Luxury hotels, destinations, cruise lines, airlines and travel companies in the UK and across the world have been competing to be crowned the very best in the fifth annual LLM Readers’ Travel Awards.
Our awards recognise and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the luxury travel and tourism industry, and we were pleased to be able to shine a light, once again, on those making waves in the UK and all across the globe. After months of deliberation and voting from our discerning readers, a record number of voters this year of more than 31,000, the votes have been counted and the results are in.
We are very pleased to announce the following winners and runners up below:
HOTELS (UK based entries only):
Best Beach/Coastal Hotel
1. Chapel House PZ, Penzance, Cornwall
2. Ballygally Castle Hotel, Northern Ireland
3. The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
4. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
5. Kylesku Hotel, Lairg, Scotland
6. Newton Lodge, Lairg, Scotland
7. Royal Marine Hotel Brora, Scotland
8. Royal Golf Hotel, Dornoch, Scotland
Best Boutique Hotel
1. DUKES London, St. James’s Mayfair, London, England
2. Linthwaite House, Windermere, Lake District, England
3. Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
4. Coppa Club, The Swan at Streatley, Berkshire, England
5. Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
6. The Samling Hotel, Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England
7. Kylesku Hotel, Lairg, Scotland
8. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
9. The Airds Hotel and Restaurant, Argyll, Scotland
10. YTL Monkey Island Estate, Berkshire, England
11. The Franklin London – Starhotels Collezione, Knightsbridge, London, England
12. Murrayshall Country Estate, Perthshire, Scotland
13. Royal Marine Hotel Brora, Scotland
14. South Place Hotel, London, England
15. The Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
16. The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London, England
17. Newton Lodge, Lairg, Scotland
18. The Gore London – Starhotels Collezione, Kensington, London, England
19. The Bradley Hare, Wiltshire, England
20. The Georgian, Coppa Club, Surrey, England
21. The Great House at Sonning, Coppa Club, Berkshire, England
22. The Pelham London – Starhotels Collezione, South Kensington, London, England
23. The Guardsman, Buckingham Gate, London, England
24. The Laslett, Notting Hill, London, England
Best City Hotel
1. Francis Hotel Bath, Somerset, England
2. DUKES London, St. James’s Mayfair, London, England
3. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. Hotel Brooklyn Manchester, England
5. Middle Eight, Covent Garden, London, England
6. Grand Central Hotel Belfast, Northern Ireland
7. Hart Shoreditch, London, England
8. St Ermin’s Hotel, Westminster, London, England
9. Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill, Marylebone, London, England
10. nhow London, England
11. The Fellows House Cambridge, Curio Collection by Hilton, Cambridge, England
12. ME London, the Strand, London, England
13. The Franklin London – Starhotels Collezione, Knightsbridge, London, England
14. The Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
15. The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, Knightsbridge, London, England
16. The Gore London – Starhotels Collezione, Kensington, London, England
17. The Pelham London – Starhotels Collezione, South Kensington, London, England
18. The Guardsman, Buckingham Gate, London, England
19. South Place Hotel, London, England
Best Hotel for Business
1. Francis Hotel Bath, Somerset, England
2. Middle Eight, Covent Garden, London, England
3. Castle Hotel Windsor, Berkshire, England
4. Hotel Brooklyn Manchester, England
5. Grand Central Hotel Belfast, Northern Ireland
6. The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, Knightsbridge, London, England
7. Queens Hotel Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
8. The Stormont Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9. The Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
10. South Place Hotel, London, England
11. The Everglades Hotel, Derry, Northern Ireland
Best Hotel for Design
1. Middle Eight, Covent Garden, London, England
2. The Franklin London – Starhotels Collezione, Knightsbridge, London, England
3. ME London, the Strand, London, England
4. Hotel Brooklyn Manchester, England
5. The Bradley Hare, Wiltshire, England
6. The Fellows House Cambridge, Curio Collection by Hilton, Cambridge, England
7. The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, Knightsbridge, London, England
8. The Guardsman, Buckingham Gate, London, England
9. South Place Hotel, London, England
10. The Pelham London – Starhotels Collezione, South Kensington, London, England
Best Hotel for Families
1. Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
2. Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
3. Coppa Club, The Swan at Streatley, Berkshire, England
4. Castle Hotel Windsor, Berkshire, England
5. Francis Hotel Bath, Somerset, England
6. Hotel Brooklyn Manchester, England
7. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
8. The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
9. The Grove, Hertfordshire, England
10. Newton Lodge, Lairg, Scotland
11. Kylesku Hotel, Lairg, Scotland
12. The Georgian, Coppa Club, Surrey, England
13. The Great House at Sonning, Coppa Club, Berkshire, England
14. Royal Golf Hotel, Dornoch, Scotland
15. Queens Hotel Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
16. Royal Marine Hotel Brora, Scotland
17. The Pelham London – Starhotels Collezione, South Kensington, London, England
Best Hotel for Food
1. Linthwaite House, Windermere, Lake District, England
2. DUKES London, St. James’s Mayfair, London, England
3. Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
4. Hotel Brooklyn Manchester, England
5. Middle Eight, Covent Garden, London, England
6. Kylesku Hotel, Lairg, Scotland
7. The Airds Hotel and Restaurant, Argyll, Scotland
8. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
9. The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
10. Murrayshall Country Estate, Perthshire, Scotland
11. The Samling Hotel, Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England
12. The Bradley Hare, Wiltshire, England
13. The Franklin London – Starhotels Collezione, Knightsbridge, London, England
14. South Place Hotel, London, England
15. The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, Knightsbridge, London, England
16. The Guardsman, Buckingham Gate, London, England
Best Hotel for Golf
1. Linthwaite House, Windermere, Lake District, England
2. Murrayshall Country Estate, Perthshire, Scotland
3. Royal Golf Hotel, Dornoch, Scotland
4. Rockliffe Hall, County Durham, England
5. The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
6. The Grove, Hertfordshire, England
7. Royal Marine Hotel Brora, Scotland
Best Hotel for Romance
1. Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa, Warwickshire, England
2. Chapel House PZ, Penzance, Cornwall
3. Linthwaite House, Windermere, Lake District, England
4. Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
5. Castle Hotel Windsor, Berkshire, England
6. The Samling Hotel, Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England
7. Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
8. The Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast, Northern Ireland
9. The Airds Hotel and Restaurant, Argyll, Scotland
10. The Gore London – Starhotels Collezione, Kensington, London, England
11. Murrayshall Country Estate, Perthshire, Scotland
12. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
13. The Franklin London – Starhotels Collezione, Knightsbridge, London, England
14. The Bradley Hare, Wiltshire, England
Best Hotel for Wine
1. Linthwaite House, Windermere, Lake District, England
2. DUKES London, St. James’s Mayfair, London, England
3. The Guardsman, Buckingham Gate, London, England
4. The Samling Hotel, Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England
5. The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, Knightsbridge, London, England
6. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
7. The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
Best Spa/Wellness Hotel
1. The Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2. Mallory Court Country House Hotel and Spa, Warwickshire, England
3. Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
4. YTL Monkey Island Estate, Berkshire, England
5. The Grove, Hertfordshire, England
6. Rockliffe Hall, County Durham, England
7. The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Bath, England
Best Hotel for Sustainability
1. Kylesku Hotel, Lairg, Scotland
2. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall, England
3. Newton Lodge, Lairg, Scotland
4. The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
5. Royal Marine Hotel Brora, Scotland
6. Royal Golf Hotel, Dornoch, Scotland
OVERSEAS HOTEL:
Best Hotel in Europe (outside UK)
1. Amada Colossos Resort, Rhodes, Greece
2. As Janelas Verdes Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal
3. Burgenstock Hotel and Resort, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
4. Aristi Mountain Villas and Resort, Zagori Region, Greece
5. Capri Palace Jumeirah, Capri, Italy
6. Elounda Peninsula, All Suite Hotel, Crete, Greece
7. Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Lake Como, Italy
8. CAYO Exclusive Resort and Spa, Elounda Bay, Crete, Greece
9. ELIVI Skiathos, Greece
10. Il Sereno Hotel, Lake Como, Italy
11. NH Collection Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi, Amalfi, Italy
12. Ikos Andalusia, Malaga, Spain
13. Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, Limassol, Cyprus
14. Hotel Crillon Le Brave, Provence, France
15. Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel and Spa, Port de Soller, Spain
16. Savoy Palace, Madeira
17. Valle dell’Erica Thalasso and Spa Resort, Sardinia, Italy
18. Nobu Hotel Santorini, Greece
19. Gatsby Athens Hotel, Athens, Greece
20. Naturhotel Forsthofgut, Leogang, Austria
21. MarBella Corfu, Greece
22. NH Collection Firenze Palazzo Gaddi, Florence, Italy
23. Hostal de la Gavina, Girona, Spain
24. Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey
25. Hotel Royal Savoy, Lausanne, Switzerland
26. Hotel Le Coucou, Meribel, France
27. Nobu Hotel Barcelona, Spain
28. The Xara Palace, Mdina, Malta
29. Severin*s – The Alpine Retreat, Lech, Austria
30. Hotel Chais Monnet and Spa, Cognac, France
31. NH Collection Prague Carlo IV, Czech Republic
32. Hotel Lou Pinet, Saint-Tropez, France
33. The Magnolia Hotel, Quinta do Lago, Portugal
34. xenodocheio Milos, Athens, Greece
35. NH Collection Venezia Murano Villa, Murano, Italy
36. NH Collection Amsterdam Doelen, the Netherlands
37. NH Collection Barcelona Gran Hotel Calderon, Spain
38. The Pavilions Rome, The First Arte, Rome, Italy
39. nhow Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands
40. NH Collection Copenhagen, Denmark
41. Rosselli, Valletta, Malta
42. Le Domaine de Rochebois, Vitrac, France
43. NH Collection A Coruna Finisterre, A Coruna, Spain
44. Parga Beach Resort, Parga, Greece
45. MarBella Nido Suite Hotel and Villas, Corfu, Greece
46. NH Collection Madrid Gran Via, Madrid, Spain
47. MarBella Elix, Parga, Greece
48. NH Collection Madrid Abascal, Madrid, Spain
49. Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain, Paris, France
50. NH Collection Madrid Suecia Madrid, Spain
Best Hotel in Asia
1. akyra Manor Chiang Mai, Thailand
2. Aleenta Hua Hin-Pranburi Resort and Spa, Pranburi, Thailand
3. Alma Resort, Cam Ranh peninsula, Vietnam
4. Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
5. akyra Thonglor Bangkok, Thailand
6. Fairmont Maldives, Sirru Fen Fushi, Shaviyani Atoll, Maldives
7. Aleenta Phuket-Phang Nga Resort and Spa, Phang Nga, Thailand
8. Argos in Cappadocia, Uchisar, Turkey
9. Banyan Tree Krabi, Thailand
10. Velaa Private Island, Noonu Atoll, Maldives
11. Hillside Beach Club, Kalemya Bay Fethiye, Turkey
12. Azerai La Residence Hue, Vietnam
13. Jumeirah Maldives Olhahali Island, North Male Atoll, Maldives
14. The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand
15. The Residence Maldives at Dhigurah, Gaafu Alifu Atoll, Maldives
16. Jumeirah Al Qasr, Dubai, UAE
17. Pangkor Laut Resort, Perak, Malaysia
18. Melia Chiang Mai, Thailand
19. Melia Phuket Mai Khao, Thailand
20. Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun, Malaysia
21. Tanah Gajah, a Resort by Hadiprana, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
22. Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, UAE
23. Regent Phu Quoc, Kien Giang, Vietnam
24. Farovon Khiva Hotel, Khiva, Uzbekistan
25. Jumeirah Al Naseem, Dubai, UAE
26. Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Dubai, UAE
27. Jumeirah at Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi, UAE
28. Renaissance Pattaya Resort and Spa, Pattaya, Thailand
29. RAKxa, Bangkok, Thailand
30. Jumeirah Mina A’Salam, Dubai, UAE
Best Hotel in Africa
1. Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort and Spa, Mahe, Seychelles
2. Earth Lodge at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa
3. La Sultana Marrakech, Morocco
4. La Maison Arabe, Marrakesh, Morocco
5. The Residence Mauritius
6. Lepogo Lodges, Limpopo, South Africa
7. Wilderness DumaTau, Linyanti Wilderness Reserve, Botswana
8. Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge, Manyara Region, Tanzania
9. The Residence Zanzibar, Kizimkazi, Tanzania
10. Thanda Island, Nr Tanzania
11. Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge, Karatu, Tanzania
12. Riad Elegancia, Marrakech, Morocco
13. The Residence Tunis, Tunisia
Best Hotel in North America
1. NH Collection New York Madison Avenue, New York, USA
2. Chable Yucatan, Mexico
3. COMO Metropolitan Miami Beach, Florida, USA
4. Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California, USA
5. NH Collection Mexico City Centro Historico, Mexico
6. NH Collection Guadalajara Providencia, Mexico
Best Hotel in South America
1. Hilton Barra, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2. Belmond Hotel Monasterio, Cusco, Peru
3. NH Collection, Vitacura, Santiago Casacostanera, Chile
4. NH Collection Buenos Aires Jousten, Argentina
5. NH Collection Bogota Terra 100 Royal, Colombia
6. NH Collection Bogota Teleport Royal, Colombia
7. NH Collection Bogota WTC Royal, Colombia
8. NH Collection Medellin Royal, Colombia
9. NH Collection Buenos Aires Crillon, Argentina
Best Hotel in the Caribbean
1. Jade Mountain Resort, Mamin, St Lucia
2. Ladera Resort, Saint Lucia
3. BodyHoliday, St. Lucia, West Indies, St. Lucia
4. The Landings Resort and Spa, St. Lucia
5. Jamaica Inn, Jamaica, West Indies
6. Montpelier Plantation and Beach, Nevis
7. Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort, St Lucia
Best Hotel in Oceania
1. Le Taha’a Island Resort and Spa, Tahiti, French Polynesia
2. The Langham, Sydney, Australia
3. COMO The Treasury, Perth, Australia
4. Bannisters by the sea, NSW, Australia
5. QT Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
6. Mayfair Hotel, Adelaide, Australia
DESTINATIONS:
Best UK City
1. Bath, England
2. London, England
3. Edinburgh, Scotland
4. York, England
5. Belfast, Northern Ireland
6. Liverpool, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Durham, England
9. Exeter, England
Best Honeymoon
1. Amalfi Coast, Italy
2. Maldives
3. Bali, Indonesia
4. Tahiti
5. Antigua and Barbuda
6. Santorini, Greece
7. Madeira, Portugal
8. St Lucia
9. Paris, France
Best City – outside UK
1. Barcelona, Spain
2. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
3. New York City, USA
4. Bangkok, Thailand
5. Budapest, Hungary
6. Copenhagen, Denmark
7. Melbourne, Australia
8. Palma, Mallorca, Spain
9. Salzburg, Austria
10. San Diego, California, USA
11. Pula, Croatia
12. Quito, Ecuador
Best Island
1. Maldives
2. Bali, Indonesia
3. Madeira, Portugal
4. St Lucia
5. Tahiti
6. Antigua and Barbuda
7. Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
8. Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
9. Thanda Island, Nr Tanzania
Best Ski Resort
1. Verbier, Switzerland
2. Deer Valley, Utah, USA
3. Mürren, Switzerland
4. Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Aosta Valley, Italy
5. Saalbach, Austria
6. Obertauern, Salzburg, Austria
AIRLINES:
Best Airline
1. Emirates
2. British Airways
3. Singapore Airlines
4. Etihad Airways
5. Qatar Airways
6. Eva Air
Best Airport
1. Changi Airport, Singapore
2. Heathrow Airport, England
3. Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar
4. Munich Airport, Germany
5. Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
6. Farnborough Airport, England
CRUISE:
Best Ocean Cruise Line
1. Royal Caribbean
2. Celebrity Cruises
3. Star Clippers (represented by Fred Olsen Travel)
4. Cunard Line
5. Princess Cruises
6. Azamara
Best River Cruise Line
1. Viking
2. Crystal
3. Riviera Travel
4. Aqua Expeditions
5. Amadeus
6. Uniworld
OTHER:
Best Specialist Tour Operator
1. The Luxury Travel Book
2. Star Clippers (represented by Fred Olsen Travel)
3. Wilderness
4. Global Travel Moments
5. Health Travel
6. Elevate Destinations
7. Wild Frontiers
8. Ultimate Driving Tours
9. White Desert
Best Tour Operator
1. The Luxury Travel Book
2. Wild Frontiers
3. Global Travel Moments
4. Elevate Destinations
5. White Desert
6. Ultimate Driving Tours
Best Tour Operator for Adventure
1. White Desert
2. Ultimate Driving Tours
3. Elevate Destinations
Best Travel Website
1. onefinestay
2. Wigwam Holidays
3. Villatravellers
4. Tuscany Now and More
5. Health Travel
6. Global Travel Moments
7. Virtuoso
