crompton likewise kept in mind that brand names’ financial investments– either in brand-new hotels or in the restoration of existing ones– was a significant aspect this year.
Crompton did not expose how touch points are weighted, however informed CNBC Travel that “each year we tweak the touch points and the weighting.”
Other acknowledged brand names
LTI likewise highlighted other brand names that it stated “rated sufficiently” enough to be kept an eye on.
The brand names are: 1 Hotels, Alila, Anantara, Banyan Tree, Como, Dorchester Collection, Firmdale, Jumeirah, Leela, Oberoi, Park Hyatt, Ritz-Carlton, Shangri-La, Soho House, Red Carnation,St Regis, Taj, The Luxury Collection and Viceroy.
Additionally, brand names that have less than 10 homes– the minimum needed to make the list– however were appreciated are: Airelles, Althoff Collection, Bulgari, Capella, Cheval Blanc, JK Place, La Reserve, Maybourne, Montage, Nikki Beach, Pendry, Soneva, Ultima Collection and Virgin Limited Edition.
