Bali's Golden List of Best Hotels

(4/23/2005)

Over 20,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers recently completed the 2004 Reader's Choice Award selecting the world's best hotel, resorts and cruise lines. In its January 2005 issue the magazine takes a closer look at hotels and resorts around the globe – providing regional ratings for hotels in the sub-categories of rooms, service, food, location, design and guests' activities – rating properties against a perfect score of 100.

Bali's Best Places to Stay

Seven Bali hotels and resorts dominated the Golden List of best places to Stay in Asia, Australia, and Pacific Nations.

The hotels ranking near-perfect scores in Bali were:

• 97.9 Overall [Amankila Resort - Manggis]

• 95.7 Overall [Four Seasons Resort Sayan - Ubud]

• 94.9 Overall [ Ritz-Carlton, Bali Resort & Spa – Jimbaran Bay]

• 93.8 Overall [ Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay, Jimbaran ]

• 90.3 Overall [ Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa – Nusa Dua]

• 87.7 Overall [ Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua]

Best Service in Bali

Condé Nast Traveler list of the best service provided by hotels in Bali gave perfect "100" scores to two resorts:

• [Amankila Resort - Manggis]

• [Four Seasons Resort Sayan - Ubud]

Best Designed Hotel and Best Rooms in Bali

Only one Bali property scored a perfect "100" in the both the design and room category of the survey : [Amankila Resort - Manggis]

Best Location

Two Bali hotels scored perfect "100s" for having an ideal locations:

• [Amankila Resort - Manggis]

• [Four Seasons Resort Sayan - Ubud]

Best Food in Bali

The single Bali property scoring a flawless "100" for food was [Four Seasons Resort Sayan - Ubud]

Best Guest Activities

And rounding out the Golden List in Bali, scoring "100" for the quality and range of guest activities on offer was [ Ritz-Carlton, Bali Resort & Spa – Jimbaran Bay]