Forbes Travel Guide Announces 2021 Star Awards
February 17, 2021
Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”), the only global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants and spas, has unveiled its 2021 Star Awards, including a number of special accolades for individual workers and brands in the hospitality industry. All honorees are showcased on ForbesTravelGuide.com.
The 63rd annual list features 283 Five-Star, 576 Four-Star and 438 Recommended hotels; 73 Five-Star, 136 Four-Star and 77 Recommended restaurants; and 90 Five-Star and 200 Four-Star spas worldwide. These winners were inspected before the pandemic and when regional restrictions allowed the safe welcoming of guests. Here are some highlights from the 2021 honorees:
Tokyo added four hotels to its Five-Star roster: The Capitol Hotel Tokyu; The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, A Luxury Collection Hotel; The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo; and Takanawa Hanakohro. The city now boasts nine Five-Star hotels.
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TORONTO, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts today celebrates the exceptional achievements of properties, spas and restaurants around the globe in the annual Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards. Once again, Four Seasons holds the greatest number of Forbes Travel Guide Five-Stars ever awarded to a single brand, with 46 properties, 13 spas and two restaurants holding this distinction.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS AND RESORTS CELEBRATES 61 FIVE-STAR AWARDS ACROSS ITS GLOBAL PORTFOLIO Despite the uncertainty of the past year, our focus on creating exceptional experiences through our hotels and resorts of the highest quality, combined with our dedication to service excellence, has never been greater, says Christian Clerc, President, Global Operations, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. From opening unrivaled new properties to enhancing our iconic existing portfolio, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do, build
For sheer number of five-star hotels, London will take some catching.
Forbes Travel Guide has announced its 2021 Star Awards and London is still the leader of the pack for five-star properties, as it was in 2020, with 19 in total. Tokyo has added four hotels to its five-star roster, bringing its total to nine, but it still also lags behind New York (10), Paris (13) and Macau (13). Scotland claims its first five-star win with The Balmoral, a Rocco Forte Hotel, in Edinburgh.
New for this year is a Hotel Instagram of the Year award, and that goes to the Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, which has 145,000 followers. The Maldives resort won for curating a feed that radiates personality, engages with followers and has an overall stunning aesthetic .