And the best hotel in the world is... the Capella Bangkok. The World's 50 Best Hotels ranking has delivered its verdict, with this palatial hotel with 101 suites and villas on the banks of the Chao Phraya taking over from the Passalacqua, on the shores of Lake Como, at the top of the list. Launched last year on the model of the 50 Best Restaurants, this list proposed by the William Reed publishing group positions the Thai capital as one of the world's best restaurants. the epicentre of the luxury hotel industry in the world, with three other establishments in this ranking: the Mandarin Oriental, the Four Seasons at Chao Phraya River and The Siam. That's one more hotel than in New York, London or Paris.
Asia accounts for a large proportion of the ranking, with 19 hotels, compared with 13 in Europe. Parisian hotels are also in the limelight in this Olympic year. From the 34e place last year, Cheval Blanc climbs to number 4e place. The Hôtel de Crillon has made similar progress, moving up 35 places to number 15.e rank. Le Bristol, of course, did not lose out, falling back slightly from 29th to 29th.e to the 40e place. Doubtless the result of a moment's hesitation due to the transfer of power at the head of the Epicure restaurant between Eric Fréchon and Arnaud Faye, the former chef of La Chèvre d'Or in Eze, who has been charged with taking over the history of this three-star restaurant.
The French luxury hotel industry may have lost two hotels in the 2024 Best 50 Hotels - La Réserve in Paris and the Maybourne Riviera in Roquebrune Cap Martin - but it has three other representatives with the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes and, overseas, the Eden Rock in Saint-Barthélémy and the Brando in Polynesia. Luxurious resorts that lend their settings to ultra VIP seminars and incentive breaks. Because, apart from the top management of companies, very few business travellers will ever have the opportunity to visit a hotel. If they do, it's for a drink or an exceptional night in one of the world's most beautiful hotels, redeeming their loyalty points. Provided, however, that these hotels participate in the programme, which is not the case with the Bulgari Tokyo for Marriott Bonvoy or the Six Senses Zighy Bay for IHG Rewards.
Alongside the big names in luxury hotels such as Four Seasons, Aman, Belmond, Capella, Rosewood and the Oetker Collection, the world's leading hotels have a few jewels to offer their guests. loyal customers. For example, in Tokyo, the Park Hyatt for loyal customers of this American group, but it will be October 2025 before it reopens after renovation. As for members of Accor's ALL programme, two palaces are opening their doors to them: the Raffles in Singapore and its new London counterpart, the Raffles London at The OWO, which took 13th place in the rankings as soon as it opened. first year of operation.
