Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group garnered top marks in Travel + Leisure magazine’s Annual World’s Best Awards, with eight hotels capturing 13 placements in eight categories. Among the hotels chosen for the esteemed publication’s awards were: The Oriental, Bangkok; Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong; Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco; The Mark, New York; Mandarin Oriental, Miami; Elbow Beach, Bermuda; Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London; and Kahala Mandarin Oriental, Hawaii. 
Three of the Group’s properties ranked in the Top 100 Overall category, including The Oriental, Bangkok; Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong and Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco. Crowning the spa categories are The Oriental Spa, Bangkok, which retained the #1 slot in the Top 10 Hotel Spas - Rest of the World category; and newcomer, The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, which charged to the #2 slot in the Top 25 Hotel Spas - US & Canada category. The Mark, New York and Mandarin Oriental, Miami join perennial favorite and sister hotel Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco in the Top US & Canada hotels category, while Elbow Beach, Bermuda ranks among the Top 25 Hotels - Caribbean, Bermuda and Bahamas; and Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London placed in the Top 50 Europe category. 
The World’s Best Awards results were gathered from a questionnaire made available to Travel + Leisure subscribers at www.tlworldsbest.com. Respondents were asked to rate hotels, islands and airlines on five characteristics; spas and hotel spas on four characteristics; and cities, cruise lines and tour operators on six characteristics.
Mandarin Oriental is the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world’s most prestigious hotels and resorts. In total, the Group operates 18 luxury hotels in key business and leisure destinations, with three additional hotels under development, including New York (opening late 2003), Washington D.C. (opening 2004) and Tokyo (opening 2006). Mandarin Oriental now operates some 7,000 rooms in eleven countries with nine hotels in Asia, six in The Americas and three in Europe.
For further information, please contact:
Jill Kluge / Chantal Hooper
Group Communications Department
Tel: +852 2895 9288
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
www.mandarinoriental.com

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