Creating a definitive, trusted and discerningly judged list of the world’s very best hotels for the second time, The World’s 50 Best Hotels has announced its much-anticipated annual list. Unveiled in London’s Guildhall at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, 17 September, the list showcases the hotels in the world that set an unparalleled standard for luxury, excellence and hospitality, featuring much-loved properties around the world – with Atlantis The Royal, The Lana, Dorchester Collection and Six Senses Zighy Bay flying the flag for the Middle East.

The World’s 50 Best Hotels comes from the lauded team behind the world-famous World’s 50 Best Restaurants and 50 Best Bars, where leading experts in the field vote anonymously for the highest quality establishments across the world. The World’s 50 Best Hotels were voted for by an anonymous academy of more than 600 global voters – comprising leading travel writers, seasoned luxury travellers and respected hoteliers – including, and headed up by, nine Academy Chairs, experts in their fields and regions.

Alongside the definitive list, The World’s 50 Best also unveiled a series of special awards recognising excellence in the industry. In August, Royal Mansour hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco, was named as the winner of the Art of Hospitality Award 2024 –  celebrating a hotel’s outstanding service and attention to detail. Crafted as a passion project for King Mohammed VI, the stunning hotel is now an oasis of bliss with 53 palatial riads – each coming with its own private courtyard, plunge pool and roof terrace.

The second award for The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2024 was announced shortly after, with The Peninsula in Istanbul winning the One To Watch Award 2024 – a title awarded to a hotel that has not made the main list but has the potential to do so in the future. Opened in February 2023, the stunning hotel offers contemporary Turkish design with historic splendour on the banks of the Bosphorus.

Read on for the official list, featuring expected classics and surprising additions…

The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2024

1 Capella Bangkok Bangkok
2 Passalacqua Lake Como
3 Rosewood Hong Kong Hong Kong
4 Cheval Blanc Paris
5 The Upper House Hong Kong
6 Raffles Singapore Singapore
7 Aman Tokyo Tokyo
8 Soneva Fushi Maldives
9 Atlantis The Royal Dubai
10 Nihi Sumba Sumba Island
11 Claridge’s London
12 Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Bangkok
13 Raffles London at The OWO London
14 Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River Bangkok
15 Hôtel de Crillon Paris
16 Chablé Yucatán Chocholá
17 Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc Antibes
18 Maroma Riviera Maya
19 Four Seasons Firenze Florence
20 Borgo Santandrea Amalfi
21 Desa Potato Head Bali
22 Bulgari Tokyo Tokyo
23 The Lana Dubai
24 Rosewood São Paulo São Paulo
25 The Calile Brisbane
26 The Siam Bangkok
27 Park Hyatt Kyoto Kyoto
28 Mount Nelson Cape Town
29 One&Only Mandarina Riviera Nayarit
30 The Carlyle New York
31 La Mamounia Marrakech
32 Four Seasons Madrid Madrid
33 Capella Singapore Singapore
34 Four Seasons at The Surf Club Surfside
35 Hotel Bel-Air Los Angeles
36 Eden Rock St. Barths
37 Aman New York New York
38 Royal Mansour Marrakech
39 Amangalla Galle
40 Le Bristol Paris
41 Gleneagles Auchterarder
42 Castello di Reschio Lisciano Niccone
43 Suján Jawai Rajasthan
44 Singita – Kruger National Park Kruger National Park
45 Six Senses Zighy Bay Zaghi
46 The Connaught London
47 The Brando Tetiaroa
48 Hotel Esencia Tulum
49 The Tasman Hobart
50 Kokomo Private Island Yaukuve Levu Island

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Isabella Craddock

Dubai-based Isabella Craddock is the founder of Near+Far, a founding Academy Chair for The World’s 50 Best Hotels, former Condé Nast Traveller editor and a hotel-obsessed, design-devoted travel planner—for friends, loved ones, and readers alike.