TripAdvisor Announces 2013 Travelers' Choice Hotel Awards Recognizing World's Top Properties
- 11th Year of Awards Honors Over 6,000 Elite Accommodations Worldwide
- U.S. Winners Named in Categories for Top Hotel, Luxury, Bargain, Service, Small Hotels, and B&Bs and Inns
TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel site*, today announced the winners of its 2013 Travelers' Choice®awards for hotels. In its 11th year, the awards have identified the most outstanding properties worldwide, in the categories of Top Hotels, Luxury, Bargain, Service, Small Hotels, and B&Bs and Inns.
Representing its biggest-ever Travelers' Choice campaign, TripAdvisor has named more than 6,000 award-winning properties around the world this year, with dedicated lists now covering 82 countries and nine regions worldwide. Unlike any other hotel honors, TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice winners are based on millions of valuable reviews and opinions covering more than 650,000 hotels and collected in a single year from travelers around the world.
"Once again, TripAdvisor is thrilled to recognize the finest accommodations based on the feedback from those who really matter: their guests," said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. "It's the insights from millions of travelers that make these awards so special, as they help others discover the hotels travelers love most – whatever the budget, in all corners of the world."
Select 2013 Winners:
- Top Hotel in the US and World, and Top Luxury Hotel in the US and World – Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- Best Bargain Hotel in the US and World –SeaCoast Inn, Hyannis, Massachusetts
- Best Hotel for Service in the US –Hotel California, Palm Springs, California
- Best Hotel for Service in the World –Lauriston Court Hotel, Llandudno, United Kingdom
- Top Small Hotel in the US –Inn of the Five Graces, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Top Small Hotel in the World –Anastasis Apartments, Imerovigli, Greece
- Best B&B and Inn in the US –Point Clear Cottages, Fairhope, Alabama
- Best B&B and Inn in the World –Casa Portagioia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
The average nightly rate1 for winners of the 2013 Travelers' Choice awards for hotels is $213; fully three-quarters of winning hotels have an average nightly rate of $200 or less. Average nightly rate for the Best Luxury hotels is $296, Best Bargain $152, Best for Service $288, Top Small Hotels $241, B&Bs and Inns $120, Top Hotels $225.
The complete list of winners of the 2013 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice awards for hotels can be found at http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features (including Flights search, TripAdvisor Mobile and Instant Personalization) with seamless links to booking tools.
TripAdvisor® Media Group, operated by TripAdvisor LLC, attracts more than 50 million unique monthly visitors* across 18 popular travel brands**. TripAdvisor-branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 40 million unique monthly visitors***, 20 million members, and over 45 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 29 countries worldwide****, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also operates TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to TripAdvisor's millions of monthly visitors. The division includes Business Listings, which allows hoteliers to connect directly to millions of researching travelers, and Vacation Rentals, which helps property managers and individual home owners list their properties and showcase hotel alternatives.
TripAdvisor Media Group websites have been recognized as top travel resources in 2010 by Condé Nast Traveller, Good Housekeeping, TIME magazine and Travel + Leisure.
TripAdvisor Media Group generated $486 million in revenue in 2010. TripAdvisor and the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Group are operating companies of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE).
TripAdvisor and the TripAdvisor logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of TripAdvisor LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners.
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*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Media Group Sites, Worldwide, May 2011
** In addition to TripAdvisor, The TripAdvisor Media Group of websites includes: www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.everytrail.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.onetime.com, www.seatguru.com, www.sniqueaway.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.travel-library.com, www.travelpod.com, www.virtualtourist.com and www.kuxun.cn.
***Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, Worldwide, May 2011
**** TripAdvisor sites operate in 29 countries worldwide: www.tripadvisor.com, www.tripadvisor.co.uk, www.tripadvisor.ca, www.tripadvisor.it, www.tripadvisor.es, www.tripadvisor.de, www.tripadvisor.fr, www.tripadvisor.jp, www.daodao.com, www.tripadvisor.in, www.tripadvisor.se, www.tripadvisor.nl, www.tripadvisor.com.br, www.tripadvisor.com.tr, www.tripadvisor.dk, www.tripadvisor.com.mx, www.tripadvisor.ie, www.tripadvisor.com.au, www.tripadvisor.com.sg, www.tripadvisor.co.kr, no.tripadvisor.com, pl.tripadvisor.com, th.tripadvisor.com, www.tripadvisor.ru, www.tripadvisor.com.gr, www.tripadvisor.co.id, www.tripadvisor.com.ar, www.tripadvisor.tw and www.tripadvisor.com.my.
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