The ULTRAs 2019: this year’s best luxury travel experiences revealed
Every year the readers of telegraph.co.uk and luxury travel magazine Ultratravel are invited to vote for their favourites operators, airlines, hotels and destinations in the world of luxury travel. Their opinions determine the results of the ULTRAs - Ultimate Luxury Travel Related Awards - with the winners announced this year at a ceremony held at the Emerald Palace Kempinski, Dubai.
Best Airlines Business Class
Winner – Singapore Airlines
Runners up: British Airways; Emirates; Qatar Airways; Virgin Atlantic
Best First Class
Winner - Emirates
Runners up: British Airways; Etihad Airways; Qatar Airways; Singapore Airlines
Best Airline in the World
Winner - Emirates
Runners up: British Airways; Etihad Airways; Qatar Airways; Singapore Airlines
Best Airport in the World
Winner – Changi, Singapore
Runners up: Dubai; London Heathrow; Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok; Schiphol Amsterdam
Best Hotel in Europe
Winner – Claridge’s, London
Runners up: Corinthia, London; Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris; The Adlon, Kempinski, Berlin; The Ritz, London
Best Hotel in the Americas
Winner - Four Seasons Hotel New York
Runners up: Amangiri, Utah; Belmond Copacabana Palace; Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Wilshire; Peninsula Hotel New York
Best Hotel in Asia
Winner - Raffles, Singapore
Runners up: Anantara Siam, Bangkok; Leela Palace Udaipur; Mandarin Oriental Bangkok; The Upper House, Hong Kong
Best Hotel in Australasia
Winner - Park Hyatt Sydney
Runners up: Como The Treasury, Perth; Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley; Four Seasons Hotel Sydney; Shangri-La Sydney
Best Hotel in the Middle East
Winner - Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
Runners up: The Chedi, Muscat; Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi; One&Only The Palm, Dubai; Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara
Best Hotel in Africa
Winner - Belmond Mount Nelson, Cape Town
Runners up: La Mamounia, Marrakech; One&Only Cape Town; Royal Livingstone by Anantara, Zambia; Royal Mansour, Marrakech
Best Hotel in the Indian Ocean
Winner – One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives
Runners up:Anantara Kihavah Villas, Maldives; Niyama Private Islands, Maldives; North Island Seychelles; St Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort, Maldives
Best Hotel in the World
Winner - Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
Runners up: Claridge’s London; Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc; Mandarin Oriental Bangkok; Raffles Singapore
Best Luxury Cruise Line
Winner - Cunard
Runners up: Crystal Cruises; Regent Seven Seas; Seabourn; Silversea
Best Golf Resort in the World
Winner - Gleneagles, Scotland
Runners up: Brandon Dunes, USA; Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand; Pebble Beach, USA; St Andrews, Scotland
Best Ski Resort in the World
Winner – Whistler
Runners up: Chamonix; Courchevel; Verbier; Zermatt
Favourite Country for a Holiday
Winner – Maldives
Runners up: Australia; Italy; New Zealand; USA
Ultratravel Collection Hotel of the Year
Winner – Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
Runner up: The Leela Palace, Udaipur
Shorlisted: The Adlon Kempinski, Berlin; Anantara Qasr Al Sarab, Abu Dhabi; Corinthia, London; The Murray, Hong Kong
Editors’ Choice Awards
Most Innovative Airline
All Nippon Airlines
Best Wellness Hotel Group
Aman
Luxury Hotel Group of the Year
Six Senses
Best New Luxury Hotel in the World
The Newt Somerset
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