Chicago is no longer home to the top hotel in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report, but two out of three ain’t bad.
The annual rankings of best hotels, announced by U.S. News on Tuesday, awarded the No. 1 spot to Hawaii’s Four Seasons Resort Lanai.
The Peninsula Chicago came in at No. 2, followed by The Langham, Chicago, which lost its bragging rights as the best in the nation, an honor it held last year.
The all-inclusive Twin Farms in Vermont snagged the fourth position. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on the Big Island’s North Kona Coast is No. 5.
The rankings evaluate more than 24,000 luxury hotels (four stars and higher) across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Bermuda. Travel industry awards, as well as expert and guest reviews, are used to compute U.S. News’ roster of best hotels, now in its eighth year.
In the U.S., a total of 2,194 hotels were ranked. California had the most ranked hotels at 377. Illinois had the fifth most, at 89.
The top 10 in Illinois, after the Peninsula and Langham: Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (3), Waldorf Astoria Chicago (4), Park Hyatt Chicago (5), Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago (6), The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, which recently wrapped up a $100 million renovation (7), Virgin Hotels Chicago (8), Thompson Chicago (9) and Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile (10).
The top five hotels in Canada are Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Ritz-Carlton Montreal (which had held the No. 1 berth since 2013), Wickaninnish Inn, Wedgewood Hotel & Spa and Auberge Saint-Antoine.
In Mexico, Rosewood Mayakoba is numero uno, followed by The Resort at Pedregal (2), Esperanza, an Auberge Resort (3), One&Only Palmilla (4) and Las Ventanas al Paraiso, a Rosewood Resort (5).
Paris and Rome are where you’ll find the five best hotels in Europe. The Ritz Paris is No. 1, La Reserve Paris — Hotel and Spa is No. 2 and Hotel Plaza Athenee is No. 4. Rome’s Hotel Eden is No. 3, and J.K. Place Roma rounds out the top five.
The best hotel in Bermuda, according to the report, is Rosewood Bermuda.
Because of the damage unleased by hurricanes last fall in the Caribbean, U.S. News chose not to update its rankings for that part of the world. The properties there will keep their 2017 results.
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