Confused? Not able to pick a good hotel for your international vacation. Don’t you worry, at all. Expedia, the world’s leading online travel company has released its annual rankings of the world’s best hotels . This list will help travelers traveling abroad from India.

Though the complete list is available at www.expedia.com/insiderselect. I shall provide you with a quick highlight here.
· Number 1 overall: Sofitel Chicago Water Tower — Chicago, Ill.
· Number 1 in Asia: Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel — Tokyo, Japan
· Number 1 in Europe: The Knight Residence — Edinburgh, Scotland
· Top Resort Worldwide: JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa — Cancun, Mexico

The list is based on customer feedback regarding the services provided by these hotels. The Insider’s list contains of over 800 hotels including boutique to chain properties in a variety of small, mid-sized and large destinations. The list is compiled based on a mathematical formula that includes several factors.
· Expedia’s collection of hundreds of thousands of Traveler Opinions® - hotel reviews created
by Expedia travellers who recently stayed at the property;
· A value rating determined by comparing hotels within the same star-rating and geographical
region to identify hotels that deliver a notable value for the experience they offer; and
· Local expertise and insight from hundreds of Expedia employees in destinations throughout the
world.

The world’s top international hotels and resorts (as ranked in the Expedia Insiders’ Select™ list for 2008) are:
1 Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Chicago, IL USA
2 JW Marriot Cancun Resort & Spa Cancun Mexico
3 Hotel 1000 Seattle, WA USA
4 Royal Palms Resort and Spa Phoenix, AZ USA
5 Vino Bello Resort Napa, CA USA
6 Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel Tokyo Japan
7 The Palms Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands
8 Argosy Casino Hotel and Spa Riverside, KA USA
9 The Sanderling Resort and Spa Duck, NC USA
10 The Knight Residence Edinburgh Great Britain

Top 10 hotels in Europe:
1 The Knight Residence Edinburgh Great Britain
2 Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands
3 Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin Germany
4 Hotel Stein Salzburg Austria
5 Casa De Los Migueletes Granada Spain
6 Sofia Plaza Sofia Bulgaria
7 Hotel Grande Bretagne Athens Greece
8 Le Meridien Phoenicia Valletta Malta
9 First Hotel G Gothenburg Sweden
10 Sofitel Strasbourg Strasbourg France

Top 10 hotels in Asia:
1 Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel Tokyo Japan
2 Raffles Beijing Hotel Beijing China
3 W Marriot Phuket Resort and Spa Phuket Thailand
4 Langham Place Hotel Mongkok Mong Kok Hong Kong
5 D2 hotel Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Thailand
6 Hilton Nagoya Nagoya Japan
7 Anantara Resort Koh Samui Ko Samui Thailand
8 Conrad Bali Resort & Spa Bali Indonesia
9 The Peninsula Bangkok Bangkok Thailand
10 The Sukhothai Bangkok Thailand

Top 10 hotels in Oceania:
1 The Westin Auckland, Lighter Quay Auckland New Zealand
2 On the Beach Holiday Apartments Trinity Beach Australia
3 Heritage Christchurch Christchurch New Zealand
4 Four Seasons Sydney Sydney Australia
5 Swissotel Sydney Sydney Australia
6 Shangri-La Hotel Sydney Australia
7 Heritage Queenstown Queenstown New Zealand
8 The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa, Fiji Nadi Fiji
9 Courtyard by Marriott Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise Australia
10 Shangri-La Hotel Cairns Australia

The Top Hotels in the Middle East
1 American Colony Hotel Jerusalem Israel
2 The Ritz Carlton – Dubai Dubai UAE
3 The Fairmont Dubai Dubai UAE
4 Grosvenor House West Marina Beach Dubai UAE
5 Ramada Palace Hotel Manama Manama Bahrain
6 Fujairah Rotana Resort and Spa Al Aqah UAE
7 Kempinski Mall of the Emirates Dubai UAE
8 Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa Dubai UAE

Top 10 hotels in USA:
1 Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Chicago, IL
2 Hotel 1000 Seattle, WA
3 Royal Palms Resort and Spa Phoenix, AZ
4 Vino Bello Resort Napa, CA
5 Argosy Casino Hotel and Spa Riverside, KA
6 The Sanderling Resort and Spa Duck, NC
7 The Atlantic Fort Lauderdale, FL
8 Virginia Crossings Resort Glen Allen, VA
9 The Ritz Carlton San Francisco, CA
10 Ocean Key Resort – A Noble House Resort Key West, FL

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