17 Dec 2004

a survey by Institutional Investor on 37 cities in 27 countries

http://img157.exs.cx/img157/4705/hotel9jn.png

SOoooooooooo POOR for The Peninsula, Bangkok
From Top 1 slashing down to #7

:omg: Peninsula (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=122905)

Bangkok # 1 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=119477)

Travel & Leisure's 2004 World's Best
Asia's Best Hotels List

1 The Peninsula, Bangkok, Klongsan, Thailand 93.64
2 Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia 93.40
3 Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Mae Rim, Thailand 91.80
4 The Oriental, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand 91.00
5 The Peninsula, Hong Kong, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, China 90.57
6 Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia 90.45
7 Ritz-Carlton Bali Resort & Spa, Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia 90.26
8 The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India 89.81
9 Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore, Singapore 89.02
10 Amandari, Kedewatan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 89.00

Click here for all rankings (http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/results.cfm?cat=hotelsasia)

Sukothai in Bangkok is no.1 on the first list though

got any info or pics on it?

Four seasons Singapore

http://www.fourseasons.com/image_library/SIN/SIN_002_320x400_web-large.jpg

http://www.fourseasons.com/image_library/SIN/SIN_009_320x400_web-large.jpg

http://www.fourseasons.com/image_library/SIN/SIN_027_320x400_web-large.jpg

Ritz Carlton Millenia

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resources/building_nt_sm_home.jpg

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resources/couple_in_bath_th.jpg

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resources/greenhouse_pt_th.jpg

http://www.ritzcarlton.com/resources/oasis_pt_th.jpg

:drool:

Shangri-La Singapore

http://www.shangri-la.com/images/hotels/content/SLS/photo/pic_sls_pt_lobby.jpg

http://www.shangri-la.com/images/hotels/content/SLS/photo/pic_sls_pt_island.jpg

http://www.shangri-la.com/images/hotels/content/SLS/photo/pic_sls_pt_shangp.jpg

http://www.shangri-la.com/images/hotels/content/SLS/photo/pic_sls_pt_rose.jpg

Raffles Hotel

http://www.raffleshotel.com/images/IRS_grandsuite.jpg

http://www.raffleshotel.com/images/longbar_pic.jpg

http://www.raffleshotel.com/images/pool_pic.jpg

http://www.raffleshotel.com/images/ballroom_pic.jpg

http://www.raffleshotel.com/images/jubileehall_pic.jpg

The Peninsula, Hong Kong

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p011.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p037.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p005.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p039.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p006.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p041.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p007.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p010.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p012.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p013.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p044.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p016.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/picsbig/honpen01p047.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p018.jpg

http://hongkong.peninsula.com/phk/pics/honpen01p026.jpg

http://www.sukhothai.com/images/sukhothai.gif

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pf80d854b5091e8c2ff0e918da9b6b7f5/f5d9aaa4.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pb0cfc7088d8210ffa787ecffc05927cd/f5d9aa9a.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pea81c0dbdcc3d61fc095b40691b53180/f5d9ab8a.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/p44f9bfd45079553e157ed1b0dbb691ec/f5d9ab98.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/p9d8f641fbaf79cf9d1c496a63f673fbe/f5d9aba6.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/p82e6c232ebda864478f19f70ffdabfe3/f5d9abc9.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/p27528cf8ed0ae9996690ceade67c7dfb/f5d9abde.jpg

17 Dec 2004

a survey by Institutional Investor on 37 cities in 27 countries

http://img157.exs.cx/img157/4705/hotel9jn.png
Really cool to see the Fullerton Hotel making a name for itself so quickly since it opened only a few years ago, especially considering it pipped age old Raffles Hotel in more then one survey. :D In fact, I remember it said it dosent try to sell itself in the same class as Raffles when it opened?

Raffles should market itself better...

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

Old Photo
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/mohkg-3.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/lobby_sm.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/del_harbor_view_sm.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/pine_suite_sm.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/mohkg-p03.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/mohkg-p07.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/thegrill_sm.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/gloucester_sm.jpg

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotelsite/520/images/connaught_sm.jpg

how many of these hotel rankings are out there ...
but usually they just shuffle the top ten anyways ...

i have heard the grandiose of sukhothai and fullerton ...
must visit these two fine spectacles one day ...

#1
http://tinypic.com/z94eq

#7
http://tinypic.com/z92eo

http://tinypic.com/z94x4

#13
http://tinypic.com/z9451

http://tinypic.com/z94sp

#16
http://tinypic.com/z94ps

http://tinypic.com/z94r8

SOoooooooooo POOR for The Peninsula, Bangkok From Top 1 slashing down to #7
It's ranked by different institution lah:)

SukoThai hotel is really great:okay:

http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/4.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/5.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/6.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/7.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/9.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/10.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/13.jpg
http://www.lhw.com/hotel_images/large//268/14.jpg

Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok
http://bangkok.peninsula.com/pbk/picsbig/banpen01p004.jpg
http://bangkok.peninsula.com/pbk/picsbig/banpen01p005.jpg
http://bangkok.peninsula.com/pbk/picsbig/banpen01p007.jpg
http://bangkok.peninsula.com/pbk/picsbig/banpen01p018.jpg

Sukhothai and Peninsula are the top .

Bali's hotel was rated the top in the world in the travel magazine... bali's 5 hotels are in the top 25

Travel & Leisure World's Best Hotels 2005 - Asia
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/results.cfm?cat=hotelsasia

1. Four Seasons Bali
2. Oberoi Rajvilas - Jaipur, India
3. Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai
4. The Peninsula Bangkok
5. Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay
6. The Oriental Bangkok
7. Amandari, Bali
8. Amankila, Bali
9. Oberoi Amarvilas - Agra, India
10. The Peninsula Hong Kong

The Peninsula (HK)

http://www.hotels.com/hotels/EVT_2743-exter-1.jpg

http://images.sinohotel.com/photo/oo/oo/ko/761-4.jpg

http://www.spoilyourself.co.uk/photos/hongkongpeninsula1.jpg

KL, malaysia not even on there.

Top 25 Asia
Rank Last Year Name 2005
Score American
Express
Travel
1 2 Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
2 8 Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur, India
3 3 Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand
4 1 The Peninsula, Bangkok
5 6 Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay
6 4 The Oriental, Bangkok
7 10 Amandari, Bali
8 n/a Amankila, Bali
9 18 Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India
10 5 The Peninsula, Hong Kong
11 25 Banyan Tree, Phuket, Thailand
12 9 Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore
13 21 JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, Thailand
14 n/a The Sukhothai, Bangkok
15 7 Ritz-Carlton Bali Resort & Spa
16 14 Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore
17 19 Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok
18 12 Amanpuri, Phuket, Thailand
19 13 Raffles Hotel, Singapore
20 17 Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok
21 11 Ritz-Carlton, Osaka
22 n/a Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
23 23 Ana Mandara Resort & Spa, Nha Trang, Vietnam
24 20 St. Regis, Beijing
25 n/a Park Hyatt, Tokyo

Would like to know how they are rated...

I had no idea that 4 seasons was better than raffles/fullerton/ritz

^^ I was thinking the same thing, I thought Ritz Carlton Bali is better than Four season...

Anyway, I really want to know where the new BVLGARI resorts in Bali ranked next year...

cheers

Indonesia without Jakarta??? But Bali:)

Peninsula BKK dropped really fast..........

#26 - The Peninsula Manila (just joking)

But I just noticed that it's the only Peninsula in the Asia Pacific that is not part of the list. How sad. But it's one of the best here in the Philippines, almost tied with the Mandarin Oriental Manila

And another fact, The Peninsula Manila is Peninsula's first hotel outside Hong Kong.


Here are pics of the Manila Pen (the name Peninsula Manila is commonly called)

http://us.ext1.yimg.com/leo/imgs/4/446610/446610_EXT_01_J.jpg
http://www.blogomonster.com/uploads/t1mahit0_hotelpen.jpg
http://hotelkey.com/hoteles/_im1/imglib/hotelfotos/gratis/48952_001.jpg
http://www.travelhouse.no/images/fillipinene/peninsula1.jpg
http://www.luketravels.com/philippines/graphics/luketravels-mnl-07.jpg

#1 Four Season , BALI (Indonesia)
http://www.fourseasons.com/images/property/jimbaranbay/welcome_v2/springboard_image.jpg

http://www.fourseasons.com/images/property/sayan/welcome_v2/springboard_image.jpg

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00198/Four_Seasons_Resort_198714c.jpg

http://www.kalevatravel.fi/matkapaketit/aasia/bali/fi_FI/kohde/_files/11177004920009552/default/bali_fourseasons2.jpg

http://www.bali-villa-hotel.com/jpg/Four_Seasons/sayan1.jpg

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/travel/images/tours/hb011a5o.jpg

http://images.forbes.com/images/2001/06/07/jimbaranbay_bali_320x400.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/spas/1/0/u/n/sayan.37.jpg

http://us.ext1.yimg.com/leo/imgs/P/P89403/P89403_EXT_01_J.jpg

http://www.travelmall.com/images/29126.jpg

#26 - The Peninsula Manila (just joking)

But I just noticed that it's the only Peninsula in the Asia Pacific that is not part of the list. How sad. But it's one of the best here in the Philippines, almost tied with the Mandarin Oriental Manila

And another fact, The Peninsula Manila is Peninsula's first hotel outside Hong Kong.


Here are pics of the Manila Pen (the name Peninsula Manila is commonly called)

http://us.ext1.yimg.com/leo/imgs/4/446610/446610_EXT_01_J.jpg
http://www.blogomonster.com/uploads/t1mahit0_hotelpen.jpg
http://hotelkey.com/hoteles/_im1/imglib/hotelfotos/gratis/48952_001.jpg
http://www.travelhouse.no/images/fillipinene/peninsula1.jpg
http://www.luketravels.com/philippines/graphics/luketravels-mnl-07.jpg


Its's so dissappointing that there is no Hotel/resorts in the Philippines that included in the list. What wrong with Makati Shangrila, Shangrila Mactan, Peninsula Manila, Manila Hotel ang many other?

^^And I thought Shangri-La Mactan was Asia's best since it was awarded by Time Magazine's Traveler's Choice Awards as Asia's Most Preferred resort.

Manila Hotel deteriorated over the years. Even if the grand chandeliers are still up and the colonial architecture still intact...the company managing the hotel isn't doing a great job. Peninsula Manila was ranked as among Asia-Pacific's 20 best business hotels.

i think Philippines is not really a tourist hub for some western countries because we're so underrated.

But the winds are changing direction...the Philippines is now one of the top choices for vacation among East Asians. We're also getting favorable response from Europeans. And more and more Russians are becoming more interested in the Philippines forcing Moscow and Manila to hold air talks.

well, somehow at least.. but for now, 3M tourists for this year is really pathetic!!!!!

^^Yeah...considering the fact Vietnam had already exceeded that a year ago!

i think Philippines is not really a tourist hub for some western countries because we're so underrated.

The reasons why?

1. No direct flights to manila.
2. No campaign (tourism campaign)
3. The government is not seriously considering those market (coz right now theyre priority is East Asian Countries)

^^True, PAL stopped flying its European destinationsin 1998. British Airways, Alitalia, Air France, and Aeroflot, I think, halted services some years ago. Lufthansa, meanwhile, flies to Frankfurt from Manila via Guangzhou. KLM also services a Manila-Europe route through Amsterdam-Schipol, but I don't know if it's direct.

When it comes to campaigning in western countries, we're not at all laid-back. I remember that cabs in London were used as advertisment for Philippine tourism. We're also getting extensive promotions in Russia.

The East Asians are a good market. Why go further when you have these kind small-eyed neighbors? When we have 'em all, then we can go look for other markets. :D

^^ small-eyed neighbors? :lol: you are so mean!!!! :D


all we need is yo promote our tourism industry via tv ads.

^^Haha, I didn't mean anything bad by posting that. :D